Usually we leave these jewel like berries for the birds and mice to devour but as there is so many of them we feel a little less guilty about having a handful for our pudding.
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For the Shortbread:
Shortbread (Wheatfree)
2 oz Rice flour
2 oz Potato flour
2 oz sizzed oats (break down size of oats in processor)
4 oz butter
2 oz Demerara sugar
After you have sizzed your oats, place all other ingredients into processor. Once the mixture comes together, put into cake tin with a removerable base, making sure all sides and bottom are greased first so the shortbread doesn't stick to the sides.
Cook for 40 minutes at 150 degrees C.
Once baking is complete, slide out base of cake tin, then cut shortbread into a wheel of six and then leave to cool still on the base.
This Shortbread is a lovely melting moment with a handful of strawberries and cream, or yogurt
Recipe provided by Maria
Lovely blog, thanks so much for taking the time to do it. I have added you to Stumbleupon. I have an allotment but would love to do more foraging. I'm particularly unsure about which bushes are elderflower (I believe there's a bush with similar looking flowers that aren't elderflower?). Are there any foraging courses you would recommend?
ReplyDeleteThe Elderflowers are nearly over now, some still alright for Elderflower cordial though. Once you have smelled an elderflower bush fully out you will never pick the wrong thing. Sadly there is almost always something that looks a bit like the right thing you are foraging for but isn't!
ReplyDeleteRiver Cottage often run very expensive but very useful foraging courses, definitely recomended for mushrooming, if you don't know what you are looking for mushroom wise don't go without an expert, I only ever pick 4 types of mushroom and those I'm very sure of. Taunton Transition Town runs food walks and I expect other Transition Town groups do the same.
I will try and find people who have been on some and let everyone know.
I luckily have my father who knows all the lore!