Day 5: The Ipswich Tart!. I finally made it!

I've been promising it since Wednesday, but life's been so hectic I didn't get around to making it until this evening.  Yes ladies and gentlemen, I have made what is officially known as an Ipswich Lemon Pie, in honour of my visit to the county town today.

For the pastry I used the Maple Farm Kelsale flour that I mentioned  in Wednesday's post - which comes from Saxmundham -  and for the curd, I used eggs from our very own chickens, one of whom is doing a great balancing trick in the photo below.

So some of these ingredients were guaranteed Suffolk produce, but the rest I am afraid, are of possible dubious origin.

The sugar could possibly come from Suffolk as it's made by British Sugar, which has a factory in Bury St Edmunds.  But in all honesty, it could be made from sugar beet from outside the county, or indeed manufactured elsewhere, so it really is impossible to tell whether it's Suffolk or not.  There is a faint hope I suppose!

And as for the half-a-lemon that was used for the curd...I'm afraid that's not quite Suffolk is it?  But it has been sitting in my fridge for the last couple of weeks, so I could claim that its length of residency now makes it local produce

The question is ... can I get get away with?

In my defence, the tart is called Ipswich Lemon Pie and I produced it with my own fair hand in Suffolk.

So while you ponder whether it passes as part of the Suffolk Diet, I can hopefully reveal that the rest of the day was another success.

The morning kicked off with a very early interview with BBC Radio Suffolk's Rob Dunger.  I'm talking 6am, so it took a while for my appetite to kick in and once it did it, I grabbed a bowl of my new "favourite" granola, with yoghurt and chopped apple -  today using the remainder of Marybelle's Greek Yoghurt.

After breakfast I headed off to Ipswich to join in the Girls Talk session with James Hazell at Radio Suffolk's studio, before dropping into the New Wolsey Theatre Cafe for a quick drink after the show.

And look, between lattes I happened to spot this:

It's Manic Organic, a new range of fruit juices from James White Drinks which is based in Ashbocking. It's always great to see eateries stocking local brands like this and I just wish more outlets would do the same.  This particular bottle was apple and beetroot, which didn't half tickle the tastebuds and I can certainly recommend it if you want to liven up your palette.

The rest of the day went pretty smoothly too, with some home-made oven chips and the leftovers from Wednesday's savoury pie to use up.

I'm still amazed I made that pie.

And with new tricks like this,  I wonder what might be on the cards tomorrow.

Ah yes tomorrow....I'd almost forgotten....

....it'll be time to serve those oysters.