Home-made Pickles, Chutneys & Relishes : A Practical Guide to Making Delicious Preserves at Home, with More Than 85 Step by Step Recipes and 300 Photographs

This tempting cookbook offers over 85 delicious ideas for tasty pickles, chutneys and relishes. Over 300 beautiful photographs illustrate the recipes, providing easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions for each. The book opens with a short history of preserving and pickling to set the scene for the cook, followed with practical advice and information about techniques, equipment and choosing the best ingredients. Then comes the heart of the book: 85 recipes covering every kind of chutney and pickle. You will find all the traditional accompaniments, such as Horseradish or Mint Sauce, as well as modern combinations such as Roasted Red Pepper and Chilli Ketchup or Cranberry and Red Onion Relish. With every recipe shown step by step in tempting colour photographs, this is the perfect sourcebook for every cook who wishes to make their own delectable chutneys and pickles.

Catherine Atkinson has always had a passionate interest in food and cookery and as a student this culminated in a BSc (Hons) in Home Economics at Surrey University. Her catering experience led to work in publishing, creating recipes and styling food for photography, and she became Deputy Cookery Editor on Woman's Weekly and later Me magazine. Her published works include The Coffee Cookbook and The Balkan Cookbook (both Southwater).