tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12343178586353769452024-03-05T07:40:42.867-08:00Fried Green TomatoesVeronica Burkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14182502436987284861noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1234317858635376945.post-32734277583284613572013-03-18T04:34:00.003-07:002013-03-18T04:34:37.833-07:00Wonderful Sourdough<h2>
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Fermenting Stuff</h2>
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We have been fermenting a lot of grains, and good ideas, at Macbiehill Farmhouse. A four-day Baking for Community course ended yesterday, with (sourdough) cultures being exchanged between Scotland, England, Bulgaria, Brazil and Ireland.<br />
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We adopted some <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kefir" target="_blank">Kefir</a> 'grains', which are fermenting whole organic milk whilst multiplying their complex mix of bacteria and yeasts merrily in the kitchen. The resulting yoghurty drink - blended with a syrup of summer berries and served chilled - has been a huge hit. Influenced by nutritionist <a href="mailto:nurturenaturally.bohatch@gmail.com" target="_blank">Colette McMahon</a>, with her mantras of <i>'get the oils right'</i> and <i>'soak the grains first'</i> I've also added 'energy balls' to the Bread Matters coffee breaks. As soon as my new moulds arrive I will dignify these with the title 'energy bars' but for now it's just balls.<br />
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Here is the recipe.<br />
You don't need to weigh anything. Use any measure for the 'scoop' - tablespoon, jug, bucket - according to how many people you're feeding, in these ratios:<br />
Soak two scoops of dried apricots with one scoop of crystallised ginger and one scoop of sunflower seeds in pure orange juice, overnight.<br />
Drain off any excess liquid that hasn't been absorbed.<br />
Add one scoop of cashew nuts.<br />
Whizz the mixture in a blender until it is only slightly lumpy.<br />
Shape it into small balls and roll them in dried coconut to coat them.<br />
If the mixture is too soft to shape, chill it in the fridge first and/or add more nuts or seeds.<br />
Variations: Almost any dried fruits, seeds and nuts, coated in chocolate.<br />
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It is still Lent, of course, so the Lenten Greens recipe posted this time last year is back in fashion; and we've eaten our first green salads of Japanese broccoli, wild rocket, a volunteer lettuce, Mizuna and Mibuna from the polytunnel. </div>
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The green tomatoes from last year's crop have nearly all been eaten, in the form of a variation on 'zucchini' loaves (see post February 2013) and this <a href="http://www.davidlebovitz.com/2011/07/green-tomato-apple-chutney-recipe/" target="_blank">green tomato chutney</a> we made last autumn.<br />
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Andrew has been slowly-fermenting and baking with Mulika wheat, grown in East Lothian.<br />
If you haven't read Scotland: The Bread yet, here's a loaf, <a href="http://images/uploads/Scotland_The_Bread_v2.pdf" target="_blank">and a link</a>, for you.<br />
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<br />Veronica Burkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14182502436987284861noreply@blogger.com0Lamancha, West Linton, Scottish Borders EH46, UK55.751855 -3.2740220000000591-15.378364999999995 -168.50839700000006 90 161.96035299999994tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1234317858635376945.post-69227181903455309102013-02-11T08:31:00.003-08:002013-03-17T12:48:36.071-07:00<br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">This recipe was devised by Andrew to make something delicious from the glut of courgettes we often have in the summer. Each loaf (we have decided not to call it ‘bread’ as it is raised with baking powder and is really a cake) takes only 150g of courgette; so it isn’t a solution to all the excess produce - or a way of sneaking courgette into the diet of resistant family members. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Most vegetable gardeners have a story about over-production. My favourite comes from a baking friend Angus who told us that, in the part of rural Canada he comes from, the only time his neighbours ever lock their cars is during the zuchini glut. They never worry that anyone will steal belongings from their parked car or pickup, but they won’t run the risk of finding a generous truck-load of courgettes stowed in it when they return. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Last year we produced even more green tomatoes than even I can serve fried in breadcrumbs, so we substituted them, very successfully, for the zuchini. Whichever moist green vegetable you choose, the cake will be delicious on its own, good with cheese and freeze well. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Here’s the recipe, in the usual industrial quantities: </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Ingredients<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>grams<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>grams</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Egg<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>800<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>400</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Olive Oil<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>400<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>200</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Raw Cane Sugar<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>800<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>400</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Courgette (grated)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1200 <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>600<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Flour (Light Rye)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1200<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>600</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Baking