So much prettiness at the allotment right now.
The anemones are blooming.
The first zinnia.
This bunch of summer flowers have gone nuts with blooms.
Pretty pink potato flowers.
Peas have such pretty flowers too.
But the best part is that the blooms mean this:
I picked my first potatoes, thinned some carrots and beets.
The beets are about the size of golf balls.
There's also salad, spinach, sage and some peas.
I have quite a bit of spinach.
The best thing I can think of doing with it is a soup. A creamy Finnish style spinach soup.
I'll show you how.
You will need:
50 grams of butter
4-5 tbl flour
1 liter of whole milk
150-200 grams of spinach
white pepper to taste
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp salt
Now, you really need to use whole milk to get the taste. Mine is 3%, I wouldn't go lower than 2,5%. Trust me. You will end up crying in your soup as it will not have the taste it should. And don't even think of using skimmed milk!! Also butter is preferable to margarine.
This is not one of those recipes you should skimp on the calories.
My spinach leaves are quite big already so I cut off the thick middle and stalks.
Roll them up and slice and then chop. chop, chop.
Melt the butter in your pot, add the flour and whisk for a minute or so.
Then slowly add the milk while whisking, so you won't end up with clumps in your soup.
Heat to almost boiling, add spinach and let boil on low heat for five minutes.
Add seasoning.
Enjoy with a nice boiled egg on top.
PS. I really garden for the flowers.
Courtney's got a garden update for you too :)
