Perfect party finger food. The recipe makes about 20 tartlets.
Beans are like octopus – they need to be cooked either very fast or very slow.
These came together in 20 minutes while chatting to the visitors, and with a few additions to the soup, made a knock up lunch into a feast.
You can make these with or without nuts as well, depending on your school’s nut policy.
I remember when I was quite a small child my grandfather had a shack on Bribie Island. Just before dusk, he would take his rod and walk down to the beach. We kids would play in the shallows and barely have time to make a sandcastle before it was time to head back with a bucket full of whiting fillets.
I usually make several compost piles through the summer, when ingredients are most available and they mature fastest.
Our northern apricots don’t compare with the golden, aromatic, dripping with juice things I remember from Tasmania.