Recipes from ‘Autumn preserves’

• Aubergines in oil

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• Black olives in salt

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• Giardiniera or mixed vegetable pickle

  Choose a mix of vegetables that should include the season’s newest cauliflowers, carrots and tiny onions. You might like to

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• Grapes in grappa

  This Italian preserve requires a little time and patience but it is worth it. The fruit and the alcoholic juice

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• Home-made plum jam

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• Olives in brine

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• Pink pickled onions

  Many people love pickled onions but I find them very strong; I prefer my special pink pickled onions, though they

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• Preserving September plums

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