Between the storms

Here in Edinburgh we had the biblical downpour from Storm Austen and are battening down the hatches for the high winds forecast for the next one. Yesterday I spent the day wandering the streets in the rain after a dentist appointment, trying to shake off a frozen face. It didn’t really work but when I got home I made a huge pot of ‘heaven and earth’ (apple and potato) soup and a pear cake, using up some of the huge allotment potato haul: some apples and windfall pears. Forgot to photograph the soup but recipe on the recipe page. The pear cake follows the recipe for Danish apple cake, also on the recipe page, but using pears instead of apples and gluten free flour. In progress here: I added some raspberries from the freezer Again in progress here: I forgot to photograph the finished product but the soup and the cake provided a good warmer for my wet and dentist infected day and my husband’s return from a long train journey and wet walk back from the station. Out in the garden I have…