Ingredients (Makes 12 large or 24 small biscuits) 200g unsalted butter325g plain flour150g caster sugar3 tsps of dried lavender flowers1 free range egg yolk Method: Preheat the oven to 160`cPlace a layer of baking paper on an oven tray.Mix together the flour, sugar, butter & lavender using a food processor. The mix should resemble breadcrumbs.Then … Continue reading Lavender Shortbread
It's actually more syrup than honey but that what we have always called it in our house. It uses the resin in the needles and sugar to give a delicious, thick, sweet, runny treat that is perfect on toast, drizzled over ice cream, added to tea as a sweetener or just eaten from the jar … Continue reading Spruce Tip “Honey”
When the chive blossom arrives in May I love to make this vibrant green pea soup and add it as a garnish. It's simple and delicious and is often a good way of using up any of last years frozen peas from the plot in preparation for this years glut. Ingredients: (serves 2)750g of frozen … Continue reading Garden Pea Soup with Chives
At this time of year the chive blossom is in abundance. The flowers of this perennial herb have an onion like flavor which is milder than the leaves. As well as being visually attractive when added to salads or other dishes they are fabulous when infused into a herbal vinegar. Ingredients: 1 cup of fresh … Continue reading Chive Blossom Vinegar
At this time of year wild garlic is in abundance. Often found in shady woodland it's smell is unmistakable. It has so many culinary uses from pesto, to soup, to pickled flowers. My lovely friend popped a bag of it over my gate this week and I made my all time favourite recipe: scones. Ingredients: … Continue reading Wild Garlic, Chive and Cheddar Scones
Makes an easy weeknight supper: Kale & Pecan Pesto This is a great way to use up a glut of kale and it makes a really quick and easy mid week supper. The bonus is you can freeze it too.▪3 cups of chopped kale, I grow Cavalo Nero but any kale will work▪1/2 cup of … Continue reading Kale and Pecan Pesto
The highlight of Christmas: bottles of Damson Gin Seperating the driveway and the paddock are a row of damson trees. Each year they crop in abundance, without fail. The boys and I pick kilo's of them every year and we turn some into jam but the majority get turned into gin. We start the process … Continue reading Damson Gin
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