Scallops with Cauliflower Puree
Sometimes you grow a vegetable that is a perfect specimen and you feel a lovely warm inner glow. Then life gets in the way, you leave it to harvest until […]
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Lemony Courgette Pasta and Pesto
Yesterday’s haul – not including the cucumbers (which I am in denial about) and a large bucket of assorted plums. The tomatoes have come into their own. The costolutu fiorentino […]
Lamb Kofte and Broad Beans
Continuing the broadbean theme here, I made this dish based on a recipe by Ottolenghi and Tamimi in Jerusalem. Kofte and Broad Beans: 500ml chicken stock, two large handfuls of broad […]
The Giant Beanstalk
I am totally the kind of person who would swap their cow for some magic beans proffered by a stranger encountered on a road. I suspect this is why Iggy […]
Mulberry Tart
Twenty years ago when my mum died, friends gave my dad roses and a mulberry tree to plant to remember my mum. Before it died of the neglect that sorrow […]
Duck Confit Burgers
There’s a quick way and a slow way to make these burgers. The quick way involves heating up some duck confit, toasting a bun, smearing over some mayonnaise adding the […]
Nettle Soup
We have quite a few patches of nettle around on the smallholding – they are for wildlife and dinner, not because we can’t be bothered to deal with them …. […]
