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Pickles Recipes View All

  • Spiced pickled quinces from above

    Spiced pickled quinces: cinnamon, star anise, coriander, strawberry gum

    June 7, 2019
  • Spiced pickled cherries close up from above

    Spiced pickled cherries: cocktail ingredient, garnish

    April 30, 2019
  • Jalapeno pickles with pepper berries & ginger: jalapeno bbq close up

    Jalapeno pickles with pepper berries & ginger

    January 15, 2019
  • Pear pickles with cardamom & ginger: pears in line still life

    Pear pickles with cardamom & ginger

    October 5, 2018

Quick Pickles Recipes View All

  • Rhubarb quick pickle with cinnamon myrtle, ginger, pink pepper & orange: with cocktail

    Rhubarb quick pickle with cinnamon myrtle, ginger, pink pepper & orange

    February 21, 2019
  • Quick watermelon rind pickle with cinnamon and chili: making pickles detailed view

    Quick watermelon rind pickle with cinnamon and chili

    December 10, 2018
  • green papayas with lime, chili, ginger, turmeric

    Green papaya quick pickle

    April 30, 2018
  • green mango pickle ingredients

    Green mango pickle

    April 5, 2018

Shrub Syrups Recipes View All

  • cherry shrub brandy daisy on white wooden board with grey background

    Cherry shrub brandy daisy: pickle cocktail

    December 20, 2019
  • rhubarb shrub gin fix cocktail on wooden box with plants in background

    Rhubarb shrub gin fix cocktail: Rhubarb Fix-Up

    December 2, 2019
  • starting to pour a blueberry shrub pisco sour cocktail

    Blueberry shrub pisco sour cocktail

    November 19, 2019
  • improved blueberry shrub syrup with fancy garnish

    Blueberry shrub syrup: thyme, lemon, spice

    November 19, 2019

Pickle & seasonal cocktails View All

  • cherry shrub brandy daisy on white wooden board with grey background

    Cherry shrub brandy daisy: pickle cocktail

    December 20, 2019
  • rhubarb shrub gin fix cocktail on wooden box with plants in background

    Rhubarb shrub gin fix cocktail: Rhubarb Fix-Up

    December 2, 2019
  • starting to pour a blueberry shrub pisco sour cocktail

    Blueberry shrub pisco sour cocktail

    November 19, 2019
  • improved blueberry shrub syrup with fancy garnish

    Blueberry shrub syrup: thyme, lemon, spice

    November 19, 2019

 

About Me

About Me

I am a keen home cook, mum of two boys, partner to Phil, human of one gorgeous striped cat and a lively farm of composting worms. I love creating seasonal flavour pairing experiments with pickles and cocktails. I have a background in web content management and community building. More

