Despite some price and availability fluctuations, this is a brilliant season for tomatoes, mangoes and berries
Corn, too, is ready for barbecue season. In Gympie, Queensland, it is one of the top picks for January at local produce marketplace and cafeThe owner, Trena Waugh, says that as crops are still recovering from the heat, humidity and drizzle of the last few months, “corn is really the only thing that grows really well … cucumbers too”.
“Because we grow it here, we sell five corn for $2.50,” says Waugh. Dress up corn on the cob by making cheesy, zesty and spicyIn supermarkets, sweetcorn in husks are about $1 each, and Lebanese cucumbers are less than $1 each or about $3.50 a kilo., iceberg and cos lettuces are go-to greens in January at $2.50 to $2.90 a head.Peaches, nectarines and apricots have started pouring in, with plums close behind.
“That was really noticeable with the Tasmanian cherries. Normally they arrive a week or so before Christmas, but they literally have just started arriving now.” Nectarines and peaches can now be found in supermarkets between $3.50 to $4.50 a kilo, but Velluti’s pick of the season are apricots. “I’m really, really happy with the quality,” he says.Photograph: Rita Platts/The Guardian. Food styling: Benjamina Ebuehi. Prop styling: Anna Wilkins. Food assistant: Kristine Jakobsson.
Apricots are more expensive than other stone fruit, at about $10 a kilo, so make the most of them with an
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