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Breakfast treat

Postby Binky » Wed Aug 07, 2019 9:15 am

I try to have different things each day at breakfast - one day eggs, another day cereal, another porridge, toast and marmalade (OH has the same thing each day, cereal/eggs/toast and coffee).

Today it's croissants, and I have some new 'confitures' from Tiptree. Lime Mojito and Bucks Fizz.

Has anyone else tried them?


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Re: Breakfast treat

Postby Renee » Wed Aug 07, 2019 9:27 am

Those do sound good Binky, but haven't tried them. I enjoyed a visit to the Tiptree place whilst staying with a friend a couple of years ago.

I did notice Tiptree liqueurs in Sainsbury's.

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Re: Breakfast treat

Postby Binky » Wed Aug 07, 2019 9:50 am

Tiptree has branched out from standard jams. As you say, they now make liqueurs and fancy jams.

They also have the most wonderful tea rooms (about 8 I think in Essex, and one opening shortly in Aldeburgh, Suffolk).

We often use the one in town for lunch when out shopping.

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Re: Breakfast treat

Postby Gillthepainter » Wed Aug 07, 2019 9:52 am

No, I've not tried them. I bet they're lovely.
I did have a gooseberry jam, and am waiting for gooseb. season to make some. I'm guessing it's autumnal.

A breakfast treat for me is anything egg. 2 poached eggs, soft. Just like that, on the plate.
I don't salt or pepper eggs, I like them as they are.

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Re: Breakfast treat

Postby Stokey Sue » Wed Aug 07, 2019 10:51 am

I love Tiptree jams, but the local shops only sell the basic ones, so I look out for them. I always have the seedless raspberry, as I like it and it’s useful when baking or making desserts

For a breakfast treat I recommend the Waitrose (raw) frozen pains au raisins which are made in France using all butter I wonder if they Picard rebadged, as I believe some Waitrose stuff is? Anyway you bake for 20 minutes in a hot oven and they are good. I recommend putting them on a piece of baking parchment to make sure you can retrieve while hot without breaking.

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Re: Breakfast treat

Postby Amyw » Wed Aug 07, 2019 1:52 pm

Not a massive jam fan but I do like the sound of that lime mojito one . Would be nice in jam tarts !

I like my pastries plain without added butter or jam . Pret do a very good hazelnut croissant , which is a lovely little treat now and again

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Re: Breakfast treat

Postby Joanbunting » Wed Aug 07, 2019 2:51 pm

I'm sure they are nice but every spponful of jam and marmelade eaten here is home made. It's my hobby/obsession/passion. I made Rum Collins marmelade last year. My last batch of jam was strawberry and basil.
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Re: Breakfast treat

Postby Binky » Wed Aug 07, 2019 2:55 pm

OH is the marmalade maker. I have in the past made lemon curd in the microwave, but anything else 'jammy' we buy from Tiptree or Bonne Maman.

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Re: Breakfast treat

Postby jeral » Wed Aug 07, 2019 3:43 pm

I gazed in amazement and longingly at the 50+ varieties in a Tiptree shop window (it had closed for the day) a little while ago. I'm glad it wasn't open so no impulse temptation thankfully as one jar lasts me a year.

Given the numerous options, you did well to choose two that you really like, Binky. Good instinct, experience of jams or good guess?

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Re: Breakfast treat

Postby Badger's Mate » Wed Aug 07, 2019 3:47 pm

Gooseberry season is pretty much over, I would have thought. :crying2


I think of them as a crop ripening between the rhubarb and the strawberries.

Most of our spares are turned into the Benares gooseberry chutney for consumption with poppadums. The other soft fruit I grow - raspberries, blackcurrants, loganberries, blackberries - are turned into some jam in addition to the usual desserts. I also make damson & apple. Consequently we don't buy much jam. We do get the odd jar of Apricot, we're also Tiptree or Bonne Maman fans.

