South London Quinces

Two varieties of quince grown in the gardens of houses within half a mile of each other in South East London. Both are intensely sweet-smelling, the small one with a bright and almost citrussy note and the big scarred one with en ever-so-slight whiff of fermentation, which makes it smell something more like sea buckthorn. The fluff on the big quince must have quite a bit of yeast trapped in it, more so than the smooth one, and I will scrape it off this and a few others to start a quince mead.

Elderflower Mead

The surface of my elderflower mead, three weeks old, and made with three different honies, fermented bee pollen and elderflower concentrate

A beer bread made with malted wholegrain, many-seeded flour and Kernel IPA levain, proved three times