Recipes
One way you can easily get involved with the Sale is to donate preserves and cakes for the food stalls. If you usually make your own jams and preserves, then please think about making a few extra jars and donating them to the Sale. Or if you have more home grown fruit or vegetables than you can use yourself, then perhaps offer them to someone else who could turn them into lovely preserves and pickles for the Sale. If you have any queries or want to offer your help, please do get in touch. Below are a few ideas and recipes donated by Dragon parents to inspire you.
Jams and preserves
Here are some helpful hints from a recent Telegraph article by Diana Henry. Also recipe for Rosemary Jelly from the BBC Good Food website.
Blackberry jam
makes about 1.6kg/3.5lbs
You will need
1kg (2.5lbs) blackberries
juice of half a lemon
120ml (4 fl oz) water
1kg (2.5lbs) of sugar with pectin (jam making sugar sold in supermarkets)
knob of butter
Before starting it's important to have really scrupulously clean jars.
Put fruit in a pan with lemon juice and water. Simmer very gently for 30mins or so until the blackberries are very soft and well reduced, stirring from time to time.
Remove pan from heat. Add sugar, stir till dissolved and add butter. Boil rapidly until you reach setting point (about 4 minutes). Remove any scum from top with slotted spoon. Pour into jars (best to have the jars warm to avoid cracking) and cover with waxed paper disc whilst hot. When cool put the jar lid on (or cellophane and an elastic band if no lid!).
Cakes
Here is a delicious and simple traybake recipe that was successfully used by several parents for last year's Sale.