Autumn Harvest?

On Tuesday we bought some damsons from Ormskirk..11/2 lbs of them..from the Vale of Evesham apparently. So today we decided to make some damson cheese. We hit a bit of a snag to begin with because we forgot to buy some sugar from Morrisons, but VT said they sell it in the shop down the road. He went down for the papers this morning, and lo and behold they have sold out! well we didn't want the damsons going off, so VT hopped in his car and went to Tescos. He put his stop watch on and he was actually there and back in a tad over 23 minutes..very good going.
While he went there I washed the fruit and picked off the stalks and any leaves. Put that into a saucepan with a quarter of a pint of water and simmered them slowly till the fruit was soft.
Then came the messy bit. It had to be sieved.




We were left with the stones and the puree, just under a pint of that. Glorious colour, a deep deep wine colour.
Put the puree in a pan with a pound of sugar and simmered to begin with to dissolve the sugar, and then boiled a bit to get the set.
This is the puree and the stones. Didn't boil it very long because the last time we made this it set too hard, so hope this one is right..Fingers crossed!


We pay £3.99 for the small jar from Dobbies, and £3.15 from The Fine Cheese Company Bath. We made the total amount for a couple of quid!


So, a good mornings work, and it looks lovely.
Tonight we are having:
Chicken style drumsticks
Bread sauce
Carrots and beans
Little hassleback potatoes.