Over the last few weeks at Club Wild we have been making the most of the bumper crop of autumn fruits. Thanks bees and the warm start to summer 🐝
We climbed the hill at the back of the school to find the orchard trees laden with plums🍑 and apples🍏. Some of the trees were so heavy with fruit that their branches reached the ground. Brambles 🍇 from the hedgerows around the park added to our bounty.
First we made crumble. One with apples and brambles, the other with plums. We rubbed the butter into the flour with the tips of our fingers and covered the prepared fruit with the sweet breadcrumb mixture. The bramble and apple was definitely the favourite with the plum crumble a wee bit tart.
This week we used the rest of our fruit to make jam. The plum jam is an amazing pink colour and the apple and bramble a deep purple. We learned how different fruits and different accounts of pectin, the stuff that makes the jam thicken.
Look out for our Club Wild recipe book and jams on sale at the Christmas Fayre!
