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Back to EpisodesA Specialty Gin (and a New Orchard!) with a Fruit That's Making a Comeback
Season 5
Episode 50
Published 3 years, 7 months ago
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A much-expanded edition of Grow Figs Where You Think You Can’t is coming this summer. For sneak peeks and updates, and to be the first to know when it’s available, click here.
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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)
A much-expanded edition of Grow Figs Where You Think You Can’t is coming this summer. For sneak peeks and updates, and to be the first to know when it’s available, click here.