Recipes

October: leaves crunch, coats zip, kettles boil & soups blend. It's comfort food season, folks. And we're here for it. In this instalment of The Tip Jar, we give you Sky's Chilli Sauce. It's pretty popular round here - and for good reason.  Open the development kitchen fridge and there is always a large jar of Sky’s Chilli Sauce. She makes bulk volumes of the stuff and from this sauce come a varying myriad of curries. Different vegetables, some coconutty soups & some with lentils. Until we saw Sky and Kai with their lunch time curries we never thought to start to...

Adding aromatics do jam is a brilliant way to create unique and bold flavour combinations. In this article, Sky Cracknell offers her best tips and tricks for adding aromatics to preserves. Sky has been trialing flavour combinations for more than 20 years; her experience is invaluable if you are seeking innovative ways to make preserves at home.

What makes the perfect cheeseburger?  Are you into soft, sweet brioche or nutty sesame buns? Tangy, distinctive cheese or a shameless slice of plastic cheese? Pickles in or out? Mayo, ketchup, mustard or all three at once? Is bacon really necessary? Making a cheeseburger requires thoughtfulness and careful execution. You'll typically signpost a handful of elements: the bread, the beef, the cheese and any additional players (sauces, pickles, lettuce etc). What's important to consider is the overall goal. Sure, bacon sounds like a nice addition but is it necessary? Does it make the burger nicer than it would have been without it?  We believe...

We are delighted to welcome our new product, Sky's Magic Jam Maker, into the world. Making jam is simple, but making simple jam good can be a whole lot harder. You only have a few ingredients to work with; mess one of them up and you get exposed.  The purpose of the Jam Maker is to share the magic formula we have developed over the past 20 years with you. Use the kit and you will not be left with jam too runny, too sticky, too sweet or too tart. "Just right", says Goldilocks (and you after trying a spoonful). Not a kit...