Molly's Lotment - Salad Days

Red and Blackcurrant Bake

Today the weather has been a mixture of biting winds, driving rain and then the odd glitches of sunshine in between. A day for log fires and home baking. I had a couple of bags of red and blackcurrants in the freezer left over from last year. This pudding was a bit of an experiment -

7oz frozen red currants& black currents mixed

4 oz flour (I used wholemeal because it was what I had in the cupboard)

4 oz sugar ( I used brown " " " ..........)

2oz butter

1 beaten egg

Rub the butter into the flour until it resembles breadcrumbs.

Add sugar and fruit.

Bind together with the beaten egg.

Place in a oven proof non metal (greased) dish

Bake for 50 minutes in a medium hot oven

Serve with cream or custard.

 Was quite pleased with the result and Other Half liked it - so something I will bake again.

Zlata Radish & Little Gem Lettuce

I spent a couple of hours in the afternoon, weeding in the poly tunnel. We tried a new radish (for us) this year. One called Zlata which is gold coloured instead of the red ones we normally grow. They have excelled themselves and are absolutely delicious. The Hispi cabbage are still growing well and I've planted a second crop in another small patch.

I  made a dish of coleslaw. Here are the ingredients I used - washed, peeled and shredded in the processor Mixed with a teaspoon of lemon juice and a table spoon of salad cream.

Served with salad, salmon, white Cheshire cheese, chunks of fresh wholemeal bread and lashings of butter.
That was our dinner.


Molly