In my kitchen…
…is a batch of sourdough spelt epi. They’ll be served with extra virgin olive oil and homemade dukkah. Epi are easy to make (there are step by step instructions here), and they never fail to impress…
In my kitchen…
…are our very first new potatoes! The plants aren’t ready to be harvested yet, but we’ve been bandicooting (pinching new potatoes from just under the soil at the top of the mound). They’ve grown surprisingly quickly – we only planted our first batch of potatoes in late August. Below are a large red norland, a few King Edwards and our first baby bintje…
In my kitchen…
…is today’s harvest of beans. We’re picking this amount every other day at the moment, and often eating them raw…
In my kitchen…
…is a homemade bug catcher. A wineglass half-filled with cider vinegar or white wine vinegar is irresistible to annoying little fruit flies, and by adding a drop or two of dishwashing detergent to the mix, the bugs aren’t able to fly out again once they’ve dropped in for a drink…
In my kitchen…
…are bread making treasures! Lovely Wendy went hunting for proving baskets for me in Hong Kong, ever generous Christine sent me one of her homemade bread bags, and my dear friend Joanna organised a Danish dough whisk to be sent to me from the UK (I’ve been brandishing it like a magic wand!)…
In my kitchen…
…are the salt holder and egg beater of Mrs M, our beloved neighbour who passed away in July. I think of her every time I use them…
In my kitchen…
…is a tray of supernatural brownies – my default recipe whenever I need a large quantity of baked treats in a hurry…
In my kitchen…
…are the first fruits from our supposedly non-fruiting prunus! I took these photos for Heidi in August. At the time our tree was covered in blossoms…
In the eighteen years it’s been growing, our prunus has never fruited properly – we’ve had the occasional tiny orb which fell off, but never anything worth picking.
This year we were surprised to see quite a few medium sized plums – they were dropping off the tree before they were ripe, so we collected all we could reach – about 450g (1lb) in total.
Not surprisingly, the plums weren’t great eating, but loathe to waste them, we submerged them in vodka and brandy with sugar. Hopefully we’ll end up with a drinkable plum brandy in a few months’ time!
So tell me, what’s happening in your kitchen this month?
Fig Jam and Lime Cordial 