Category: Seasons
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Puntarelle – recipes and how to grow
Puntarelle are glorious to eat. This type of chicory is a versatile vegetable which you can eat raw or cooked. It’s also a doddle to grow. We grew it for the first time last year and it will be a firm favourite for the future. You may see recipes for Puntarella, with an ‘a‘ at…
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English heritage wheat sourdough bread
These three sourdough loaves are made with Doves Farm English Wholegrain Wheat flour mixed with Shipton Mill’s Organic White Strong Flour. I made up the dough yesterday and folded it four times and about one hour intervals and then left it in the fridge overnight to retard. This morning I took the dough out of…
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Seedy Penpals February 2013 Update
Our second Seedy Penpal exchange has got off to a great start. we have lots of enthusiastic people who are making new friends and oo-ing and ahh-ing over new seeds and other presents.
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Seedy Penpals January 2013
As many people found in August 2012, Seedy Penpals is a great way to share seeds with like-minded people. We all like to send and receive surprise treats: with Seedy Penpals you get to grow them too (and eat some). Follow the links at the bottom of that post to see the fun other people…
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Ginger and Pecan Muffins Recipe
This is one of Debs’ inventions that I made yesterday. When I first tasted them I was in food heaven. Lovely spicy ginger flavour with the roasted pecan taste and a hint of spice. It’s such a gorgeous combination – they are my favourite muffin now. What’s even better about this recipe is that you…
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Salumi by Ruhlman & Polcyn – Review
Salumi delivers on its promises. If you want a comprehensive, understandable, useable and enjoyable guide to how to dry cure & preserve meats Italian style, this is it. It’s suitable for the chef, semi-pro or novice home practitioner. I wish that this book had been published a few years earlier to save me some hard…
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Schug and harissa recipes
These are a blast for any chilliholic and will add a new dimension to the seasonings on any table. In the northern hemisphere, now is when we need to preserve green & red chillies. If you have a blender or food processor these couldn’t be easier. Chillies and tomatoes are arguably two of the most…
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Peat Free Diet Audio Book Review
Emma Cooper – The Peat Free Diet – Audio Book Running time in excess of 2 hours The Peat Free Diet (PFD) on Emma’s blog is a really useful resource for anyone interested in growing things. If you’re also interested in saving peat bogs by going peat free, then all the better: the book or…
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Fermenting fruit vinegars at home
Once you know how to make your own vinegar you can experiment with different flavours. Last year I showed you how to make your own apple cider vinegar. This year, I experimented to see if I could use the same principles to make some blackberry and apple vinegar. I’ve also got into using Kombucha.…