Medlarsome

We've currently got a lot of medlars on the tree, so it's likely we'll be freezing loads of them this year (squirrels permitting).

In preparation, I excavated the outside chest freezer to find retrieve the kilos and kilos that we had frozen in 2023. (Last year was a terrible year and there were none).

I put them in the fridge to defrost, and then dutifully made a load of juice (pressure cooker) ready for jellying.  My last attempt failed,. so I'm trying to get motivated to have a go today.

 I still had kilos left, so my next foray was to try making a Medlar Tart . I followed the instructions in Jane Stewart's Medlars book to make the filling,  and I used frozen ready rolled pastry for the case.   We don't have a working oven at the moment, so I had to adapt it on the hoof for cooking in an air fryer,  and it came out surprisingly well.

 I couldn't taste the medlars at all, but I enjoyed the tart immensely.   It was very Christmassy flavoured,  I guess it was a kind of Yuletide version of pumpkin pie.  Even DH had a second bit, which was rather amazing.

 We've eaten nearly all of it over the last couple of days, and I've only just thought to take a photo of the remains. 

I'm trying to get up enthusiasm for making the jelly now. Wish me luck