Hello everyone! Is it Summer or is it Spring?? What a mixed up couple of weeks - and how tragic to see the fate of so many apricots and cherries! A good tree ripened, juice-dripping apricot is almost unmatched in the tastiness department. In my books, it almost compensates for not having mangoes. How indulgent it is to have those blushing orange fruits for a small glorious window each year. Usually the thought of cooking an apricot is almost inconceivable - they are too good fresh - but if you are rescuing precious apricots from the earth, and have more jam in your cupboard than friends to give it to, here are some other ideas: apricot ice-cream dried apricots or roll ups (using a dehydrator) stewed apricots poached apricots apricot pie honey roasted apricots Apricot Tart (*denotes ingredients available at the co-op) Crust 1/2 cup tasteless coconut oil* 2 cups light sifted flour* 2T honey* 1T amaretto 2T water Put the flour, oil and honey in a food processor and pulse, then slowly add the amaretto and water until the dough comes together. Refrigerate for 30 minutes Heat the oven to 180 and grease a round flan pan Remove dough from the fridge, roll out and line the pan. Poke the dough with a fork. Cook for about 20 minutes until light brown around the edges, then remove from oven. Filling 3T tasteless coconut oil* 1/2 cup raw sugar* 1T linseed* 5T milk 1 cup almond meal* 2T light sifted flour* pinch salt 1teaspoon apple cider vinegar 8 apricots, sliced Whilst dough is cooking, cream the coconut oil and sugar Grind linseed in a coffee grinder. Stir into milk. Add linseed/milk mix to oil/sugar mix, then add the rest of the ingredients except apricots. spread the filling across the crust, then top generously with apricot slices. Cook for a further 45 minutes (to avoid burnt crust, you can crimp alfoil around the edges). Serve with cashew cream or icecream Despite the devastation of the apricots, it looks like the rest of the garden is doing just fine - check out what our growers have for you tomorrow (for those of you who are a part of the Vege Box Program, one star (*) indicates if an item available at the market is not in your box, or two stars (**) if it is not in your bag). From Alex in Cygnet: Basil Garlic Sugar snap peas (*) Zucchini (*) From Alf in Woodbridge: Vista Bella Apples (*) (**) Belle de Boskoop cooking apples (*) (**) From Dan Meldrum in Cygnet: Cucumbers Possibly Eggplants and tomatoes (if they are ready!) (*) (**) From Forest Hill in Latrobe (Certified Organic): Little carrots Juicing carrots (*) (**) From Hermione and James in Longley: Basil Parsley Salad mix (**) Blueberries (*) (**) From Jane in Kettering: Capsicums (**) Cucumbers From Lynnette in Woodbridge: Parsley Very early pink eye potatoes (*) From Mark in Woodbridge: Kipflers (**) Possibly King Edwards (*) (**) From Stan and Briony in Oyster Cove: Beetroot From Zoe and Dan in Woodbridge: Beetroot Broccoli Sugar snap peas (*) Bush beans (**) Happy Shopping! Jackie, Amanda and Beth
Posted on: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 23:57:36 +0000
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