The seasonality of gardening is a profound reality. There is no getting round it. I think in our modern, urban culture, we are so divorced from the seasons, so used to having strawberries in autumn and apples in spring, that it is easy to think we are boss of the seasons.
These are steamed muffins and they have a texture a bit like a steamed pudding. So they survive well in the rough and tumble of lunch boxes.
It’s not fair that the bumper season for leafy greens coincides with right when we start lighting the slow combustion stove every night! I have all the ingredients for wonderful salads going off in my garden.
Ok, I admit it. There was no staging necessary for this shot. This is the real state of my laundry tub. That is, until today…
The jumping off point for this recipe was Stephanie Alexander’s adaption of Claudia Roden’s adaption from a Middle Eastern classic that uses whole boiled oranges.
It’s citrus season, our tangelo tree is loaded, and I have a new favourite breakfast.