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  • Cherry shrub brandy daisy homemade: pickle twist on 1887 revised Brandy Daisy recipe from Jerry Thomas' Bar-tender's Guide where lemon juice and gum syrup are replaced with cherry shrub syrup flavoured with raw cacao, vanilla, cinnamon, pink pepper, nutmeg geranium and a rich Ironbark honey syrup infused with bee pollen and nutmeg geranium from my garden. Nutmeg geranium is an heirloom herb with delicate light purple magenta striped flowers and spicy mint-nutmeg flavoured leaves. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The Daisy was an innovation of the mid-1870's adding length to a sour with seltzer water and increasingly fancy presentation with shaved ice and seasonal garnishes. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This cherry shrub version of the daisy is served in a fancy vintage cut glass wine glass with crushed ice, a fresh cherry and grated nutmeg garnish for a refreshing summer drink celebrating summer cherry season and the buzzing of bees in the garden. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Make your own cherry shrub brandy daisy with the recipe on the blog, find the clickable link my link tree or paste this one into your browser: ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ http://www.peckofpickles.com.au/cherry-shrub-brandy-daisy-pickle-cocktail/ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #daisycocktail #brandydaisy #brandydaisycocktail #darktablemood #foodvisitation #ethereal_moods #foodfluffer #cherry #cherryseason #eattheseasons #summer #xmascocktail #seasonalcocktail #peckofpicklesblog #picklecocktail #rozelle #cosyfoodphotography #rozelle #imbibe #cherryshrub #shrubsyrup #coconutvinegar #rawcacao #vanilla #nutmeggeranium #beepollen #ironbarkhoney #jerrythomas #bonvivantscompanion #stilllife
  • Rhubarb shrub gin fix cocktail homemade: pickle twist on Jerry Thomas' 1862 Gin Fix recipe where the sugar, water and lemon juice are swapped out for a delicately spiced rhubarb shrub syrup and a little agave syrup. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The Fix or Fix-Up is one of my favourite vintage cocktails due to the elegance of the sour recipe - lemon, sugar, water, spirit - and the presentation using shaved ice and a fancy seasonal fruit garnish. The Fix dates from 1856 and was a sour pick me up cocktail or Fix-Up, closely related to earlier recipes for Punch using the formula strong, sweet, sour weak, although the spice element of Punch is missing in the Fix. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This rhubarb version of the Fix pairs the rhubarb of the shrub syrup with juniper in dry gin for a crisp and refreshing drink that is spiced via the shrub infusion with Australian indigenous cinnamon myrtle, lemon myrtle and strawberry gum. Crushed ice accentuates the refreshing properties of vinegar preserving the shrub syrup and the fresh juniper flavour of the gin. The shrub syrup uses a light style coconut vinegar, low GI cane sugar and a slow cold maceration method for bright fresh flavour and a delicate light pink coloured syrup. The rhubarb fix is garnished with an orange and rhubarb twist. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Make your own Rhubarb Fix-Up with the recipe on the blog, find the clickable link in my link tree available in my bio or paste this one into your browser: ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ http://www.peckofpickles.com.au/rhubarb-shrub-gin-fix-cocktail-rhubarb-fix-up/ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #rhubarb #rhubarbseason #eattheseasons #afternoonlight #ginfixcocktail #vintagecocktail #picklecocktail #shrubsyrup #drinkingvinegar #coconutvinegar #cinnamonmyrtle #lemonmyrtle #strawberrygum #peckpfpicklesblog #cosyfoodphotography #rozelle #lilyfield #foodfluffer #foodvisitation #cocktailphotography #drinkstyling #arhierosedrygin #juniper #lowsugarcocktail #lowsugarcocktails #seasonalcocktail #slowfood #doitfortheprocess #gincocktail #sourcocktail
  • Blueberry shrub pisco sour cocktail: pickle twist on a vintage style Peruvian pisco sour cocktail recipe circa 1903 using a blueberry shrub syrup and honey syrup in place of citrus and sugar, paired with Peruvian pisco brandy, Peruvian bitters, real free range organic egg white, garnished with fresh flowering thyme and bitters. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Make your own blueberry shrub pisco sour cocktail with the recipes on the blog, find the clickable link to this pisco sour cocktail and the blueberry shrub syrup in my link tree available in my bio or paste this one into your browser: ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ http://www.peckofpickles.com.au/blueberry-shrub-pisco-sour-cocktail/ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #pisco #piscosourcocktail #barsolpisco #peruviancocktail #amargochunchopervianbitters #realfreerangeegg #organicegg #shrubsyrup #drinkingvinegar #picklecocktail #susutainablecocktail #seasonalcocktail #blueberries #blueberryseason #spring #cocktailphotography #drinkstyling #pourshot #darktablemood #ihavethisthingfordarkness #themoodytable #backlight #blueberryshrubsyrup #flavourpairing #vintagecocktail #imbibe #ethereal_moods #darkfoodphotography #foodfluffer #darktablemood
