This week’s recipe is roasted carrot and fennel soup. Italian fennel is exceptionally good at the moment. This soup is bursting with flavour, roasting the fennel and carrots brings out a subtle sweetness. We have included all the ingredients in both the £25 and £15 boxes.
Fennel is a member of the carrot family, though it’s not a root vegetable. The base of its long stalks weave together to form a thick, crisp bulb that grows above ground. Though the stalks and leaves are edible, fennel recipes most often call for the bulb. When raw, it has a crisp texture similar to celery and a fresh licorice flavour. It caramelizes as it cooks, taking on a sweeter flavour and tender, melt-in-your mouth texture. It has all sorts of health benefits too, It’s low in calories, but high in nutrients like dietary fibre, potassium, and vitamin C, to name a few. Thinly slice then marinate in lemon juice, olive oil, and salt, it is delicious on its own or in a larger salad. Dress it up with herbs, nuts, and shaved Parmesan cheese. To roast cut into wedges, spread them cut-side-down on a baking sheet with a little space between each one. Toss them with olive oil, salt, and pepper, and roast at 180 degrees for 25-35 minutes, until the wedges are tender and caramelized around the edges.
This week we have Rebellion tomatoes in our £25 box, these large winter tomatoes are sweet and juicy. They’ve earned their rebellious name with their refusal to grow uniformly smooth.
Both boxes include sweetheart cabbage (Hispi cabbage), a sweet pointed green cabbage, perfect for steaming or stir fries. Try frying with chopped garlic, chilli and ginger and dressing with a dash of soy sauce, or take a knob of butter and a pinch of caraway seed and fry lightly for just a couple of minutes. This cabbage goes perfectly with our fish of the week – sea bass £12.50 for 2 fillets including a pot of our flavoured butter – lemon, garlic and parsley, just finely shred the cabbage and gently cook in the melted butter.











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Our £15 box (ideal for 2/3 people)
Baking potatoes
Onion (R)
Carrots (R)
Fennel (R)
Sweetheart cabbage
Cauliflower
Baby leaf spinach
Navel oranges
Braeburn apples
(R) items needed for the recipe
Our £25 box (ideal for a family of 4) contains all of the above in larger quantities
Rebellion tomato
Flat lettuce
Avocado
Mushrooms
Some items may change to bring you what’s best available on the day