When weย are notย harvesting, we play!ย  – a blog by Hetta.ย Whilst this is not true, some things, likeย makingย  jam or pickling your own olives, may feel like it!
During the Harvest 2012, we saved some Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir grapes, to makeย jam.ย  In South Africa (in Afrikaans)ย we call it “Korrelkonfyt”.ย 
Korrelkonfyt is wonderful with some home made bread when you have a fish-braai (barbeque).
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ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  Danish Blue, crackers and homemade jam!ย  A winner.ย Mmmmmm…. Lovely!
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Olive-pickingย at Seven Springs Vineyard.
ย This is the first time weย have usedย the salt-curing processย to preserve ourย olives.ย  It is aย less time consuming method of preserving olivesย so let’s see what they tatse like
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After some time in the salt, the olives look like small dried prunes.

Our first salt-cured olives bottled with a couple of chillies.
The olives are rinsed, buckets washed and new salt solution added weekly, until we are satisfied thatย they areย ready to go into the brine.
Waiting to be bottled in a week or so.


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