  • Improved blueberry shrub cocktail: homemade using in season blueberries infused with cinnamon, coriander, lemon, thyme, low GI cane sugar, preserved in light sweet sour coconut vinegar, served over crushed ice with soda water and improved with a port float. Garnished with fresh flowering thyme from my garden, fresh blueberries and a lemon twist. Inspired by Jerry Thomas' improved fine lemonade recipe - where sherry is added to enhance the flavour - here I have opted for port. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Choosing the vinegar when making a shrub syrup is key - as the flavour and style of the vinegar will greatly influence the end result - like matching wine with food. I chose a lighter style coconut vinegar with a delicate sweet and slightly sour flavour to allow the blueberries to be the main focus of the shrub. Shrubs are a great way to preserve abundant in season produce and to use up fruits that are a bit too soft or parts of veggies and herbs we usually throw away but that are packed with flavour such as herb stems. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Make the most of blueberry season - create your own blueberry shrub syrup for refreshing drinks, cocktails and desserts. Find the clickable link in my link tree available in my bio or paste this one into your browser: ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ http://www.peckofpickles.com.au/blueberry-shrub-syrup-thyme-lemon-spice/ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #lowabvcocktail #lowabv #lowabvcocktails #lowabvhighflavour #cocktailphotography #drinkstyling #cocktailgarden #homemade #homebartender #darktablemood #foodfluffer #foodvisitation #shrubsyrup #drinkingvinegar #coconutvinegar #blueberries #blueberryseason #portcocktail #eattheeasons #flavourpairing #peckofpicklesblog #cosyfoodphotography #rozelle #vintage #refreshingdrink #themoodytable #spring #picklecocktail #seasonalcocktail #sustainablecocktail
  • Rose lavender dry martini: using homemade cold infused gin with juniper berries, rose petals, lavender flowers, orange peel, coriander and other botanicals, French Vermouth, orange bitters and an orange twist. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The first martinis were a sweet cocktail using sweet Old Tom Gin, sugar syrup, liqueurs and sweet Italian Vermouth. The Dry Martini featuring a dry style of unsweetened gin - London Dry or Plymouth - without the sugar syrup, liqueurs and sweet vermouth - paired with an equal amount of French Vermouth, a dash of orange bitters and citrus twist, was an invention of the 1890's. The lasting popularity of the martini is evident in recipes for dry martinis with orange bitters in cocktail manuals from the later 1930's although the ratio in these later recipes has changed to 2:1 gin to vermouth. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This home infused gin is not a true distilled gin created by a heat based distillation process but it does feature the flavour profile of a gin using juniper and a range of other botanicals, including lavender and rose cold infused with vodka. Making your own gin is such a lovely way to better understand the ingredients that go into gin to create different flavour profiles and what better way to show this off than in a classic vintage style dry martini cocktail. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Make your own cold infusion gin and dry martini cocktail with the recipe on the blog, find the clickable link in my link tree available in my bio or paste this one into your browser: ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ http://www.peckofpickles.com.au/rose-lavender-dry-martini-cold-infusion-gin/ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #herbiesspices #dolinvermouth #batchbitters #orangebitters #666vodka #drymartini #martinicocktail #imbibe #vermouth #gin #juniper #cocktailphotography #drinkstyling #cocktailhistory #peckofpicklesblog #rozelle #lilyfield #slowfood #slowliving #doitfortheprocess #flavourpairing #darktablemood #foodfluffer #foodvisitation #vintagecocktailrecipes #lavender #rose #botanicals #vintage #cosyfoodphotography
  • Pickle blood orange Americano cocktail: pickle twist on Americano using a fermented blood orange soda homemade from scratch with a ginger bug starter, fresh blood oranges and cinnamon, paired with the bitterness of Campari and herbal complexity of Sweet Vermouth, ice and a fresh blood orange garnish. This is a delicious and refreshing low ABV and low sugar cocktail with a versatile soda flavour base that can be used to make cocktails and mocktails. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Origins of the Americano are in the Italian Milano-Torino or Mi-To cocktail - equal parts Campari and Sweet Vermouth over ice with an orange garnish - from the 1860's. Soda water was added to lengthen the drink which became popular with American tourists during Prohibition - hence the name Americano. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Celebrate the last of blood orange season and make your own pickle Americano cocktail with the recipe on the blog, find the clickable link in my link tree available in my bio or paste this one into your browser: ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ http://www.peckofpickles.com.au/pickle-blood-orange-americano-cocktail/ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #americanococktail #picklecocktail #ferment #fermentedsoda #bloodorange #campari #carpanoanticafourmula #pourshot #cocktailphotography #drinkstyling #foodstylingandphotography #foodvisitation #foodfluffer #ethereal_moods #ethereal_softness #peckofpicklesblog #makecosyfood #cosyfoodphotography #rozelle #leichhardt #lilyfield #balmain #innerwestsydney #craftcocktail #imbibe #onlyonedrink #lowsugar #lowabv #highballcocktail #aperitivo
