Our extensive garden at Greenacre House is producing a good fruit crop this year! Today we had a wonderful fruit crumble to complete our roast dinner, made from fresh figs and greengages from the garden. Figs are lusciously sweet with a texture that combines the chewiness of their flesh, the smoothness of their skin, and the crunchiness of their seeds. They are a wonderful source of potassium and have many health benefits but above all they taste delicious!! Greengages too are a sweet little fruit, with just enough tang to make the crumble zing. To make the crumble, I soaked the fig halves in a little port and a sprinkling of sugar for half an hour, then added the stoned greengages. I topped that with a crumble mixture made from plain flour, oats, chopped almonds, melted butter and a small amount of vanilla. Delicious!! We ate it with custard and crime fraiche – just right on the day when the remnants of Hurricane Bertha hit Suffolk!
Reviews
The house and gardens are so beautiful and our children have adored seeing the chickens and cats every day – we have had tears because they love it so much that they don’t want to go home!
Relaxing and invigorating half term break.
Watching the stars at night was simply magical.
We had a fantastic week at the Lodge and went on all sorts of adventures in the area. Our whole family felt very welcomed.
We have made some lovely family memories to treasure for ever.
A lovely oasis from the ‘everyday busy’.
Most comfortable bed ever! Looking forward to coming back.
We have had such a wonderful summer holiday at Greenacre Lodge!
Even with 3 teenage children, there was plenty of space in this beautiful and toasty warm holiday home.
Super weekend!
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