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First of the early minerva raspberries

Early raspberries now ready

The first raspberries on the earliest variety, Minerva, are ripe and available to pick. There is also a lot of fruit on the canes waiting to ripen and so the picking will get easier as time goes on.

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Orange shortbread with strawberries

Orange shortbread with sauce melba and strawberries

Combining the raspberry sauce and fresh fruit with the shortbread makes for a delectable summer treat. Thanks to the Cookery Workshop for another great summer recipe. Serves 8 Preheat oven to 160 C. Grease a 23cm loose-bottomed tin with butter and set aside. Put the flour, semolina and orange zest in a bowl and add the […]

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Broad bean blossom

The month of May

The month of May on the farm is a busy time: the crops are growing like crazy, getting ready for their time in the sun. It’s also the month before we open for pick your own, so we’re busy dusting down the scales and mowing the pathways. The strawberries go from blossom to green fruit […]

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Homemade raspberry jam

Homemade jam

There is nothing to beat homemade jam! It wins hands down on flavour, texture, and scoring brownie points with friends and family. You can avoid the traditional preserving pan if you have a large saucepan. The pan needs to be large enough to contain the rising liquid when it comes to a ‘rolling boil’. Jam […]

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Slice of Russian raspberry pudding

Russian raspberry pudding

A luxurious meringue-like baked dessert, delicious on its own or served with ice-cream. Creme fraiche and sour cream also make good replacements for the double cream. Heat the oven to 180*C / 375*F. Place raspberries in a glass dish and cover with 2 tbsp sugar. Separate the eggs. Add the flour and 1 tbsp of sugar to […]

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