EDIBLE GARDENS presents an Apple and Blackberry Pie Recipe

Apple and Blackberry Pie
Sweet short pastry recipe

1 cup flour
1/3 c sugar
20z butter
1 egg yolk

Mix until light pastry is formed, roll into a sausage and refrigerate for an hour.

Bring out of fridge and cut into 1/2 cm pieces place around the bottom of the pie dish and push into each other until nice and flat and coming up the sides.

Bake for 10 minutes at 180 degrees. Save enough pastry for a lattice top.

Roll out into 14 strips and flatten with your hand (ensure it is on a floured board so they are easy to pick up).

For the filling 6 x Granny smith apples peeled and cut into 8 pieces. Dust these apples in flour.

1 x thumbnail of finely chopped ginger
100g of caster sugar
150g blackberries (or blueberries, rhubarb, or any other berry)
1 egg
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

Simmer together for 5 minutes, pour into lightly baked pie pastry and top with lattice.

Bake until lattice is golden brown…in a 150-degree oven.

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EDIBLE GARDENS provides 25 years of experience to help you grow, harvest and enjoy the fresh taste of Apple Pie.

EDIBLE GARDENS presents a Lemon and Lime Tart Recipe

Lemon and Lime Tart

Sweet short pastry – roll out and blind bake in oven for 10 minutes.

4 large eggs
1 ¾ cups caster sugar
Zest of 2 lemons
Zest of 2 limes
1/3 cup lemon juice
1/3 cup lime juice
1/3 cup sifted flour

Optional:  Add ½ cup of cream

Whisk eggs and sugar together until thick and pale.

Add lemon juice and zest, then flour.

Pour over HOT crust and bake for further approx 30 minutes at 140 degrees until set.

Cool completely before cutting. Dredge with icing sugar to serve.

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EDIBLE GARDENS provides 25 years of experience to help you grow, harvest and enjoy the fresh taste of a Homemade Tart.

EDIBLE GARDENS presents a GREEN LEAFY SALAD Recipe

Green Leafy Salad Recipe

Rocket leaves
Sweet basil
Baby coriander
Loose lettuce leaves
Baby red onions
Radish
Parsley
Sprouts
Native herbs to taste
Vinaigrette

Extra virgin olive oil, red wine vinegar, lime, honey, garlic, whole seed mustard.

Mix olive oil, whole seed mustard, and vinegar, shake together and add zest of lime and lime juice.  Optional: add a clove of garlic, tsp of honey and a leaf of basil, coriander or tarragon.

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EDIBLE GARDENS provides 25 years of experience to help you grow, harvest and enjoy this Homemade Salad Recipe.

EDIBLE GARDENS present Fresh Homemade Pancakes

Pancakes bombarded with Berries

1 cup milk
1 cup flour or rice flour
1 egg
1 tsp butter

Mix together.
Ladle a thin coating to a frypan with hot olive oil and gently rotate around the pan, flip and tip onto a plate.

Serve with maple syrup and fresh or stewed berries.

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EDIBLE GARDENS provides 25 years of experience to help you grow, harvest and enjoy Homemade Pancakes.

Passionfruit Yoghurt with Fresh Fruit Salad Recipe

EDIBLE GARDENS presents a Succulent Fresh Fruit Salad

Fresh Fruit Salad (high in vitamins C,  A, E, and B, also particularly good as brain food)

Guavas
Berries
Cranberries
Yaccon
Figs
Blueberries
Blackberries
Boysenberries
Mandarins
Lime ginger flowers
Feijoas

Chop and Serve Fresh with homemade passionfruit yoghurt and a Sprig of Mint.

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EDIBLE GARDENS provides 25 years of experience to help you grow, harvest and enjoy Fresh Fruit Salad.

EDIBLE GARDENS presents a Homemade Lemonade Recipe

Homemade Lemonade with Kawakawa and Ginger

Old fashioned Lemonade
1½ cups honey or 1 cup sugar, you
can use less sugar if you prefer a tarter taste
1 cup water
1 cup lemon juice
2 cups of water
Ginger root
Kawakawa leaves (steeped)

Make a simple sugar syrup, 1st by dissolving the sugar in the boiling water and simmering for 3 minutes.  Add the rest of your water, lemon juice, ginger root and Kawakawa leaves and leave to stand for 15 minutes. Chill for an hour and serve with ice.

To make the lemonade pink you can add a cup of raspberry juice, black currant juice, blueberry juice, or any other fruit
juice and add 1 cup of water per cup of pure juice.

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EDIBLE GARDENS provides 25 years of experience to help you grow, harvest and enjoy the fresh taste of Homemade Lemonade.