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Make haste while the sun shines – have a picnic!
Clare Latimer rustles up some light and easy-to-prepare food to enjoy before, during or after a summer stroll across a park
I AM amazed by how many people pour onto Primrose Hill on a fine day and how well trained most picnicker are about cleaning up after their day out, but as a dog walker I see quite a lot of litter lurking in the long grass – from glass bottles to endless plastic bottle tops.
Perhaps us walkers, with dogs or not, could collect up the bits that people have left behind to make all our north London parks as clean as we would like them to be, and safer for children and dogs to run around in.
Cleaning as you go actually makes for a fun walk, as I never quite know what I am going to find. So far this year: one set of Range Rover car keys, a hand-made fluffy child’s toy, two dog leads, three balls on strings, two biros and a £1 coin – so you can even get paid!
Having done your bit to clean up the park, you can settle down, with your rummaging complete, to a feast of food.
With that in mind, here are some ideas to get you started. The season is coming to an end so make sure you go out at any opportunity to get the last of the balmy summer evening feel.
Pea and mint frittata
The reason you cook the egg mixture in olive oil and butter is to get the flavour from the butter, and the oil prevents the butter burning. This can be served warm at home with a salad or taken on a picnic and eaten cold.
Ingredients
Serves 4
4 eggs
50g parmesan, grated
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 tbsp chopped mint leaves, fresh
1 tbsp olive oil
Small knob butter
1 onion, peeled and chopped
1 clove garlic, peeled and crushed
200g peas.
Method
Put the eggs, parmesan and salt and pepper into a bowl and whisk well. Add the mint, stir and set aside.
Put the oil, butter, onion and garlic into a smallish frying pan and fry gently over a low heat for about five minutes, but do not let the onions brown.
Add the peas, stir and then turn off the heat. Now pour the egg mixture into the frying pan, stir well and turn up the heat.
At this point turn the grill on to high.
When the egg mixture is half cooked (about two minutes) finish under the grill, cooking until the mixture is turning a light golden brown.
Slice like a cake and serve.
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