Grandma Char's Hot Pepper Jelly

The owners of the York St Cafe in Russell kindly let her use their commercial kitchen to cook up her sticky brew. Her secret: fresh, thick-walled capsicums, grown in the north of course.

Charlotte works four days on and two days off for Fullers, either in charge of the car ferry or passenger ferry. Sometimes she’s on call all night if there’s an emergency call out in Russell - Charlotte will take the ambulance across by ferry to avoid the long road journey.

Currently she sells her jelly at Tino Pai Vegetable Shop in Russell and Shirley's Temple in Kerikeri and on occasions at the Bay of Islands Farmers' Market. Charlotte also sells direct through email charray@xtra.co.nz