In my kitchen…
…is a bag of Syrian za’atar. The gentleman in the Arabic nut and spice store convinced me that it was better than the Jordanian product I normally buy, and I couldn’t resist the artistic presentation – reminiscent of the coloured sand in glass bottles that were all the rage when I was a child…
In my kitchen…
…is a bottle of Canadian maple syrup, a gift from our friends Kevin and Carol who were over there for a holiday a couple of months ago…
In my kitchen…
…are three loaves of sourdough fruit bread, made to a new formula I’ve been playing with – a variation on the one I made last year.
The dough has 500g of fruit to the 1kg of flour (800g flour/100g rye/100g spelt) and contains a mixture of dried cranberries, Turkish figs, sultanas, currants, golden raisins and the wonderful candied peel I found at Harkola last Christmas…
The peel gives the bread a festive fruit cake touch, although I didn’t make my own like Heidi does…
In my kitchen…
…is a plate of greens from the garden, including basil, Italian parsley, purslane and sorrel..
In my kitchen…
…is proof positive that my friend Marty loves me! He spent six months sourcing this kopi luwak as a surprise for me. The coffee beans are a rare delicacy – eaten and then shat out by civet cats, whose digestive processes ferment the beans (which come out whole), resulting in an incredibly smooth and mellow coffee…
I took a handful to Manny, the world’s best barista, and he ground the beans and made them up for us to taste. It was a sublime and perfect way to spend an easy afternoon…
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Fig Jam and Lime Cordial 