A few days away and back to a large supply of eggs. The hens have not been laying particularly well recently but 3 or 4 a day from the 9 of them soon mount up. The only other garden produce seems to be a few marrows, the last potatoes and onions and some self-seeding coriander and rocket. First thought is a Spanish omelette with a little colour added by half a red pepper left in the fridge. A couple of slices cur from a marrow and quite finely diced can be fried in some olive oil and garlic with a finely chopped onion and the diced red pepper. The potatoes can be boiled and sliced in rings and added to the pan before the beaten eggs - 6 this time and some crumbled cheese on the top. Some leftover Saint Agur works quite well but any blue veined cheese adds a certain, if not authentic flavoour. I like to finish the omelette off under the grill and then serve with a little salad - rocket and coriander today with a couple of tomatoes. The tomatoes would go equally as well chopped into the omelette and provide some colour.
For dessert it is to the freezer and some of the stewed figs from earlier in the summer. These, together with Bramley apples which have fallen from the tree over the past few days make the base of a fruit crumble - a figumble or figappumble - the latter I think, with a custard made from fresh egg yolks.
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