So What have I been Up to ?

So for the past 2 weeks I have being  staging in Chapter one in Dublin 

its a  Michelin stared restaurant .

 http://www.chapteronerestaurant.com/

When I am not working I have being busy getting the garden together and cooking using the local produce  .I have found wild sorrel , watercress and sloes to mention a few of the free food that is around the farm .

My gran-uncle has the best cooking apples they have the beautiful colour . Here is some jelly I made . The recipe is from the Ballymaloe cooking school book.

Blueberry cheese cake from Rachel's book Bake 

Chickens .

Rhubarb plants 

Pumpkins 

before

after

So we Have onions, beet-root , lettuce , beans ,tomatoes, dill, coriander, thyme , lovage, sage, rosemary, potatoes,chives , cabbage and pumpkins.

 

Black currant icing .

Black berry and apple tart.

wedding food 

Darragh our new addition to our Family