Recipe: Strawberry and Raspberry jelly

Ingredients
500g fresh picked raspberries
500g Home grown Strawberries
180g sugar
1 lemon, zest
2 star anise
4 sprigs mint
2 vanilla pods
250g water

Method
Place all of the ingredients in a bowl and cover with cling film
Place the bowl over a hot water bath and allow the juices to extract from the berries
Pass the mix through a cloth, all you require is the liquid
Measure out the liquid, you will require 500ml, add 3 leaves of softened gelatine
Pour the liquid into service glasses and set in the fridge over night.

I like to serve the jelly with lemon Thyme custard, fresh cut berries and pistachio crumble.

Lillies and Fynns home grown strawberries, balsamic reduction, Vanilla pod ice cream

Ingredients
For Two

2 cups of ripe strawberries
2 teaspoons sugar
2 teaspoons balsamic
2 scoops Vanilla bean ice cream

Method
Pick, wash and dry the berries
When you are ready to eat half the berries
Sprinkle the berries with the sugar, mix and allow to sit for a few minutes
Place the berries in bowls and top with the icecream
Pour over the balsamic

If you dont grow your own as Lillie does at home, Pick your own farms are a handy ways to find locally grown produce at a good price, end of season picks are good for cheap berries, great for jam making.