Sarah's Slice

I was asked if I could make some things that could be given as gifts this Christmas and I thought a jar of festive jam was a perfect start. This jam is flavoured with strawberries, cranberries, orange and spice. All the flavours of Christmas in a jar! It has so many uses apart from spreading on bread or scones. It can be used in cake and frangipani tarts too. Jump to recipe To start put the jam jars in the oven at 140 degrees centigrade (120 fan) faced down on a baking tray.

There is always an abundance of clementines in the shops over the festive period and my fruit basket is always overflowing with them. For me they are quintessentially Christmas and I have to buy them when I see them. I had a lot of clementines to use up this week and one of the things I made was this delicious curd to go with my Cranberry and Clementine scones. It is so versatile you can eat on fresh bread, on a fresh scone, add to biscuits or put it in a delicious cake. It i

I make this chutney for presents for family and friends every year and it is always well received. You need to make this ahead of time as it takes a few weeks for the flavours to develop. It’s packed with festive flavours of cranberries, apples, clementines and figs with a little festive spice. I have also added some pink peppercorns as I like the citrus note and they are not as strong as black ones. It is perfect with cold meat, cheese and crackers over the festive period. I

I did think about missing the awards this year due to my back pain but decided to have a go and got all my equipment out early January to...