Mulled Wine Recipe

Ingredients:

1 bottle of red wine

2 clementines/oranges

250 ml of fresh orange juice

30g shepherd's purse mulled wine spice mix

100g soft brown sugar (add more or less depending personal taste)

Method:

add all the ingredients to a large pan

warm gently on a low heat

do not boil as this will evaporate the alcohol

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Rosebud Preserves

SP_2081,
originally uploaded by The Shepherd's Purse.

Sunblushed tomato, basil and garlic Bruschette

Home-made Sun blushed Tomato Brushette with garlic and olive oil



Ingredients

Packet of small, sweet cherry tomatoes
Large slice of bread for toasting (white cob or Ciabatta)
Olive Oil
Garlic
Fresh Basil
Parmesan Cheese


Method
To make the tomatoes: heat an oven to 220 degrees, half the tomatoes and toss in oil and a sprinkling of garlic, salt and pepper.
Place in the hot oven and then turn the oven off and leave overnight to slowly soften. Alternatively you can put the oven on the lowest heat and slowly dry the tomatoes. Mix the crushed garlic with a table spoon of olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Add the basil and spread the mixture on both sides of the bread (add more oil if needed) Toast the bread under a grill or char grill on a hot griddle pan.

Place tomatoes on top of the toasted bread and sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese. Place under the grill to for a couple of minutes to melt the cheese.

Flowering Tea....

Flowering Tea....,
originally uploaded by fleamarketstudio.

Vintage Nippon Teapot with English Roses, Painting in Oil by Lara Harris

Vintage Nippon Teapot with English Roses, Painting in Oil by Lara Harris,
originally uploaded by studiolara316.

Prairie Gentian,
originally uploaded by Nana* (salala817).