Did you cook anything nice with your box this weekend?
It’s a popular fruit-bowl conversation here at Abel & Cole.
Ol’ sideburns Fred has been particularly busy. Like the very hungry caterpillar, he whipped up:
Kohl Rabi gratin
One large kohl rabi should feed two or three as a side. Slice thinly. Layer in an ovenproof dish. Season each layer with chopped sage and rosemary (or other herbs). Almost cover with stock. Season and scatter herbs over the top, and flecks of butter to help add crisp to the top layer. Pop in oven at about 180˚C for an hour and a bit.
Soup
Serves 4
1 head of broccoli
1 cauliflower
2 or 3 courgettes
A large handful of peas
Heat some oil in a pan. Chuck in all the veg (chopped up) apart from the peas. Add 1 tsp of dried cumin, 1 tsp dried coriander (or a handful of fresh chopped coriander) and half a chopped chilli.
Gently cook for 10-15 mins. Add enough stock to just about cover the veg. Simmer, add the peas. Blend till not quite smooth.
And for those of you with Abel & Cole cookbooks, the Slow-Braised Chicory with fennel seeds on p194 is a real corker (says Fred).
And, while pineapples may be few and far between at the moment, Safia’s amazing pineapple tarts in celebration of Chinese New Year are too good not to share.

Gong Xi Fa Cai!
(We’d love to hear your recipe ideas in the comments below.)
Posted on 24 January 2012
Thank you to everyone who entered our
monthly recipe photo competition. It’s been a really tough choice, but at a push we’ve chosen these 3 winners of the January 15 minute marmalade recipe (
don’t forget to keep an eye out for the February recipe photo competition!).

- Lowrie Kuhn

Anne-Laure & Remi Tertois

Krista Lee Ewert
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And here are all of the other wonderful entries…
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Posted on 23 January 2012
I had some chicory in my box last night, and it reminded me of a recipe that I originally wrote for summer leaves, but it’s brill with winter leaves like chicory and radicchio.
Summer (Also Now Winter) Leaves in a Blue Dress
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Posted on 18 January 2012
Box string: unexpectedly inspirational.
Pauline emailed in to tell us about her box string bag she made. Bonus points for telling us in rhyme.

Subject – String
What to do – with Abel and Cole String?
Great long strands
escaping from my storage tin.
send it back?
knit a sack?
No…knit a bag,
for future string,
no more need for…
my storage tin!
The double threat: great poet, great knitter.
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Posted on 12 January 2012
January's recipe - 15 Min Marmalade

A quick route to marmalade heaven.
Do you love cooking? Do you like taking photos? Well my friend, your time has come.
Enter our monthly recipe photo competition and win ingredients for the following month’s recipe.
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