Posted in Allotments, Recipe of the month, Unusual veg on Jan 23rd, 2012
Romanian Sirbusca (Potato and Root Parsley soup-stew) Deciding what you do with your root parsley once you’ve grown it is easy: you just plump for one of its multiple identities and use it just like you would parsnips, or carrots (or parsley, if you’re using the tops). We had ours roasted alongside the Sunday joint, [...]
Posted in Recipe of the month, Unusual veg on Aug 23rd, 2011
Kohlrabi Soup At last, here it is: the answer to all those heartfelt cries of kohlrabi growers everywhere: ‘well, now what do I do with it?!’ This is one of my favourite vegetable soups: just the right side of chunky, thick and filling, and you can just pull the ingredients out the veg patch any time [...]
Posted in Recipe of the month on Jan 4th, 2011
Cold-buster Soup That’s cold in both senses of the word. This is a soup – or perhaps a stew, never could make up my mind which - that warms you to the very tips of your toes, and continues to warm you like one of those Readybrek adverts for hours afterwards. Perfect for rubbish January weather [...]
Apples (late varieties like Cox's Orange Pippin), beetroot, cabbage (green and red), carrots, celeriac, chard, Jerusalem artichokes, kale, kohlrabi, medlars, parsnips, pumpkins, quince, raspberries (autumn varieties), salad leaves, sprout tops, squashes, turnips
