How to cook scorzonera – watch our 1 min demo film

Scorzonera in garlic & black truffles

New gate made by Phil

Temperature 20 April -28 deg inside the walls

Japanese Burdock Takinogawa

Oriental cabbage

Peas planted out

Red veined spinach
Click HERE to watch our 1 min film showing you one way to cook scorzonera. The film is by Steph Watts of A Decent Exposure photography & everyone who’s seen it so far has said how useful it is, so we’ll be making more, starting with the most unusual fruit & veg produced by Phil Allen in Apley Walled Garden.
Here are some other methods of cooking scorzonera (& salsify which can be cooked in the same way).
- Boiled or steamed 10-20 mins, then sautéed in garlic butter with parsley
- Roast for 30 mins in oil & thyme
- Salads – boil 10-20 mins until tender then mixed into any salad with vinaigrette
- Boil then mash. Add butter. Mix with mashed potato or other veg.
- Boil then puree for soups
You can hear Phil’s top gardening tips on BBC Radio Shropshire this Sunday when he’s a member of the panel on Gardeners’ Question Time with Paul Shuttleworth, 12-1pm.
Phil’s just updated me on his progress this week in Apley Walled Garden. April is such an encouraging time of year when everything springs back into life:
- Potted up 450 tomatoes – work continues on this (for the Tomato Festival)
- Planted out broad beans – Robin Hood & karmyzan varieties
- Beetroot, coriander, carrots, spring onions, spinach, kohl rabi, root parsley, rocket & fennel all sown.
- Peas (carouby de maussane & sugar Ann) planted out.
- Two people booked a training day with Phil last September & completed it today.
- Brian (who worked for the Apley Estate for years) has started repairing the wall – long overdue task which will help keep out the rabbits & pheasants.
- The area turned over to lawn for summer evening events has started to germinate & grow.
- Runner beans, lab lab beans & yard long beans have all been sown in the melon house.
- More lettuce planted out into tunnel.
- Japanese burdock planted out before the tap root starts to develop. The root grows to around 3ft
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