Fruity Booty

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Location:

Cork

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My dish is fruit leather – a method of preserving fruit by stewing it and slowly drying it into sheets. When finished you have a chewy, jelly-like delicious sweet treat that is totally natural. Tear off pieces for snacking, cut it into shapes, use it as an unusual filling in cakes, biscuits, make edible pictures – as you can see in the photo! It’s fun to eat and pretty healthy as the sugar content is very low. It is an ideal snack and good for lunch boxes.

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I like to cook with my own homegrown fruit and vegetables and wild food. I see a cookery qualification as a way of upskilling and of consolidating my love of cooking, gardening and foraging with project management skills from my archaeological career. I would make optimum use of the cookery course and hope to make a living from one of my food ideas. I would like to do something to encourage more ‘social gatherings’ where neighbours get together to share food they have cooked themselves.