  • Pickle gin buck cocktail homemade: using a fermented ginger beer made from scratch with a ginger bug starter, fresh lemon, gin, limoncello, ice, lemon slices and home grown lemon balm garnish. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Fermented ginger and seasonal fresh lemon twist on the Buck or London Buck cocktail popular in the 1920's - a celebration of fresh lemons and ginger. Versatile ginger beer base can be used to create a gin buck cocktail or a ginger lemon mocktail. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Make your own refreshing pickle gin buck with the recipes on the blog find the clickable link to this buck recipe in my link tree available in my bio or paste this one into your browser: ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ http://www.peckofpickles.com.au/pickle-gin-buck-cocktail-london-buck-buck/ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #ginbuckcocktail #londonbuckcocktail #buckcocktails #buckcocktail #vintagecocktail #cocktailphotography #drinkstyling #ferment #picklecocktail #seasonalcocktail #gingerbeer #lemonmyrtle #lemon #gin #gincocktail #imbibe #homebartender #flavourpairing #limoncello #slowfood #slowliving #doitfortheprocess #shadows #fromscratch #homemade #citruscocktail #foodfluffer #darktablemood #foodvisitation #ethereal_moods
  • Pickle La Paloma Cocktail: seasonal pink grapefruit pickle twist on classic Mexican La Paloma cocktail using a homemade fermented pink grapefruit soda. 'La Paloma' means the dove in Spanish and is a popular Mexican tequila and grapefruit cocktail. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This pickle La Paloma twist features a homemade fermented grapefruit soda with cinnamon, fresh lime and grapefruit juice, blanco tequila, a grapefruit cinnamon salt rim and pink grapefruit garnish. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Make the most of pink grapefruit season and Spring with a refreshing Pickle La Paloma Cocktail find the clickable link for the recipe on the blog in my link tree in my bio or paste this one into your browser: ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ http://www.peckofpickles.com.au/pickle-la-paloma-cocktail-fermented-grapefruit-soda/ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #lapalomacocktail #pickledcocktail #highball #pinkgrapefruit #spring #grapefruitsoda #tequila #tequilacocktail #mexicancocktail #refreshingdrink #sour #onlyonedrink #igoforsimplicity #drinkstyling #cocktailphotography #playingwithlight #ethereal_moods #ethereal_softness #darktablemood #foodfluffer #foodvisitation #peckofpicklesblog #rozelle #lilyfield #seekthesimplicity #slowliving #slowfood #ferment #fermentedsoda #picklecocktails
  • Lemon myrtle ginger beer spiders with macadamia aquafaba ice cream: homemade using fermented ginger beer infused with lemon myrtle and cinnamon, from scratch macadamia milk aquafaba ice cream flavoured with lemon myrtle, cinnamon and vanilla. A versatile low alcohol refreshing drink with real protein rich ice cream and bubbly fermented lemon myrtle ginger beer that can be served straight up for a fermented ginger pickle twist on the classic Australian milk bar spider or turned into a boozy Victorian ginger spider cocktail with a shot of brandy. Aquafaba is the cooking brine leftover from cooking chickpeas and can be beaten into stiff peaks like egg whites to incorporate sugar and other flavourings like macadamia milk and lemon myrtle for a no churn plant based ice cream. Spider referred to a brandy and ginger beer cocktail in the 1880’s in Australia and by the 1930’s and 1940’s a spider was a ginger beer, syrup and ice cream milk bar concoction with a foamy spidery head minus the brandy. I’ve recreated the milk bar version with a mildly alcoholic fermented ginger beer that you can easily serve as is; or if you want a soft drink skip the secondary fermentation; for a spider cocktail add a shot of your favourite brandy – pisco, cognac… This is peck of pickles xmas drink – get ready for Christmas now with a rewarding slow living project of fermenting your own ginger beer from scratch with a ginger bug starter so you can make your own lemon myrtle ginger beer spiders and macadamia aquafaba ice cream. Find the clickable link in my link tree available in my bio or paste this one into your browser: https://www.peckofpickles.com.au/lemon-myrtle-ginger-beer-spiders-macadamia-aquafaba-ice-cream/ #stopmotion #actionshots #gingerbeer #ferment #lemonmyrtle #macadamias #aquafaba #nicecream #plantbased #pourshot #sprinkleshot #drinksphotography #drinksstyling #peckofpicklesblog #rozelle #lilyfield #darktablemood #foodfluffer #foodvisitation #stopmotiondrinks #gingerbeerspider #spider #icecreamspider #spidercocktail #cosyfoodphotography #makecosyfood #xmasdrink #australianclassic #christmasdrink #slowliving

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