Property News · April 30, 2016

Gardens: eat seeds and leaves


Even the tiniest urban garden or balcony can offer up a larder of edible treasures. One expert reveals her top easy-to-grow ingredientsSeveral years ago, I bought a peach tree, anticipating fruit dripping with golden juice come summer. One or two reached a sort of ripeness at times, but even they didn’t taste of much.I was on the verge of cutting the tree down when a friend mentioned that she’d read that the leaves themselves had a flavour. So when I got home, I boiled some into a hot, simple syrup. The strength of the sweet, almondy scent was astonishing and magical: here was a crop of flavour, not bulk, and there soon followed almond-flavoured liqueurs, panna cottas, rice puddings and ice-creams. The tree got a stay of execution, and the experience made me wonder what other garden produce holds similar hidden depths. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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