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Sausage Rolls with Pear, Stilton, and Sage

09/11/2017 By The Seasonal Table Leave a Comment

Sausage Rolls with Pear, Stilton, and Sage -- Seasonal Food UK | https://theseasonaltable.co.uk/savoury/sausage-rolls-pear-stilton-sage/

Now that the clocks have turned back and the nights are continuing to draw in, everything is beginning to slow down here on the smallholding. We’re no longer rushing to harvest and process vegetables from the raised beds, or fruits from the orchard. The honeybees are hunkered down for the cold months so, aside from…

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Herbed Omelette with Griddled Courgette, Halloumi, and Nasturtiums

30/07/2017 By The Seasonal Table 1 Comment

Herbed Omelette with Griddled Courgette, Halloumi, and Nasturtiums -- In a skillet -- Seasonal Food | https://theseasonaltable.co.uk/brunch/herbed-omelette-with-griddled-courgette-halloumi-and-nasturtiums/

One of the lovely things about growing our own food is being able to pop outside and literally pick our own meals. Breakfasts, lunches and dinners are built around whatever is flourishing or newly appearing in the veg beds, orchard and herb patch at any given point in time. Yesterday morning, before the rain came,…

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A Spring Salad

22/05/2017 By The Seasonal Table Leave a Comment

A Spring Salad -- serve fresh -- Seasonal Food | https://theseasonaltable.co.uk/savoury/a-spring-salad/

Chive flowers are top contenders for our favourite edible bloom. They taste great – a gentle, onion-like flavour, but without the sharpness or pungency of an actual onion. And they look pretty. The rounded heads of blossom break into tiny handfuls of translucent, papery flowers, each one striped dark lilac, with a little grassy tail…

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Rhubarb, Wild Watermint and Ginger Crumble

10/05/2017 By The Seasonal Table Leave a Comment

Rhubarb, Wild Watermint and Ginger Crumble -- Seasonal Food | http://theseasonaltable.co.uk/sweet/rhubarb-wild-watermint-and-ginger-crumble/

Wild watermint grows along our stream edge. It quietly rises from the banks and within the shallows in swathes during early April. We’re usually alerted to it’s seasonal arrival by accidentally treading on a patch of emerging leaves, releasing a heady aroma into the air. The flavour is reminiscent of peppermint, but perhaps with a…

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Gorse Flower and Raw Honey Mojito

26/04/2017 By The Seasonal Table Leave a Comment

Gorse Flower and Raw Honey Mojito -- Seasonal Food | https://theseasonaltable.co.uk/drinks/gorse-flower-and-raw-honey-mojito/

Last weekend we made gorse flower rum. High up in the hills and woodland, the gorse bushes were blanketed in bright, canary-yellow petals. The individual blooms have a fragile scent that echoes a combination of coconut, vanilla and pineapple. And the collective fragrance of a whole gorse bush, amplified by the warmth of sunshine, reminds…

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Wild Garlic, Nettle, Dandelion and Goose Egg Tart

12/04/2017 By The Seasonal Table 1 Comment

Wild Garlic, Nettle, Dandelion and Goose Egg Tart -- Seasonal Food | http://theseasonaltable.co.uk/savoury/wild-garlic-nettle-dandelion-and-goose-egg-tart/

Spring is fully under way here in the hills of rural Somerset. Everything is fresh, green and hopeful. The first of the orchard blossom is decorating the plum and cherry trees, swathes of wild garlic line the stream, and masses of feathery young nettles have appeared along the hedgerows.

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Rhubarb soda in the orchard. Our quick recipe for Rhubarb soda in the orchard. Our quick recipe for this sparkling spring thirst quencher is in the latest issue of the very lovely @simplethingsmag along with a few of our other favourite April-time recipes if you fancy a read. It’s also up on the magazine’s blog (link in our stories). Wishing you all a very happy (hopefully rhubarb-soda-ry) last day of the Easter weekend.
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The vegetable patch clouded by the mist that desce The vegetable patch clouded by the mist that descends so often at this time of year. Though many of the raised beds are empty now, there are a few winter crops to collect: various wonky brassicas, carrots, winter salad leaves, leeks and chard. Hopefully enough to keep us going until spring.
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Stockings hung by the cosy glow of the fire and en Stockings hung by the cosy glow of the fire and enough wood stacked up to keep the flames going through to Christmas Day. Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas!
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For our first Christmas on the smallholding, we cu For our first Christmas on the smallholding, we cut a handful of lime-green and red willow stems from the shrubs that grow at the waterlogged edges of the stream and twisted them into a rustic wreath. It has decorated our front door every December since, its bright colours now faded to plum and ochre, fresh seasonal foliage tucked amongst the tangle of twigs. Our favourite adornments include a base of waxy evergreen leaves like holly (with berries), sprays of conifer with tiny pinecones clinging to their tips, and twists of ivy; we add extra texture with dried seed heads (silvery sea holly is our usual choice)and foraged pinecones; plus flashes of festive colour from late rosehips and short stems of pyracantha berries. Hanging the wreath on the front door, exposed to the winter air and occasional rain, keeps the foliage looking fresh, so it lasts happily until twelfth night.
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A couple of homemade decorations for the Christmas A couple of homemade decorations for the Christmas table: candles and garlands. 
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We make very simple garlands from garden twine, foraged pinecones (collected back in the summer), and walnuts (gathered in autumn from our neighbour’s tree) painted silver and gold, to hang from the ceiling corners and twirl along the centre of the dining table.
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And we drill a few holes in some chunks of wood from the log store to make rustic holders for a hotchpotch of beeswax candles. They bring a cosy, honey-scented glow to the table.
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Holly and ivy are fantastic festive fodder for our Holly and ivy are fantastic festive fodder for our sheep during the winter months when the grass growth is little. We often gather small branches of the soft holly leaves that grow higher up the trees (where they are usually out of reach of hungry animals and don’t feel the need to prickle up) and pull up tangles of deep green ivy from an overgrown bank for the flock to munch as a fresh treat alongside their daily ration of hay.
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This pic was taken for our latest feature in the Christmas issue of the wonderful @simplethingsmag. It’s out now if you fancy a read. 
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