Years and years ago, when I was a teenager, I kept a recipe book.
From memory only four or five recipes actually made it into my recipe book before I ditched it for some other idea, but out of those four or five recipes, there is one that I still remember.
It was Chicken and Tarragon Pie.
I have long since lost the recipe, but the memory of that pie in my mind is of a pie of perfection. So perfect in fact that it started a lifelong passion for the lovely, lovely herb of tarragon.
Unfortunately tarragon does not share an equal passion for me, and it usually tops itself after a few weeks under my care.
8 comments:
Congratulations on receiving Mark's Award...your banana post was great...hope they're ripening nicely! Can't remember if I've ever tried to grown Tarragon, what happens to yours is mostly what happens to the herbs I try to grow!
Tarragon! I'd forgotten tarragon. I used to grow it. Perhaps I should again.
Esther
Ali; you should treat Tarragon like Mint. It enjoys a lot of moisture. You probably noticed that it spreads via underground roots like mint does, so if you need to re-propagate maybe it would be worth digging around to see if you can find a piece of root, and then transfer that to a pot of moist compost and give it a bit of tlc.
Tarragon is not one of my favourite herbs because it is very strongly-flavoured, and chefs often use too much of it which kills off the flavour of the dish it is supposed to enhance. However, a properly-made Bearnaise suace on a steak takes a lot of beating!
I thought you could grow anything in your climate. French Tarragon has been a lifelong obsession (frustration) for me. Strong? I can't get enough of it.
Hi Theanne, thank you so much for joining Mud Pie :)
I am a bit hopeless with herbs, let's hope that I am a better banana grower hey! I can't wait to taste one, I think though that it won't matter what they are like, I'm going to think them delicious!
Esther tarragon can be really hard to find here, so every time I kill mine I have to wait for quite a while to get some more... so I tend to forget about it too!
Mark, thank you :) I didn't know it liked a lot of moisture, in fact I know nothing about growing it really. I might have been letting it dry out too much.
I adore the subtle taste of tarragon with chicken, and with the teeny little plant I have growing here I'm pretty sure there is no danger of using too much!
Hey Mal! Do you mean my climate or Mark's climate?
I think that anything that needs frost/chilling tends to do poorly in Brisbane, it really doesn't get cold enough in winter here. Brussels sprouts... I am dying to grow them, but they don't like my place :(
I'll let you know how the tarragon goes... I sympathize with your frustration, there are many many plants that thwart my loving care!
Never tried tarragon - but it looks good Ali.
I tried brussel sprouts - they didn't like it here either, but the grubs certainly did.
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