Borough Market Feast

We had a great day out yesterday at Borough Market and came back with lots of goodies. For our dinner last night we had fried slices of giant puff ball mushroom on toasted sour dough bread - both bought at the market. Followed by Ostrich steaks with local wild mushrooms including Cep (Porcini) which my brother-in-law Jon collected from a local wood. (Exact location is of course a closely guarded secret!)

To go with it we had crushed new potatoes, using the potatoes from the veg bag. Wash the potatoes and boil them for about 10 minutes or until almost cooked. Put them in a baking tray and crush them with a rolling pin. Don't be too heavy handed, the idea is to break them up not make mashed potato. Then sprinkle with olive oil and rosemary and cook in  a hot oven (220c) for about 30 minutes or until they are cooked and crispy.

We also had the chard from the veg bag and at Jon's suggestion left it raw. I'd never thought of eating chard raw before but it was very good. Fresh tasting with crunchy stalks.