Making the garlic bread was easy. We sliced the bread, softened some butter and, after carefully peeling our fresh garlic bulbs and stems, crushed and chopped them into the butter. Miss Driver and Maya held the "monster mouths" open in the sliced bread, and we all loaded in the delicious butter mixture. We loved our crispy, golden garlic sticks!
The broad bean dip was a little trickier, as we had to prepare our beans by removing them from their pods, steaming them, removing the chewy skins and finally mashing them up with lemon juice, herbs, spices and a little sour cream. Not all of us were sure about trying this to start with (some of us thought that the cumin, paprika and coriander smelt a little unusual...), but in the end we all had a taste of the dip with crackers and most of us even went back for seconds!
Thank you to Janice who was our "taster" and to Mrs Woolf who also enjoyed the first broad beans she's ever eaten as a grown up! We were able to teach Mrs Woolf about removing the skins to get rid of that bitter flavour she remembers from childhood. Thanks also to our photographer, Jade.
So don't let us fool you - we DO eat garlic, broad beans, coriander, cumin, paprika and lemons!
This looks absolutely delicious!
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