Harvest Monday - 15th February 2016

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My garden is definitely in “Hungry Gap” mode at present! This week my only harvest has been Purple Sprouting Broccoli, and a couple of tiny spears of Brokali. Having said that, I think you would be hard-pressed to find any better PSB…

Before:

After:

In the kitchen:

Seen from certain angles, it looks grey/green, but from others it definitely looks purple!

I shall leave it whole for the time being (this helps to keep it fresh), and I will cut it into separate spears just before cooking. There must be about 10 decent spears on this one head.

Unfortunately PSB doesn’t keep its purple colour when cooked; it goes plain green, like this:

In the picture above, some PSB is served (plain, steamed) with Braised Beef with onions and carrots, Potato-and-Butternut Squash mash, and Brussels Sprouts.

That’s all I have to offer for Harvest Monday this week., but perhaps you’d like to stop by Our Happy Acres and see what other people have managed to produce.

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