Monday 22 June 2015

Harvest Monday - strawberries on toast with cheese!?

I didn't think I'd have much to report on this week, as I'd been feeling under the weather for a few days with hayfever and whatnot. But! Turns out a few things have come along after all....
I've harvested more potatoes, by lifting off the grass-clipping mulch and rootling around in the soil a bit. The plant can then carry on growing more potatoes as it hasn't been too disturbed. There have been slugs hiding under the grass too, but I've dealt with them as I find them
I've picked more of the autumn sown broad beans. There was about double this amount, I podded them in two sessions...
And have made the delicious broad bean and egg turmeric stew THREE times this week, it's so quick. It's nice with cooked potatoes added too. I kept forgetting to bring back marjoram ( as I don't have dill yet) so used mint, added just at the end of cooking.
The eggs are really good, sort of a cross between fried and poached
The over- wintered rocket is going a bit crazy so I picked a bunch, snipping off just above the lowest leaf point so it re grows again
Some went with squashage roll ( a delicious pastry with squash and sweet potato sold at the Norwich Providore stall I get our bread from. One day I will try making these myself!)
And I picked a bit of basil to go with the rest of the rocket to make a walnut pesto
Using my own garlic too.
And a first for the year....redcurrants, yum. I think I might actually prefer these to strawberries
...of which there are still plenty coming. Over 11kg so far. I heated some through to then freeze.
And we decided to do something a bit different on Sunday and made warm strawberry with goats cheese on toast. The recipe used ricotta but it's easier to get organic goats cheese here. Also I forgot to pick up flaked almonds so we used ground almonds plus some toasted walnuts, with Norfolk honey too.
Cooking in goats butter, very extravagant!
Yummy yummy yummy.

It was meant to be a brunch recipe but we had it for tea....no need for pudding!

Linking in with Harvest Monday at Daphne's Dandelions

 

18 comments:

  1. That toast looks so good. I'm really going to miss strawberries when they are gone. I like the red currants, but to me they aren't as good as a strawberry.

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    1. Thanks Daphne, the strawb toast was quite rich and very filling. We'll def make it again, maybe a bit less butter next time. Redcurrants somehow taste healthier to me, not sure why!

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  2. Wow, what time should we be over for that strawberry toast! It looks wonderful. And so does sound of the Squashage Roll you described. I am such a fan of winter squash and sweet potatoes and am always looking for new ways to try them.Enjoy all of your berries, we know how fleeting the season is!

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    1. Haha, yeh everyone round to mine for strawberry toast lexa! I'm lucky with the redcurrants, there's a huge bush on my allotment that always produces loads. there's only been one year when it didn't crop.

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  3. Your broad beans and new potatoes look wonderful. And look at all your amazing berries. Hope you feel better soon!

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    1. Thank you Phoung, the beans have done really well. There'll be lots more berries too, yum. I've been feeling a lot better thank you, the hay fever has eased off this week :)

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  4. Our redcurrants are just turning. I'd have never thought g strawberries on toast

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    1. Yep, my currants are still turning too sue, but some are fully ripe so I picked a few as an early treat. I think I'll be spending quite a long time picking the rest soon. The strawb recipe is def not something I'd have thought of myself!

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  5. The toasts look delicious! Definitely not bad at all especially considering you haven't been feeling that well. 11 kg of strawberries? That's quite the haul!

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    1. Thanks Margaret, there's still lots more strawbs to come too, phewee!

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  6. Tasty and colorful! Home grown veggies and fruits are so much more colorful than grocery store equivalents. Did I say equivalent? No, those from the store are not even close, in color or in quantity.

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    1. Thanks daisy! Mmm The redcurrants in particular have such a lovely colour.

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  7. Gosh, how rebellious, having the strawberry dish for tea instead of brunch! I love the sound of the Broad Bean dish with eggs too. My BBs are just about ready, so I may try your recipe. Maybe you would like one of my Jane's recipes - deep-fried filo pastry parcels containing Camembert cheese, with a redcurrant sauce...

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    1. Ha ha, yep we're always bucking the trend here in Norwich Mark. The broad bean dish is great, thanks to Shaheen for flagging it up. Wow, those filo pastries sound good.

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  8. Strawbs on toast sound great (I once tried a grilled cheese with oka cheese, strawbs and chocolate - scrumptious). Nice looking taters! I pulled one of mine up to see how it looked but too early ... your idea of rooting around is much better as I've now pulled a plant and got nothing for it.

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    1. Thanks Susie, am hoping to get some more walnut sourdough tomorrow to make more strawb on toast this weekend, yum. Your recipe sounds very interesting! Anything with choc is always good.
      Ah, yes I've done that before, pulled a potato plant too soon, it feels so disappointing, hope the rest of yours produce though. If you have early pots it's recommended to wait until they've flowered to start harvesting, so that's something to look for.

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  9. Squashage Roll, woaw - I am going to make that. I made some vegetarian sausage rolls recently (still to blog about), but i like the idea of veggies in its place. Your harvest is fabulous. I am so so envious of your broad beans, i have none :( this year, or two measly plants that will probably fail. My day job and the hours are just impacting on my social life, that homely things like gardening are suffering, i keep hoping the next year will be better - let see. I will admire your harvest for now. And so pleased the broad beans egg dish has been a super hit in your home. I made another version recently, did you see. Mark from Marks VEG Plot will go eek as he detests coriander, but i LOVE it.

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    1. I know, that squashage roll is so good Shaheen, I normally pick us up a couple every week. But Sometimes I'm too late and they've already sold out, I should stop telling people how good they are! They've changed the recipe a bit recently and include chilli and feta now too, they used to have chick pea in. Plenty of options to experiment with anyway.
      I was surprised on the broad beans, they did a lot better than expected. But my spring-sown beans have got bad black fly issues so not sure how they'll do.
      I know what you mean, sometimes things just don't work out time-wise with gardening etc, With jan being unwell still (thyroid condition since December) I'm not doing as much as usual and some things're getting neglected....and munched by little critters. But hey ho, other things are doing well so I'll be grateful for them. Your meals are always amazing, so even if it's not homegrown, I'd be extremely happy with your delicious food :)
      Funnily enough, I'd been thinking that a tomato dish would work well with the eggs and beans, thanks for confirming! Haha, I love coriander but haven't sown any this year yet, which is a shame, one of those things that's fallen by the wayside. Thanks so much for originally sharing the egg and bean recipe, it's been so good and really quick, easy, tasty and adaptable.

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