I have been fortunate over the past few days to have been given a couple of opportunities to take my business forward this year. One of them isn’t until April and the other will have a mutually agreed start date. As they say, you only have one chance to make the right impression so I have the next few months to ensure that I have everything in order so that I make the right impression when I present my bakes.
As you will know from my most recent posts, I am partial to the crumble slice. So much so that I want to include these in the bakes I offer. I am very keen to use what is in season in the UK, so I spent some time yesterday looking up what fruit is in season at different times of the year. Depending on what site you look at you get a slightly different list. After a bit of digging and thinking about what I already know about seasonality, I settled on a list from the Vegetarian Society:
Seasonal UK grown produce
- January: Apples, Pears
- February: Apples, Pears
- March: Rhubarb
- April: Rhubarb
- May: Rhubarb, Strawberries
- June: Blackcurrants, Cherries, Gooseberries, Raspberries, Redcurrants, Rhubarb, Strawberries, Tayberries
- July: Blackberries, Blackcurrants, Blueberries, Cherries, Gooseberries, Greengages, Loganberries, Raspberries, Redcurrants, Rhubarb, Strawberries
- August: Blackberries, Blackcurrants, Cherries, Damsons, Greengages, Loganberries, Plums, Raspberries, Redcurrants, Rhubarb, Strawberries
- September: Blackberries, Damsons, Pears, Plums, Raspberries, Rhubarb, Strawberries
- October: Apples, Blackberries, Elderberries, Pears
- November: Apples, Cranberries, Elderberries, Pears
- December: Apples, Cranberries, Pears
(Source: Vegetarian Society)
With seasonality in mind, I have come up with a short-list of possible crumble slices:
- Apple crumble slice
- Lemon crumble slice
- Pear and ginger crumble slice
- Plum and almond crumble slice
- Raspberry crumble slice
- Rhubarb crumble slice
Over the next few months (as the different fruits come into season) I will be giving these recipes a go.