I'm still enjoying getting my delivery of organic fruit and veg from Abel & Cole but my thoughts have turned away from warming winter soups (although with all the crappy weather we've been having maybe I've been a little hasty!). Some of the fruit and veg I get is certainly challenging me to cook things that I wouldn't have otherwise done.
For instance I've never actually put broad beans on my shopping list before but as they've been part of the last 4 weeks deliveries and I don't wish to consign their green lovlieness to the compost bin we've been eating a lot of this delicious salad:
It's just lettuce (whichever variety you prefer - I've used romaine),
tomatoes (again variety up to you - I've used baby plum tomatoes),
cooked and cooled broad beans (pod them, boil for around 5 minutes, allow to cool, and peel them if like me you don't like the tough skins),
bacon / pancetta (fried crispy then allowed to cool slightly)
peperonata (I used half a jar of Sacla but you could make your own by slow roasting onions, tomatoes, red & yellow peppers in olive oil and allowing to cool slightly)
Method:
rip lettuce and chuck in a salad bowl, throw on peperonata, tomatoes, beans and bacon, toss lightly, twist on some freshly ground black pepper and grab a fork (goes very well with a
gallonglass of chilled white wine)
I tell you, broad beans will be on my shopping list for the rest of the season!
