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At the Farm Shop we don’t treat cooking as a precise science, nor are we trying to give a comprehensive list of recipes. These are some of our favourite dishes and we hope you’ll give some of them a try. They’ve worked for us on countless occasions but that doesn’t mean, with a bit of imagination and a few tweaks, they can’t be improved. Good luck.
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Pumpkin candyBy Ben Watson

Pumpkins aren't just for October. Bring the taste of autumn into your Christmas kitchen with this candied pumpkin recipe that also doubles as a unique present. Packed in a jar with a ribbon or gift bag, it's a charming homemade gift full of natural sweetness and spice. 

Robert Freson’s Tarte Au Sucre D’yportBy Ben Watson

This classic Normandy apple and almomd tarte is somewhere between apple and frangipane - using a custard with the ground almonds forming a top crust. Almond flour tends to be a little too uniformly fine so I’d recommend blitzing some flaked almonds in the food processor.

Published in Robert Freson's 'A Taste of France', 1983.

 

Marmalade blender cakeBy JessThis easy and fragrant Orange Blender Cake is perfect for citrus lovers! Made with a whole orange (yes, peel and all!), it’s bursting with fresh flavour and a beautifully moist texture. With just a few simple ingredients and minimal effort—thanks to the blender—this cake comes together in no time. Enjoy it as a light afternoon treat or a delicious dessert with a dusting of icing sugar.

Lemon Meringue PieBy Ben WatsonOur take on the traditional lemon meringue pie. A great way to use up a handful of lemons when you have a glut...just as we did when our friends La Montesina, based in Valencia had a bumper lemon harvest.
Lemon MarmaladeBy Ben WatsonBy themselves, lemons make a surprisingly good marmalade – particularly if you find the whole Seville thing a little overpowering. This recipe will give you roughly 10 jars to store away. I think you get a better and clearer result if you scoop out the flesh with a sharpened spoon before cooking. Chopping uncooked rind reasonably evenly is easy and it’s also far easier than removing the pips from a squidgy, sticky mass of cooked lemon flesh...
Marmalade MarzipanBy Ben WatsonWe only tend to use it at Christmas but marzipan is wonderful stuff and incredibly easy to make. Easter is on the horizon and if you’re Simnel cake inclined, homemade marzipan is so much better than shop bought. Well chilled, you can grate it into Hot X buns and tea cakes. It’s really not hard either and it doesn’t have to be ultra sweet. Many recipes call for orange zest but a few spoonful's of marmalade are so much easier. Most home made recipes call for egg as a binding tool but the marmalade does much the same thing.
Bergamot lemon marmaladeBy Ben WatsonPam “the jam” Corbin kindly allowed us to use this recipe from her most recent book. I’ve tried it as is and with half bergamots/half lemons. Next time I thought I might try adding a couple of Earl Grey teabags somewhere en route.
Chocolate & Marmalade CantucciniBy Ben WatsonIf all else fails, there’s always the old chocolate and orange combo. Like chocolate and raspberry, it never fails. They keep forever so they’re worth making in bulk. Our recipe came from the excellent Frances Bissell’s Times Cook Book as, in fact, have many of our recipes. Sadly, I don’t think it is still in print.
Seville Orange CurdBy Ben WatsonCurds are wonderful creations; either to spread, in tarts or as flavourings for various other desserts – and easy-peasy to make. Made with all Sevilles it’s not for the faint hearted so half Seville and half blood orange might be a safer, more palatable, option. Don’t over-zest or you’ll get a pithy taste that really doesn’t work.
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