Fat Pig Farm

Good evening folks! It's Shrove Tuesday today so that means pancakes for dinner, right? Here's our popular recipe for Sadie's pancakes, don't skimp on the bacon fat!

Sadie’s Pancakes
2 eggs, separated
1 tbsp sugar
300 mls (just under 1 1/4 cups) milk
about 135g (1 cup) self-raising flour
1 tsp salt
lots of bacon fat for frying
Beat the egg yolks with the sugar and milk, then add enough flour to create a good batter. The amount of flour will vary a bit depending on your climate, the milk, the flour and the season
Whisk the egg whites with the salt until soft peaks form, then fold gently into the batter.
Heat a couple of pans, ideally, over a medium heat with a good 1/2 tsp of bacon fat (or failing that, butter) in each one and ladle the pancake mix into the middle. If it’s too thick, you can water it down a little with more milk. Folding in more flour is less successful.
Cook gently, keeping an eye on the heat so they don’t burn, and turn once browned well on the bottom and set on top. Cook the other side to golden too.
Serve immediately with syrup, poached fruit, jam, yoghurt, cream, or even better, apple syrup and bacon, if you have any.
Recipe from #notjustjam #gourmetfarmer #shrovtuesday

Baby broccoli. We’ve only just started harvesting tomatoes (sooooo good with Georgie’s feta) and it’s already time to plant out the broccoli. Two rounds are already in the beds and these little beauties are due to be transplanted in early April. One of the joys of gardening is that there is always something to look forward to.

The Great Danti (aka @nadiaaaad aka Nadia) is back for a few weeks to nurture us all and our beautiful garden back into shape. I’m sorry I didn’t take a “before” shot of these once sprawling tomatoes. It was a beautiful jungle but now we actually have a shot at harvesting. We’ve included a few more shots of our green and growing summer garden. Runner beans are perfect for a domestic garden. They come in all incinvenient shapes and inconsistent sizes and taste best just after harvest. We like them charred on the Matilla or cooked with tomato (hurry up tomatoes) and garlic. Or just blanched and tossed with salt and olive oil. How do you like ‘em? #growveggies #eatveggies #tomatoesareanautumnfruit