Seville Orange Marmalade and Oat Biscuits

It's January, so as always its time to take advantage of the short Seville orange season and make marmalade.

I'm on batch number two of the 2012 season, but once all the slicing is done there is alot of hanging around in the kitchen while things boil, so today I decided to make some Oat Biscuits.

We use Pat Lalor's "Kilbeggan Organic Porridge Oats" for both porridge and flapjacks but just before Christmas we were at an event where the Lalor's were promoting their oats and had made biscuits. They were kindly giving samples and the recipe to all who were interested. They were delicious, so today was the day to make them at home.

Kilbeggan Porridge Oat Biscuits:

3ozs soft brown sugar

30zs plain four

4 ozs Kilbeggan organic porrdige oats

5ozs butter

half a teaspoon of bread soda

Mix all the ingredients together. Roll into small balls and place on a baking sheet 2 inches apart. Flatten them slightly, and then bake until golden - roughly 15 minutes in the Aga.

Once cooled the biscuits just about get onto a plate before they are devoured by family and friends.

At this stage the marmalade should  have reached setting point! So its time to pot up before relaxing with a cup of tea and a Kilbeggan Porridge Oat Biscuit.  Yummy!

New Year

Leeks are the only thing left in the garden at this time of year.

But once the chores are done it is nice to sit by the fire in the evening and browse through the seed catalogues.

The Organic Centre, Irish Seed Savers. Brown Envelope Seeds, Heritage Bulbs and Mr Middleton

have all sent out their catalogues and somehow it is nicer than browsing on the computer. Pen in hand we mark all the seeds we think we might like, and then cut down our order trying to be realistic about the amount of time and space we have. Never enough of either!