Farm Work Party
The bests kinds of days end with a bonfire and today was one of those epic days where you have amazing weather, a great group of people and hands that are eager to work. My amazing boyfriend organized a work party to get cracking on the permaculture garden, chop wood and of course eat good food.
Breakfast
apple porridge (same as applesauce)
leftovers gratin from yesterday
Brunch and Lunch
spelt sourdough bread
* mix sourdough (more on how to make a starter later)+ spelt flour + salt + water + herb, nuts
* mix thoroughly but NO NEED TO KNEAD--getting the right consistency takes some trial and error
* let rise at least 6 hours but as much as 24
* pour into a breadform, make a 5cm (1.5ish in) slice into wet dough
* bake at 225C (400F) for 1 hour
carrot Spread
* boil or bake carrots
* add nuts of your choice + salt + EVOO + spices
* use a food processor or hand blender and puree
beet root horseradish
* finely grate both roots together
* mix in apple cider vinegar (ACV) + EVOO + Salt
carrot + apple cake bread: recipe here
someone brought gluten-free brownies and I guess the recipe might go like this:
* nut meal (flour)
* eggs (maybe two or three)
* cacao powder
* sugar
* minimal oil if any
* baking powder
* mix and bake at 175C (350F) for 30-45 minutes
Also, here's a link to an Elena's pantry recipe that is similar and I've been wanting to try. If only nut butters weren't so expensive over here!
Dinner
wood-fired pizza
Salvatore from Napoli
* first you need an Italian, which we had on hand
* early in the day we made spelt/wheat sour-dough (same as above) and let rise all day
* make your sauces and toppings
* make pizza
hand-crafted earthen oven
Quick salad
*feldsalat + carrot + apple + balsamic + EVOO + pepper
Dessert
Chocolate + beer
Tasks:
* cook
* dig and sift grass
* plant fruit bushes
* seeded beds--potatoes, onions, banana beans, pole beans
* chopped wood
Events:
* it was a party mang!
* also, Allan had a group of 30 from Copenhagen that paid money to hang out at the farm, eat cake drink coffee and the kids baked bread on a stick--a Danish tradition.
I barely have time to write here anymore but since I'm at a farm this summer and my friend is begging me to write a cookbook, I thought I could at least post some of the things we're cooking from the farm produce. I can have a tendency to spend too long in the kitchen but here's what I've learned about farm life:
* After 7 + hours of working, food must be quick
* Simple
* Mostly vegetarian/vegan
* Creativity is a must to avoid repetition
* detailed recipes are not really my thing so it has to be an intuitive cooking process
So...here's what we made yesterday:
Muesli for breakfast (always or porridge)
Lunch is always smørrebrød which is open face Danish sandwiches on their rugbød (rye bread). More on smørrebrød later.
Dinner:
root vegetable pancake
* shred root veggies (over-wintered from farm)
* slice onions and mix (over-wintered from farm)
* heat oil in a pan
* add veggies to hot oiled pan and pat down
* don't touch for 20 minutes
* use a big flat surface and flip pancake onto it (think Spanish tortilla)and turn pancake onto uncooked side
* leave for another 15 minutes
* sprinkle with salt (I've also topped with Crème fraîche, yogurt, etc and chopped green onions)
salad of the day
* chopped jerusalem artichoke
(over-wintered, in ground from farm)
* chopped kohlrabi
* chopped apple (over-wintered from farm)
* chopped red pepper
* chopped greens (first greenhouse greens-eg, feldsalat)
* tossed with lemon juice
Served with a fried egg and buckwheat
Today I also made:
carrot and apple cakebread
* Mix 1 cup flour (may need more depending on how moist you like bread), baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, salt
* Add 2 eggs, 1/2 c. oil, 1/2 c. sugar (more if you like)
* Mix 1 cup shredded apple + 1.5 cup shredded carrot
* raisins, nuts, coconut if you like
* Bake 350F/175C for an hourish
apple porridge
* slice a bunch of apples and put in a pot + hot water + cinnamon and cook for an hourish
Farm tasks today:
* feed teenager cows and sheeps
* chop and stack wood
* dig up over-wintered leeks + some hard to get roots I don't know the name of
* week the strawberry patch
* harvest salad mix + early onions (green) in the greenhouse
* feed cows, sheep, ducks, chickens, harvest eggs
events
* 3 lambs were born today (a 4th one died during birth)
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