Recipes for June

With purple purple broccoli and kale sprouts finished and spring sown veg not ready yet, there can be a bit of a hungry gap in June.

But wait! Here are some recipes for allotment produce in June, from some Leeds allotment sites:

• Garlic scapes are the curly shoots that hardneck garlic sends up in June. They make a real gourmet treat.
• Globe artichokes are easily grown and make very striking plants, but not everyone knows what to do with them. All is explained.
• Strawberry cake needs no introduction.
• Elderflower Cordial – the fragrance of summer all year ’round.
• Coming from Leeds you would expect lots of things to do with rhubarb. Here are a few:
  • Rhubarb mousse
  • Rhubarb gin
  • Rhubarb cake
  • Uncooked rhubarb chutney
  • Val’s rhubarb clafoutis and Rob’s rhubarb and orange cake
  • Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp