It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas here. Mince pies are in our little shop and I’m making pastry and pulling pork to keep the shop stocked on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Pop along if you get the chance for a pulled pork sandwich and a glass of mulled wine or a beer.
Remember all the foodie produce in our shop is organic and delicious and the crafts we sell are from local producers who have a connection to the farm, like Joes’ beautiful hand carved spoons.
It’s a funny time of year for us, we all get a bit giddy about the festive season however it’s also a time for a lot of chat over our coffee time about the year to come. We chat about which variety of potatoes seems to have performed the best and how many onions and garlic do we have planted for next year and other heady topics about year round vegetable production and as you know the meat, particularly the beef production, is more like years in the planning.
Becs is busy, on top of her other farmy jobs, planning next years farm/garden visits. It really is a never ending circle of activity. This week has been a very wet and windy week with us all in our waterproofs. Joe has taking the worst of the wet weather hit finishing of some planting jobs in very heavy rain.
It’s really only the start of the winter so there’s lots of comfort food to look forward to.
Menu ideas for this week.
Root Veg Gratin.
A one pot wonder. Thinly slice the roots and arrange them tightly in a casserole dish. Pour in some veg stock, plenty of garlic and top with your favourite cheese and bake in the oven. You can do this when the roast is in the oven and pop in some baking potatoes at the same time to make best use of the oven. Top up the veg stock if it dries out and the veg isn’t tender. This dish is easy to reheat so can be made ahead and chilled or frozen.
Roast Beef with Yorkshire Puddings.
Leftover Yorkshires make a good pudding with baked buttery brandy bananas or stewed apple and ice cream
Winter slaw using red cabbage, carrots and onion.
Serve with beef lasagna or bolognese on top of a baked potato or the veg gratin.
Roasted Swede Soup. A super hearty and creamy winter soup.
Tomato Tarte Tatin with green salad
Braised red cabbage with cold roast beef and leftovers.
Have a great weekend
Beth
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