Autumn tidying and something foodie to look forward to...

Sunday 25 October 2009

We spent a very sunny afternoon tidying up the plot: clearing the tomato plants and the marigolds and cutting back the asparagus. The edges and pathways were strimmed and we planted some red (Epicure) broad beans and some green ones too(Sutton). Hopefully next year we will have more success with broad beans than we did this year. We only really harvested enough this year to have a couple of helpings of broad bean crostini, which make a wonderful starter or light snack:

Broad bean crostini



Boil a good handful of broad beans per person(remove outer casing) for a couple of minutes or so, then mash them with a fork with a drizzle of olive oil, chopped mint and a squeeze of lemon juice, season and spoon over freshly toasted soda bread. You can add some parmesan shavings too. Simply delicious!

And a real incentive to grow broad beans!