Victory Vinegars

This is proper cold-weather cooking. Rich, savoury, faintly sharp in the best way. The red wine vinegar doesn’t shout, it murmurs, lifting the whole pot so it tastes like it’s been thinking about itself all afternoon. Ingredients 800g stewing beef, cut into generous chunks 2 tbsp flour Salt and black pepper 2 tbsp oil or dripping 2 onions, sliced 3 cloves garlic, smashed 3 carrots, chunky pieces 2 parsnips, chunky pieces 1 tbsp tomato purée 2 tbsp Victory red wine vinegar 1 t

Sweet Chili Jam with Vinegar Glossy, sticky, and absolutely not for the faint of toast This is the sort of jam that makes cheese nervous and sausages feel important. Sweet first, heat second, vinegar keeping it all sharp and tidy like a Land Girl with a clipboard. Ingredients 4 red bell peppers, finely chopped 6 to 8 red chilies, finely chopped (deseed a few if you want warmth, not a full barn fire) 4 cloves garlic, minced 1 thumb-sized piece of fresh ginger, grated 500 g cas

Sharp-sweet, deeply comforting, and made for cold evenings.

Peggy doesn’t rush good things. When the roots come in and the kitchen smells of earth and onions, she reaches for the balsamic and lets time do the rest. This winter red onion marmalade is one of her most requested jars. Deep, dark, and quietly addictive. The jar everyone asks for… and quietly guards. This is deep-winter comfort cooking. Slow, glossy, and unapologetically indulgent. A spoonful of this turns the plainest plate into something worth lingering over. Make one ja

Red wine vinegar isn’t flashy. It doesn’t flirt. It gets on with the job and does it well. If your kitchen cupboard were a village, this one would be the dependable neighbour who always brings the right thing and never makes a fuss about it.