http://www.thekitchengarden.co.nz organic vegetable gardening courses, growing tips and homegrown recipes. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:01:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.thekitchengarden.co.nz/index.php/2011/11/lemon-curd/ http://www.thekitchengarden.co.nz/index.php/2011/11/lemon-curd/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 02:07:36 +0000 Rachel http://www.thekitchengarden.co.nz/?p=866

In a household that has plenty of lemons and eggs, lemon curd is a wonderful condiment. It's delicious spread on scones, pikelets or freshly made bread, used as a filling for mini tartlet cases or made into lemon ice-cream by rippling it through slightly softened boughten vanilla ice-cream. You can substitute lime juice for some or all or the lemon juice. Use a very fine grater and merely 'graze' the zest from the lemon. If you're a purist you can sieve the lemon curd but I prefer to leave the texture of the rind in the curd. I do sieve the lemon juice to make sure no pips or pith get into the curd. I have a lime squeezer that fits my home grown Meyer lemons very well. For a long time I eschewed gadgets for getting the juice out of citrus, but this one really works and is easy to rinse clean. Warming the lemons in the oven for ten minutes increases the yield of juice. ]]> http://www.thekitchengarden.co.nz/index.php/2011/11/lemon-curd/feed/ 0 http://www.thekitchengarden.co.nz/index.php/2011/10/springtime-coriander-pesto/ http://www.thekitchengarden.co.nz/index.php/2011/10/springtime-coriander-pesto/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:21:27 +0000 Rachel http://www.thekitchengarden.co.nz/?p=143

Pesto is usually made from basil and pinenuts but in spring when there's coriander and lemons about, I make this version. Mix it through mashed potato, spread it on a lamb steak before you wrap it in proscuitto and roast for about 20 minutes, use a tablespoon of it as a topping for a piece of fish or in pasta sauce. I spread it on sandwiches and wraps too. If you don't have any coriander, sow some now and you'll soon have plenty.

Don't forget, evening Spring seed sowing sessions start next week and there's a fresh food garden course next Saturday too. ]]> http://www.thekitchengarden.co.nz/index.php/2011/10/springtime-coriander-pesto/feed/ 0