Rhubarb Cake and Pesto Recipes
This month’s recipes utilise ingredients which are in plentiful supply at the moment.
Rhubarb – Botanically rhubarb is a vegetable, but the edible stalks are treated as a fruit, despite their tart flavour. The leaves are not edible and should be trimmed off and composted.
Alexanders – Alexanders (smyrnium olusatrum) is a biennial plant which can tolerate salt, so prefers coastal areas, but can also be found on roadsides, in gardens and in woodland. It is a native of the Mediterranean region, but is now well established in coastal Britain.
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Rhubarb is in season at the moment, and it is a very good year!
This is a very easy cake mix and makes a lovely cake for serving as a dessert (with cream or custard) or just to have with a cup of tea. The ingredients can be purchased at the Veg Van, the Refill Den, Fred’s or Morrisons.
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Alexanders Pesto, if you make a version of this, please send us a picture of your results!!
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