Scallops and chestnut butter

Ingredients, to feed two. For the scallops: 1 tsp olive oil 1 shallot, peeled, finely sliced 75g/2½oz butter, softened ½ lemon, zest only 1 tbsp finely chopped fresh chervil 1 tbsp finely chopped fresh chives 45g/1½oz chestnuts, finely chopped salt and freshly ground black pepper 6 scallops, cleaned   For the salad ½ tbsp wholegrain mustard ½ tbsp good quality white wine vinegar 1½ tbsp … Read more

Winter season?

This should be the quiet part of the year, when plants and fungi are dormant: but not this year! The weather has been so wet and mild that plants and mushrooms are coming up out of season.  As an example, Clifford found Wood Blewits and St. Georges Mushroom fruiting together in Kew Gardens on New … Read more