In my kitchen…
…are the first two eggs laid by Amber. The new hens have been named (all will be revealed in a future post), and are settling well into the flock, but only Amber is laying at the moment. I can’t tell you how nice it is to have homegrown eggs again…
In my kitchen…
…are mulberries from our neighbours Liz and Brett’s enormous backyard tree…
We turned most of the bucket into four and a half jars of mulberry jam. It’s not a tidy process, as all the berries need to be stripped from the stem…
We like our berry jams quite firm (with the exception of strawberry) and very concentrated in flavour, but not overly sweet…
In my kitchen…
…there is always bread, but not always such a pleasing bread photo – this one was taken with the board on the kitchen floor in a beam of morning sunlight…
In my kitchen…
…is the first of our sweetheart cabbages for the season. As we also had a freshly laid egg, naturally we had to make coleslaw…
In my kitchen…
…is the newest Callebaut chocolate on sale at Chefs’ Warehouse…
Unusually, it’s a blend of different origin chocolate from Tanzania, Ghana and Sao Thomé, and it’s a seriously dark 80%. Despite that, it tempers into a smooth, silky bar without any of the chalkiness that you sometimes find in higher cacao chocolate…
In my kitchen…
…are plump, fat vanilla beans from Tahiti – a gift from our friends Marcela and Stephen who visited the plantation last month…
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…is caramel sauce. I normally wouldn’t buy sauce in a bottle, but this one only has two ingredients, caramelised sugar and water. And yes, I could make it, but I’m notorious for burning caramel…
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…is annatto paste. When I posted about our Mexican Chilli Paste, lovely Tania from My Kitchen Stories told me that I had to pick up some annatto paste next time I was at Fiji Market. I actually have no idea what I’m supposed to do with it – any suggestions?
In my kitchen…
…is Australian spanner crab meat bought frozen from Costco. Picked crab meat is very expensive here – this small 250g packet cost (from memory) about $16…
It made a very special Friday night pasta though, and the 250g was more than enough to feed the four of us…
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Tell me, what’s happening in your kitchen this month?
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Here are this month’s posts…
Bernice @ Dish ‘N’ The Kitchen
Fiona @ TIFFIN – Bite Sized Food Adventures
Shaheen @ Allotment2Kitchen (first IMK post!)
Marian @ Apricot Tart (first IMK post!)
Amanda @ Lambs’ Ears and Honey
Laila @ Table of Colors (first IMK post from Finland!)
Giulia @ Love at Every Bite (first IMK post!)
Lizzy @ Bizzy Lizzy’s Good Things
Johanna @ Green Gourmet Giraffe
Misky @ The Chalk Hills Kitchen
Ladyredspecs @ Please Pass the Recipe (first IMK post!!)
Anne @ Life in Mud Spattered Boots
Linda @ The Witches Kitchen (first IMK post!!)
Diane @ Diane’s Kitchen Table (first IMK post!!)
Fig Jam and Lime Cordial 