Reviving a Forgotten Fruit...by Planting an Orchard!
How to Grow and Cook Medlar
Author and medlar expert Jane Steward from Eastgate Larder talks about how to grow and cook medlar.
Jane Steward, author of Medlars – Growing & Cooking, talks about how to grow medlar, how to cook medlar, and shares some fascinating medlar facts. (Find out how medlar wood was used in Dutch windmills!)
Steward planted a medlar orchard, holds the UK National Collection of medlars, and runs Eastgate Larder—a food business where she processes medlar.
We talk about:
How to grow medlar (Mespilus germanica)
How to cook medlar
Steward’s journey into planting a medlar orchard and starting a food-processing business
How to “blet” medlar
Medlar rootstock
Medlar fruit in Turkey and around the Caspian Sea
(Spoiler alert: we also hear about medlar gin and a delicious medlar chutney)
“If you want to have medlars in your life you really need to have a tree!”
Connect
Eastgate Larder: eastgatelarder.co.uk
Find the book at Prospect Books, or online at Amazon.
