Borough Market - Celebrate the asparagus season

 

Celebrate the start of the asparagus season   The oft-stated idea that the English asparagus season ‘traditionally’ starts on St George’s Day (23rd April) turns out to be a clever piece of modern marketing, but it’s one that for the purposes of this email we’re happy to embrace: the timing does just about work, and this is a vegetable that really is deserving of the fanfare. So, Happy Asparagus Day for the weekend just passed. The English asparagus season is short but very, very sweet. For the next two months or so, the Market’s greengrocers will be heaving under piles of green spears, each one packed with a million times the flavour of those imported out of season. On our website, you’ll find Kathy Slack’s article on the tricky art of growing asparagus, and Bee Wilson’s brilliant survey of how best to prepare it. It’s worth revisiting The Borough Market Guide to Spring Vegetables for some fantastic recipes, and there are a couple more at the bottom of this email.     Read The Borough Market Guide to Spring Vegetables Borough Talks: Georgina Hayden In the new episode of the Borough Talks podcast, food writer Georgina Hayden talks to Angela about the influence of her Cypriot heritage on her cooking, the breadth of vegan recipes in her new book Nistisima, and her experiences as a judge on the Channel 4 TV show Great Cookbook Challenge with Jamie Oliver. Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple London Craft Week at Borough Market Discover some of the many artisan crafts that go into producing the food we love on Thursday 12th May, as Borough Market participates in London Craft Week. Read more Asparagus soup A simple asparagus soup with a subtle hint of wild garlic. RECIPE BY JENNY CHANDLER   Crab, asparagus & Jersey royal salad Three of the defining ingredients of spring brought together in a delicious salad. RECIPE BY ROSIE BIRKETT   Ted’s Veg Ted’s Veg boasts an ever-changing range of seasonal, homegrown vegetables and salads from Ted and Kath Dawson’s farm near Boston, Lincolnshire, as well as their own juices, jams, preserves and vinegars. The stall complements these with a selection of fresh fruit and veg sourced from other high-quality suppliers. Elsey & Bent Gary Voight, the man behind Elsey & Bent, started working at the Market more than 35 years ago on his father’s fruit and veg stall. He’s been trading here ever since. Those years of experience in sourcing mean customers are sure to find an excellent selection of seasonal produce in this colourful corner of the Market.