Glorious weather in the garden - the continuing story, a culinary reportage

Thanks everyone for looking and commenting,
It's now midday Sunday and it looks as if it's going to be another scorcher :-)
If any one can get here within the next 15 minutes - there's still some cake left. :-) 

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Its like a Black Forest Cherry Cake, but the cake mixture is made of crumbled black bread, 8 eggs and ground almonds. Personally, I think it's better with ground hazelnuts - but don't tell the missus. The icing is a mixture of whipped cream, mascarpone, thickened cherry juice and a shot of rum, sprinkled with almonds and chocolate flakes. 

But back to yesterday, and following on from the first three shots:
while the ladies and our son were outside, I had to carry on in the kitchen but with short breaks to get some fresh herbs for the kitchen 

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have a pause for a drink and shoot our cherry tree, which is now in full bloom 

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stroke the cat - always calming when things are stressful

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Then back to the kitchen to check the main course: cubed belly pork fried in seasoned flour, then very slowly braised overnight in beer and stock with onions, tomatoes and tiny Turkish peppers 

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put the spuds (potatoes) on to steam and warm the soup through (yellow and orange lentils with fenugreek, coriander, ginger and coconut milk and a dollop of my homemade apricot and peach chutney with chopped Scotch Bonnet peppers) 

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The final touch - after liquidising - add very finely pared, fresh Chinese garlic (no separate cloves, it's all in one piece) 

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Bring it out into the garden and serve sprinkled with fresh coriander and parsley (see herb garden) 

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After the soup, a beer and, dare I admit it - a quick Gauloise. Then the main course. 

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The beer is called Turmbläser and is a brand sold by the Netto supermarket chain in Germany - mild and slightly sweet, a bit like Belgian beers. 

I refrained from taking pictures of the washing up :-)

Cheers
Douglas















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