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Elderberry and Einkorn Scones

September 14, 2013 By All That I'm Eating 25 Comments

Einkorn flour for scones with elderberries
I think it’s fair to say that autumn has arrived. I feel like I made the most of summer this year so I welcome the autumn with much more gusto than usual. It’s been a very long time since I had an apple or a pear so I am looking forward to getting my hands on some fine specimens at the farmers’ market or when I’m lucky enough to find a fruitful tree. Until then I have elderberries to tide me over. 

I’ve been waiting for the elderberries to come out this year as I have a hawk’s eye when it comes to finding the elderflowers so I knew where to start to find what I was looking for. I picked these elderberries on a drizzly day and perhaps a week or so sooner than I should have done as there were a fair few green berries I had to pick out.

The birds had already had their share of the berries so the first few stops were a bit thin on the ground. By the time I had found enough we were pretty damp but the rain can easily be ignored when your foraging companion ever so kindly offers to put you on their shoulders so that you can reach the very best berries; much more fun than scrabbling around in the depths of a thicket. read more

Filed Under: Autumn, Baking, Berries, Butter, Dairy & Eggs, Elderberry, Foraging, Fruit, Recipes By Month, Seasons, September Tagged With: Baking, foraging

Pears Poached in Elderberry Wine

October 21, 2012 By All That I'm Eating 21 Comments

Pears poached in elderberry wine - All That I'm Eating
Pears are funny things. They make us wait for that moment of perfect ripeness and when it occurs we have to eat them immediately. I had two conference pears in my fruit bowl. Every time I went into the kitchen I could see their skinny, stalked tops just poking out over the bowl looking at me, testing my patience. These pears seemed to be staying forever firm; even after four days there wasn’t a whisper of softness. Pears poached in red wine is a classic but not something that I’ve ever tried. If anything was going to soften these pears it was being simmered in alcohol. Not just any wine mind but Elderberry wine. Poaching pears is incredibly simple, takes around half an hour and is brilliantly tasty. I also quite like how the pears look afterwards; slightly over to one side almost as if they are drunk.

You will need:

2 firm pears 1 bottle Elderberry wine 100g sugar

Start by putting the wine and sugar into a pan and bring it to a simmer. While you wait for the wine to warm peel the pears and cut the bottom off so that they will stand up when cooked. When the wine is simmering add the pears and leave for 20-30 minutes or until soft when tested with a skewer.

Remove the pears when they’re soft and then turn the heat up on the wine. Boil the wine until it has reduced to a thin syrup. Depending on the ferocity of your flame and how much evaporated while the pears were cooking this can take anywhere from 5 to 15 minutes. Bear with it though and don’t give in to impatience; pears in wine soup would I’m sure be delicious but it’s not quite what you’re after. Serve the pears with their syrup. read more

Filed Under: Autumn, Drinks, Elderberry, Fruit, October, Pear, Pudding, Recipes By Month, Seasons, Wine Tagged With: elderberry, pear, pudding

Elderberry and Apple Turnovers

September 9, 2012 By All That I'm Eating 22 Comments

Elderberry and Apple Turnover
The sun was shining, the birds were singing and my bicycle was glistening and raring to go. Foraging can be a trifle difficult when you’re cycling if, like me, you think you’re Victoria Pendleton. Berries can whizz past in the blink of an eye and then you need to brake, reverse to try and find the source of your distraction. When I went out to get these elderberries I took it nice and slowly to ensure I could scour the hedgerows sufficiently. 

It wasn’t quite as smooth as I envisaged, it wasn’t like I could grab the berries as I cycled past; that would have been a bit too suave. Elderberries seem to grow just beyond my reach and there is always a little danger involved when picking; will you fall in the ditch, slip in the mud or even lose a welly. This most recent expedition resulted in me being attacked by some stinging nettles, swearing rather loudly and then just a few moments later kicking my bicycle stand into my own foot. read more

Filed Under: Apple, Autumn, Baking, Berries, Dairy & Eggs, Eggs, Elderberry, Foraging, Fruit, Pastry, Recipes By Month, Seasons, September, Sweet Treats Tagged With: Baking, elderberry, foraging, pastry, sweet treats

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