Allotment gardening is all about taste .........
In order to get great taste, we need to have great vegetables and ingredients and super recipes to ensure we prepare the food in the best possible way. This section of the website lists some of our favorite recipes for you to try and enjoy. If you have a favorite recipe you would like to share then just let Mike know and he will add it to the list
Recipes we love
Roasted Spicy Butternut Squash
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Ingredients
Butternut squash
Salt and pepper Olive oil 1/2 - 1 fresh red chilli Preserved lemon Mixed spice or cinnamon |
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Courgette and Feta Salad by Maggie Piper
Ingredients
Courgettes
Salt Pepper Olive oil Dried mint Lemon juice Feta cheese |
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Slice courgettes lengthways in single layer on oven tray, season with salt and piper and drizzle with olive oil. Bake in oven until cooked and some have burnt a little. Transfer to serving plate with any of the excess olive oil then squeeze over the juice of about 1/2 lemon. Sprinkle with dried mint and crumble over some feta to taste.
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Lentil Soup by Gusel Garrett Lentil Soup
I thought I would start off this section with a recipe from Cyprus that my mother used to make. I know we don't grow Lentils on the allotment but it is a nice vegetarian dish.
It's a simple recipe but satisfying and warming, just the job for winter weather, also there's an unusual twist at the end. |
Ingredients 2 oz red (orange) lentils, they won't need soaking
1 oz rice, pudding rice or similar 1 small onion finely chopped Lemon Juice |
Method
Start by simmering the lentils in just enough water to cover them, about ten minutes or less.
When nearly cooked add the rice and continue simmering until both cooked.
In the meantime fry the onion aiming to brown it slightly.
When browned add it to the hot soup, season and serve with a squeeze of fresh lemon juice to taste.
Serves 2
When nearly cooked add the rice and continue simmering until both cooked.
In the meantime fry the onion aiming to brown it slightly.
When browned add it to the hot soup, season and serve with a squeeze of fresh lemon juice to taste.
Serves 2
Toastie's al la Green Toastie
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by Alan Piper
Recipe for a quick cheese and onion toastie. Toast one or two slices of a bread of your choice. Place cheddar cheese cubes, to appetite, in a bowl with chopped onion or shallot.
Microwave the contents until melted,spread on toasts,slap them together and enjoy! |
Marrow and Ginger Jam by Liz Holloway
This is a favorite way of using marrows, or perhaps a courgette that has grown to big because we forgot to pick it.
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Ingredients 3lbs Chopped marrow: peeled and deseeded
8oz cystallized ginger 2 tspns ground ginger 3lbs sugar 2 lemons |
Method
Cut marrow into small cubes and steam until tender : 50 minutes or so.
Drain well and mash then place in a saucepan. Finely chop the crystallized ginger add the grated lemon rind along with the juice of the two lemons to this pan.
Add the sugar, dissolve and stir. bring to the boil and boil for approximately 20minutes or until the setting point is reached.
Makes about 5 jars.
Drain well and mash then place in a saucepan. Finely chop the crystallized ginger add the grated lemon rind along with the juice of the two lemons to this pan.
Add the sugar, dissolve and stir. bring to the boil and boil for approximately 20minutes or until the setting point is reached.
Makes about 5 jars.
Courgette Salad
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