What Food Is In Season In July?
The fruit bonanza begins! Peaches, nectarines, currants – black, white, red, rose….greengages, plums and tayberries. The outrageous courgette flower enters the stage.
What’s happening this month in terms of events? Well, there’s rowing at Henley and on 28th it’s ladies’ day at the Galway races. It’s not surprising that many people want to just stay at home and enjoy their gardens – the light evenings make this time of year perfect for barbeques.
A good way of pairing food and wine is to marry local wines with local dishes. The best country for a barbecue is probably Argentina – so it’s not surprising that Argentinian wines go perfectly with smokey, charred meat. Go to this post for one which is recommended and more on Argentinian wine.
food in season in July:
- agretti aka barba di frate
The beautiful burgundy coloured beetroot - apples (Bramley)
- apricots
- artichoke
- asparagus
- aubergines
- basil
- beans (broad) – just hanging on
- beans (French)
- beans (runner)
- beetroot
- blackberries
- blackcurrants
- blueberries
- borage
- broad beans (end of season)
- broccoli
- cabbage (savoy)
- carrots
- cauliflower
- celery
- chard
borage - cheese – fresh and young – try some Sharpham Rustic
- cherries
- chervil
- chives
- chillies
- cod
- coley
- coriander
- courgettes
- courgette flowers
- crab and spider crabs
- cucamelon
- cucumber
- currants – white, red, black
- dab
- dill
- fennel
- flounder
- French beans
- garlic and wild garlic
white currants at a farmers’ market in Krakow - gooseberries
- greengages
- haddock
- hake
- halibut
- herb fennel
- herring
- John Dory
- kale
- kohlrabi
- lamb
- lavender
- lemon verbena
- lettuce and salad leaves
- lobster
- loganberries
- lovage
- mackerel
white peaches in France - mange tout
- mangoes
- marigolds
- marrow (ugh!)
- mint
- mushrooms
- nasturtium
- nectarines
- new potatoes (no longer very new…)
- onions
- oregano
- parsley
- peaches
- peas
- peppers – bell peppers, capiscum
- pigeon
- plaice
- plums
- pollack
- potatoes
- prawn
- rabbit
- radishes
- raspberries
- redcurrants
- rhubarb
- rocket
- rosemary
- runner beans
- sage
- salad burnet
- salmon
- samphire
- sardines
- sea bass
- sea bream
- scallops – queen
- shallots
- shrimp
- sole (dover)
- sole (lemon)
- sorrel
- spinach
- spring onions
- strawberries
- sweetcorn (corn on the cob)
-
Indian-accented corn on the cob szechuan pepper
- tarragon – French
- tayberries
- thyme
- tomatoes
- trout (river)
- trout (sea)
- turbot
- turnips (baby)
- walnuts – green, for pickling
- watercress
- whelks