Powder<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>45<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>25</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Cardamom (ground)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>90<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>45</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Salt<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>20<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>10</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Raisins<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>500<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>250</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Walnuts<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>500<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>250</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Total weight<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>5555<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2780</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Yield @ 660g<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>8<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Beat the egg and sugar together until slightly fluffy. Then drizzle in the oil allowing the mixture to absorb some before adding more. The mix will be fairly liquid but should be smooth and a little aerated. Add the grated courgette and stir briefly. Sift together the dry ingredients and add them to the mix. Finally, add the raisins and walnuts and mix until everything is well-distributed. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">We had eleven talented and enthusiastic bakers here last week on the Bread Matters Baking for a Living Course. Concentrating hard, producing fantastic breads and planning their diverse business ventures works up an appetite and we got through quite a lot of chocolate cake in the coffee breaks. Several people asked for this recipe. Perhaps versions of it will make an appearance one day on their menus in England, Canada, Spain, Cyprus and the Isle of Lewis. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The original version of this comes from <a href="http://www.cumbriaonaplate.co.uk/"><span style="color: #2600ac; letter-spacing: 0px;">Annette Gibbons</span></a>’ <i>Home Grown in Cumbria (</i>Zymurgy publishing 2005), a guide to some of the best growers and producers in Cumbria, along with recipes that do their produce justice. Annette describes herself as a ‘professional cook, not a chef’ and health is a consideration in her recipes. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">There are three other recipes in this book that I can vouch for; herb-filled carrot roulade, baked trout, and hazelnut meringues with berry cream. I haven’t used them much, but Annette has prepared them for celebratory meals, including at least one Royal visit and, at less than three weeks’ notice, for our wedding in 2008. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">My most recent batch had plenty of peppery rocket, which I chopped and added raw instead of sweating it with the and I used paprika and turmeric in the seasoning, adding colour as well as flavour.</span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">The recipe is at page 275 of <b><a href="http://www.breadmatters.com/bread-matters-book.htm" target="_blank">Bread Matters</a></b> <i>Why and How to Make Your Own. </i>Andrew Whitley <i>(</i>Fourth Estate 2009). </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Whitmuir rhubarb is wonderful at the moment. I wash it, chop it and put it into a large pan or cocotte with only the water left on the pieces, plus one tablespoonful, and cook it slowly over a very low heat with chopped, crystallised ginger. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">This began its life as Nigel Slater’s recipe for demerara lemon cake (in The Kitchen Diaries 2005). I substituted olive oil for the butter and used equal proportions of light rye and ground almonds instead of wholemeal flour. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">It evolved further into St Clement’s cake when I had only one lemon but plenty of oranges. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>raw cane sugar<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> 200g</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Fried Green Tomatoes </span><span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>March/April 2012</span></span></div>Veronica Burkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14182502436987284861noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1234317858635376945.post-51007426820904911372011-02-14T11:44:00.000-08:002011-02-14T11:44:59.625-08:00The Mending LibraryJust a humble lending library, I could be so much more<br />
I’ll be the centre of your world if you just come through that door<br />
Bring your Real Bread Campaign, your flour and sourdough<br />
Share your gluts, exchange your seeds and help someone to grow<br />
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I am the custodian of knowledge I want you now to share<br />
Use me for your skills exchange, swap all that you have spare<br />
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Let me help in your transition to a low-tech life<br />
Bring your darning, knitting, yarning, bread, cheese and a knife<br />
Show a student how to darn, learn to mend your boots<br />
Swap recipes for local food, starting at the roots<br />
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I have the books and DVDs, the peacefulness and quiet<br />
On the high street, not out of town. I’m not inciting riot<br />
Just a quiet revolution, a reclaiming of our spaces<br />
From supermarkets and the like to people who have faces<br />
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Oh let your lending library become the place to dare<br />
To make and mend and do and think, to cook and eat and share<br />
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Make me this year’s Valentine. I will be yours forever<br />
Make me your mending library. Let’s get ourselves together<br />
The hardest times can bring good things and I have waited years<br />
Come on, baby, thrill me, fill me, with the language of ideasVeronica Burkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14182502436987284861noreply@blogger.com0