Lovely looking recipes Rosie! I adore asparagus and I’m so pleased to be back in Kent for fresh asparagus. We get ours from Frogshole Farm near Sissinghurst which is also very conveniently located next to the amazing Three Chimneys pub. At the start of the season all I crave is asparagus, butter, salt and pepper. A few weeks in and things like risotto become appealing. And Frogshole also sell very cheap asparagus that doesn’t meet the normal grade (too fat or misshapen) which is perfect for huge quantities of soup which we then freeze for the summer. Looking forward to seeing the rest of your wedding dishes!
Thanks Jim. I really do feel so much love for asparagus season - particularly at the very start. Tonight we just ate the spears poached then slathered with salted butter, smoked salt and a tiny bit of lemon and it was just perfect. This will give way to much more cooking with it, and our girl is already such a huge fan! Sounds like you’ve got yourself an excellent source, how wonderful! X
Rosie these recipes sound amazing! I’m currently building a list of recipes for a spring time ‘small plates’ dinner party and the asparagus and lemon is a perfect addition. Those scrambled eggs might have to make a lunchtime appearance at my table this weekend too!
My partner and I are getting married in May, and the food has always been one of the most important parts of our planning - though now I’m wondering if we’ve missed a trick because there’s no asparagus on the menu!
Just you wait for the weekend recipe drop Sarah! There will be more for your dinner I reckon. Amazing news on the wedding, big congrats. I bet it will be a feast. I really loved the planning of our wedding food, I hope you’re enjoying and it’s not too stressful x
FORAGING FOR ASPARAGUS?!!! 🤩 What a luxury! My friends are moving back to Kent on Sunday; I’m planning a long-stay and now know 💯 I’ll begin late spring, asparagus season, to try my hand! There is no such thing as too much asparagus, is there?
Welcome Gigi! Lovely to have you here. I know, so lucky to have a friend here who's a pro forager and she's promised to take me to her patch! But tbh the stuff we get from the farm is sublime, so lucky to be this close to amazing produce. That's good timing for you, and no I don't think you can have too much. Can't wait to slather some lemon butter on the spears I've just got my hands on...
Lovely looking recipes Rosie! I adore asparagus and I’m so pleased to be back in Kent for fresh asparagus. We get ours from Frogshole Farm near Sissinghurst which is also very conveniently located next to the amazing Three Chimneys pub. At the start of the season all I crave is asparagus, butter, salt and pepper. A few weeks in and things like risotto become appealing. And Frogshole also sell very cheap asparagus that doesn’t meet the normal grade (too fat or misshapen) which is perfect for huge quantities of soup which we then freeze for the summer. Looking forward to seeing the rest of your wedding dishes!
Thanks Jim. I really do feel so much love for asparagus season - particularly at the very start. Tonight we just ate the spears poached then slathered with salted butter, smoked salt and a tiny bit of lemon and it was just perfect. This will give way to much more cooking with it, and our girl is already such a huge fan! Sounds like you’ve got yourself an excellent source, how wonderful! X
Rosie these recipes sound amazing! I’m currently building a list of recipes for a spring time ‘small plates’ dinner party and the asparagus and lemon is a perfect addition. Those scrambled eggs might have to make a lunchtime appearance at my table this weekend too!
My partner and I are getting married in May, and the food has always been one of the most important parts of our planning - though now I’m wondering if we’ve missed a trick because there’s no asparagus on the menu!
Just you wait for the weekend recipe drop Sarah! There will be more for your dinner I reckon. Amazing news on the wedding, big congrats. I bet it will be a feast. I really loved the planning of our wedding food, I hope you’re enjoying and it’s not too stressful x
So excited to be here in the uk for asparagus season, my friends in puglia have been foraging and have armfuls of the wild stuff ,
Oh so glorious, Shirley! Hoping I might manage a forage for some of the wild stuff too at some point! xx
FORAGING FOR ASPARAGUS?!!! 🤩 What a luxury! My friends are moving back to Kent on Sunday; I’m planning a long-stay and now know 💯 I’ll begin late spring, asparagus season, to try my hand! There is no such thing as too much asparagus, is there?
Welcome Gigi! Lovely to have you here. I know, so lucky to have a friend here who's a pro forager and she's promised to take me to her patch! But tbh the stuff we get from the farm is sublime, so lucky to be this close to amazing produce. That's good timing for you, and no I don't think you can have too much. Can't wait to slather some lemon butter on the spears I've just got my hands on...