Winter’s first cold day could be biting, but in June, the best remedy is soups that revive your soul. Particularly pumpkin soup.
“As it gets colder, pumpkins are cheap,” says Sonya Agostino, who is the manager of Mortdale the Fruit Box, located in South Sydney.
“You can easily make a big pot of pumpkin soup, and for $4 or $5 you can feed a family.”
In the next few weeks, the heirloom pumpkin varieties such as Jarrahdale will be made available. While you wait, Kent pumpkins can be bought at the supermarket for $1.50 per Kilo or less on special occasions, with butternut pumpkins costing around $3.50 per Kilo.
It’s worthwhile to make the best of the harvest in June. The pumpkins you see on shelves are out of north Victoria, along with New South Wales, and were planted during the summer. The longer growing season gives them greater, more intense flavor, according to Leon Mugavin, owner of The Leaf Store in Elwood, Melbourne.
“When you get into July and August, the local ones are finished, and they come from Queensland,” Mugavin states. “They’re grown a lot faster and they’re more watery.”
In addition to soups, transform pumpkin into sweet cakes, pancakes, or pancakes that are fragrant with lime leaves and lemongrass, or even shwe payon thee hin (Burmese pumpkin curry).
Agostino suggests keeping an eye on spaghetti squash, which is a mild-flavored pumpkin with a unique factor. When it is scraped, it is like eating noodles. Do what Yotam Ottolenghi does and fill the squash with spiced lamb, feta, and spiced lamb.
Lots of potatoes, plenty of leeks
In other news about winter vegetables, Leeks, potatoes, and soup made of potatoes and leeks.
Potatoes cost $3.50 to $4.50 for a kilo in the supermarket, and leeks range from between $2 and $3. This means that the excuses not to make Rukmini Iyer’s leeks, cheddar, and mustard potato peels are becoming thinner every day.
There’s the fennel (about $3.50 per head)) as well as white cabbage White cabbage(about $3.50 per head) in Alice Zaslavsky’s shchi, the soup that promises to revive your crisper vegetables. Capsicums are, however, at $6 or $7 per kilogram, so make this red capsicum and fennel bake on top of your agenda.
The purple sprouts and the ‘little Kale balls.’
“What is truly flourishing? Brussels sprouts! They’re in need of colder conditions,” says Mugavin.
Brussels sprouts can be purchased at around $9 per kilogram at the grocery store, but they are currently on sale at the grocer for between $4 and $6 a kilogram. Roast them and drizzle them in warm honey glaze, or place them into a hot skillet with onions, chorizo, and dry sherry to cook a simple dinner.
If you’re fortunate, Mugavin says you may have the chance to get red Brussels sprouts, an intense purple variety with a sweeter flavor, as well as Kalettes. “Like little kale balls, and they’re fabulous,” Mugavin says. Mugavin. Mugavin suggests roasting them in the oven to ensure that “they cook and caramelise.”
Asian spring onions and greens are plentiful and cheap (about $2.80 for a lot in the supermarkets), as are kale as well as silverbeet and spinach, which remain consistent at around $4 for a bunch.
Although susceptible to wet weather, the prices of cauliflower are around $4 per head and broccoli around $4.50 for a kilo at the supermarkets. That’s a good cost for this season.
Citrus is the star of the show. Persimmons peak at their best
“Citrus – your oranges and mandarins – they’re the winter best,” Mick Frugtneit, manager of Tom’s Superfruits in Canberra. “Mandarins, they’re generally only a few dollars a kilo in winter.”
Imperial and Afourer Mandarins Mandarins in the Imperial and Afourer varieties are around $3.50 to $4.50 for a kilo in supermarkets and $2 a Kilo at special. The supply will be available throughout winter, and their main threat is the constant rain.
Mandarins are a popular winter fruit. However, navel oranges are in peak condition despite their smaller size due to last year’s wet and cold conditions.
Bigger isn’t better, says Mugavin. “Smaller navel oranges appear to be more nutritious than large ones.
“They are delicious, not as tart, and slightly sweeter. There are small quantities for around $3 per kKilo and larger ones for $6-$7. $7.”
In the supermarkets, navel oranges can be found for around $3.50 for a kilo. They’ll be available until spring.
Also, a cut in price compared to last month’s fees are pears and apples, around $4 per kilo.
Mugavin adds that persimmons are in their prime as well, “firm and still sweet,” with a price of $2.50 per piece in supermarkets.
But berries remain fickle. Blueberries and raspberries cost up to $5 per punnet, whereas the supply of strawberries fluctuates between hit and hit and. Frugtneit states: “We have new-season Queensland strawberries that are at their peak in the winter months. They’ll continue to improve.”
However, there are many interesting fruits, like dragon fruit, papaya, guava, papaya, and Feijoas.
Indigenous from South America and popular in New Zealand, feijoa season is only a few months. They’re a berry that Agostino says that people find themselves “always excited for.” They’re currently priced approximately $1.50 to $2 at supermarkets. They’re delicious by themselves or as a component of the winter applesauce crumble.
