Friend Heather Cole from Mapua Country Trading has an interesting article in the July issue of New Zealand Gardener Magazine about growing your own prunes.
She stumbled upon Kokalito Fine Foods in Golden Bay, and went over to meet Klaus Thoma, Maria Koch and their family, who grow an extraordinary array of prune plums, many of which are heirloom varieties. The article has great information on the different varieties available, see also the Mapua Country Trading website above for more info. (Yes, it goes without saying that some prune plum trees are in our future, just not this year!)
Heather's article was accompanied by several recipes, one for a "Prune & Whisky Tart" from "The Scottish Cookery Book" by Christopher Trotter. Of course we had to test this out at Struan Farm!
Served warm, yum.
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