This Week’s Boxes

This week’s fantastic recipe is Orzo with Roasted Tomatoes. It is so simple, and so delicious, we have been eating it as a side dish with pan fried fresh sea bass, everything cooked from beginning to end in around 30 minutes. If you would like to add sea bass just mention when booking your box. All the ingredients are included in both our £25 and £15 boxes.

French Greengage plums are also included in both boxes, this sweet plum originates from a wild plum originally from Iran and is now grown throughout Europe. Many consider this, the finest dessert plum available. They have a sweet, honeyed, and syrup-like flesh. Due to difficulty growing there are only small producers worldwide and only a very short growing season, which makes this a very special crop.

Rosetta apples are an early-season British dessert apple variety known for their bright red skin and striking, marbled pink flesh that forms a unique rosette pattern when cut. Developed in Worcestershire in 2005 as a sport of the ‘Discovery’ variety, they are crisp with a sweet tart, berry-like flavour, they are delicious!!

We also have Helda beans in the boxes this week, a delicious sweet English flat bean. For a delicious side gently steam the whole bean for approximately 8 minutes, then transfer to a hot grill, turning over when slightly charred (approximately 7 minutes) In a small bowl, mix around 3 tbsp of olive oil, 3 tbsp lemon juice, freshly ground sea salt and pepper. When the beans are charred on both sides transfer them to a serving plate. Add the dressing over them and scatter some fresh mint leaves over the beans, serve immediately and enjoy!

The contents of the boxes appear below the gallery.

Our £15 box (ideal for 2/3 people

Orzo (R)
Garlic (R)
Red onion (R)
Helda beans
Flat lettuce
Extra large red spring onion
Cherry vine tomatoes (R)
Flat parsley (R)
Lemon (R)
French Greengage
Bananas
New season English Rosetta apples

(R) items needed for the recipe

Our £25 box (ideal for a family of 4) contains all of the above in larger quantities plus

Cos lettuce instead of flat lettuce
English radish
Tenderstem broccoli
Donut peaches