I don't make marmalade and very much like the Tiptree orange & tangerine. I'm also fond of grapefruit or blends with it, but Mrs B shouldn't eat the stuff, so I generally don't buy it. I swap some of our preserves for marmalade made by a friend in Much Hadham.

If you fancy something different, please check out Hibiscus Lily. Their lemon, ginger and turmeric marmalade is particularly lovely (as indeed are the people themselves).

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Re: Breakfast treat

Postby Binky » Wed Aug 07, 2019 4:34 pm

jeral, we went to the Essex Food Festival at Cressing Temple, and Tiptree had a stall there. The jams I bought were both tasted before purchase.

One nice thing was that instead of plastic or wooden spoons, the lady had a tray of spoons made of crackers, therefore edible and no waste. She said she gets them in France - maybe Joan has seen them? I never have on various visits.

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Re: Breakfast treat

Postby Gillthepainter » Wed Aug 07, 2019 4:54 pm

Gooseberry season is pretty much over


Damn! I didn't really pay much attention to when it might be.

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Re: Breakfast treat

Postby Alexandria » Wed Aug 07, 2019 7:52 pm

Binky,

No, I have never seen this brand in Barcelona however, we use a Spanish Brand
that is one of the oldest companies in Spain Called:

La Vieja Fabrica de Sevilla ..

I love their rasberry and forest berries called Frutas de Bosque.

We also have a friend in Portugal, in the town of Trancoso, in the Duoro región,
called Casa da Prisca .. I love their fig mermalade. They grow all their ecological
fruit on their groves. Amazing products.
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Re: Breakfast treat

Postby cherrytree » Wed Aug 07, 2019 8:46 pm

I make white peach jam and apricot jam over here in France and I make Felicity Cloake’s marmalade recipe in Cumbria during those few precious Seville orange days in January.
We buy our croissants from Lidl- the nicest anywhere.

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Re: Breakfast treat

Postby Meganthemog » Thu Aug 08, 2019 12:37 pm

My mother's favourite jam was Tiptree's Little Scarlet. She would have a jar in the fridge that would last her a year!

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Re: Breakfast treat

Postby Renee » Thu Aug 08, 2019 4:59 pm

Yes, I would agree there!

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Re: Breakfast treat

Postby Binky » Fri Aug 09, 2019 10:37 am

The word at Tiptree is that Little Scarlet is their best jam - made with the smallest sweetest berries. The next best is Morello Cherry, which gained popularity when a visiting Royal took a fancy to the flavour.

My breakfast treat this morning, after cereal and fruit, was hot buttered fig & walnut bread from Lidl, washed down with a pot of Betty's Cafe traditional tea.

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Re: Breakfast treat

Postby Binky » Sun Sep 01, 2019 11:03 am

Popping in to say that I made potato latkes this morning for my breakfast. Lovely with apple sauce. These could become a favourite breakfast treat.

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Re: Breakfast treat

Postby Gillthepainter » Sun Sep 01, 2019 11:05 am

................. process please Binky

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Re: Breakfast treat

Postby Binky » Sun Sep 01, 2019 11:14 am

Peel a potato (one per person). Grate the potato(es) or use a food processor to make it easier if you are cooking a quantity.

Put potato gratings into a tea towel (I used paper kitchen towel) and squeeze the lot until no more moisture runs out. Put into a large bowl.

I went 'off piste' as you are supposed to use a tablespoon of flour; instead, I toasted a small ciabatta and bashed it with a rolling pin, adding the crumbs to the potato gratings.

Season with salt and pepper, crack an egg (one per person) into the potato/crumb mix, and stir.

Heat a frying pan with oil (I used sunflower) and drop large spoonfuls into the hot oil. Squash down slightly so the latkes are flattish. Cook for 5 mins each side (should be lovely and golden brown). Eat with apple sauce.


(This is the way I did it, but there are lots of recipes out there. )

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