I have plenty of these babies growing right now, so if you are local and want some please let me know. You can either message me through the blog or pm me.
Month: December 2020
Lemony zucchini and tuna spaghetti
I picked the first zucchini yesterday! Casting around for ideas for something new to make, I remembered a dish I ate in 13 years ago in Stromboli, when we went to a seafood trattoria called Ai Gechi one night. We had the two girls in tow (then 15 and 18) so our 50-euros-a-day spending money…
Artichokes with vinaigrette
As with all vegetables and fish that are super fresh, the simplest and easiest way to cook an artichoke is the best. Chop off the stalk so each one stands without wobbling. Boil in plenty of salted water for up to an hour (when cooked you can easily pull off an outer leaf – use…
Carcioffuli a la Francesca (stuffed artichokes)
In the style of Francesca, Gerard’s mother. My partner Gerard’s mother was born in New Zealand, but both of her parents had been recent immigrants from the island of Stromboli, north of Sicily, in the Aeolian Sea. She went on to have five children and became a completely devoted mother who always had a pot…
Artichokes Hearts – how to prepare and preserve
If you have a few artichoke plants, chances are that by late November/early December you will have a glut. If you pick them while they are still small you can prepare them and preserve them in cider vinegar, and they taste just like the ones you buy in the deli. An artichoke throws up one…
Globe Artichokes
The first wee globe artichokes began poking their little heads above the leaves in mid-September. By the start of October, we were eating them, and its pretty much the only veg we ate for three months. We did chomp our way through the last of the winter veg as everything got tougher and older and…
food ripe from my garden 