I have read about Wild Garlic pesto a lot, and most people seem to think it is nice, so that's what I did with my harvest. I "zuzzed" it in a food-processor, along with pine-nuts, Parmesan cheese and olive oil, producing this beautiful bowl of pesto:
It was powerful! You wouldn't want huge quantities of it (unless you were prepared to have smelly breath for the next couple of days!).
This week I have also picked a bit more Purple Sprouting Broccoli:
The broccoli has not been very prolific this year, and although I had plants of three different varieties, supposedly flowering at different times, they all came on at once. It's tempting to say "Oh, forget it; I'll grow something else instead", but I know that every year is different and you can't expect perfect crops every time. I have been growing PSB for many years now, and I'm not going to stop just because of one poor crop.
I have cut another few spears of Asparagus. Not enough though!
The final harvest I have to report is this endive - it is the one I wrote about blanching, the other day. The blanching process only took 7 days this time.
That asparagus looks so delicious. I've been eating it too, but sadly from the market.
ReplyDeleteI am still impressed with your harvest, my husband will in fact be very jealous of your asparagus.Your wild garlic pesto looks fabulous, I made some chickpea pancakes with my foraged wild garlic. My neighbours have some PSB growing, but not much, its spaced out a lot and with only one head.
ReplyDeleteThat pesto looks such a vivid green. There's loads of wild garlic growing in our local woods, I should really take some leaves and do something with them myself.
ReplyDeleteWild garlic has become the in-thing to grow hasn't it? So does it taste like normal garlic?
ReplyDeleteSue, I think that it tastes very similar - but perhaps (unsurprisingly) fresher. More "vegetabley"!
DeleteAll look so stunning! I have never know about wild garlic. I only know a pesto that made from basil, sounds great!.
ReplyDeleteGreat looking harvest Mark! Then endive looks great, I'm going to have to give that a try some year!
ReplyDeleteHi Mark, what varieties of PSB did you grow? Mine are OK but a bit straggly; very long- maybe I should harvest it more often. Are you growing Tenderstem for the summer this year again? I have bought and sown some seeds after seeing your crop last year.
ReplyDeleteHi April; this past year I grew Red Arrow, Red Spear and Early Purple Sprouting Broccoli. I think you need to pick the spears when they are really tight and compact - before the flowers open or show any yellow colour. I have got a couple of Tenderstem plants coming on - now it's just a question of finding some space to plant them!
DeleteThat asparagus looks perfect! Nice harvests. Guess what? It snowed last night! For a change....
ReplyDeleteOh David, poor you! You have had more than your fair share of snow. I bet you just can't wait for a bit of Summery weather.
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