Pink pickles
As the weather starts to get a bit chillier and the garden reaches its most productive it becomes necessary to preserve the gluts for use...
Stuffed courgettes flowers with goats cheese, fig and pecan, drizzled with truffled honey
When u just cant wait for the courgettes to get to full size it is a lovely treat to stuff the flowers and deep fry them. I first tried...
Turmeric and mustard courgettes
The courgettes are going mad in our new bed this year, helped by the two loads of manure we filled it with from the stables over the road...
Beef with broad bean flowers and wild garlic
Our broad beans have started this seasons show and without the patience to wait for the beans we have decided to eat the flowers first....
Only a year away
This is Pacific Purple and marks the survival of our asparagus over the winter. Hopefully all our plants will have survived and we can...
Rhubarb snaps
With the first healthy trunks of rhubarb up we decided to make an accompaniment to our rhubarb sorbet in the form of a criunchy rhubarb...
Apple and Rosemary Jelly
Our neighbour Susan kindly gave us the last of her Bramleys from last year and they needed immediate processing. We decided on a quick...
Sourdough experiments
There is not alot to do in the garden at this time of year so it gives us time to have a bit of a play in the kitchen. Today we decided...
Oven dried tomato and rosemary bread
Some bread for croutons today. We want to make them a bit more interesting so are adding tomatoes dried in an oven for a few hours with a...
Sorrel Pesto
We have had sorrel steadily growing ,in spite of the onslaught of an army of slugs, and getting very little attention from us all summer....
