Tag: Lemon
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Blackberry & Sage Margarita
Thus far the Autumn has been unusually warm and so it was with real delight that I stepped out yesterday morning to see frost silvering the garden and to feel a definite chill in the air. It’s finally time to light the Aga, bring the log baskets in from the shed and to cosy up…
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Lemon, Elderflower & Chamomile Posset
May is probably my favourite time of year in the UK. After a usually grey early Spring, the sun finally throws out real warmth, and the world responds with an abundance of fresh green growth. Radishes, peas and broad beans spring up in the vegetable patch, the herbaceous borders seem to fill out over night, and every…
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Smoking Bees Knees
The early May bank holiday is set to be glorious. Flowers are blooming, the sun is shining and (by Yorkshire standards at least) it’s hot! I’ve spent the last few days in the garden – potting up tomatoes, herbs and courgettes – and in the evening have been playing around with new seasonal cocktail recipes.…
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Wild Mushroom Soup with Spelt Gremolata
A few years ago I spent the summer in Austria. The pickings in the woods there were just incredible. As long as you went for a walk with a beady eye and a lot of patience, you could be rewarded by intensely flavoured mountain strawberries and raspberries, wild bilberries and a plethora of mushrooms. I had…