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Mist frequently with warm water to keep ungerminated seeds moist. Uncover promptly once germination has begun. Start seeds indoors several weeks before the last frost: press seeds into moist well-drained soil mist carefully with warm water cover with plastic to maintain moisture and temperature kept warm 70-75F) and moist in bright light seeds will germinate erratically over 2-3 weeks. Worth growing for purely ornamental purposes. An interesting substitute for common garden thyme. All aerial portions, including the spectacular flowers, are suitable for use as an herb. If you have any leftover sauce, use it with pasta or on a homemade pizza.Endemic to the Mediterranean coast of Spain, this wild thyme has unusually large and ornamental pink bracts and flowers that hold over a long season. Serve in a jug next to your potatoes or, if youwant to be more traditional, pour the sauce over your potatoes before serving and toss together like I've done here. Have a taste, and adjust the seasoning if necessary.

Carefully tip your cooked sauce into a blender, or use a hand blender, and whiz until lovely and smooth.

Transfer the potatoes, garlic and rosemary to a plate lined with kitchen paper to drain, then scatter over the paprika, fennel seeds and a good pinch of salt and toss together until well coated.

Add your garlic and rosemary leaves to the pan for the last minute of cooking. You’ll need to do this in batches so you don’t overcrowd the pan. Cook them for around 8 minutes, turning occasionally, until golden all over. Once the oil is hot, carefully add your potatoes to the pan. Cut your potatoes into large bite-sized chunks.

While your sauce simmers, put a large frying pan on a medium heat and add 0.5cm of olive oil.

Bring to the boil, then turn the heat down and simmer for 15 minutes, or until the carrots are soft and the sauce is lovely and thick. Add the tinned tomatoes, sherry vinegar and a good pinch of sea salt and black pepper. Add the chillies, carrot and thyme leaves and cook for another 5 minutes.

Cook for 5 minutes, or until the onion is soft but not coloured. Add a lug of olive oil and, once hot, add the chopped onion and sliced garlic. Meanwhile, put a pan on a lowheat and start your bravas sauce.

Drain in a colander and leave to steam dry until cool. Parboil the potatoes over a medium heat for 10 to 15 minutes, or until they are starting to get tender but still hold their shape.'Patatas bravas' actually means 'fierce potatoes'…How could anyone resist something with such a brilliant name? They're beautiful fried simply with herbs and a pinch of salt, but even more exciting served in a spicy tomato 'bravas' sauce. Whether you're in Madrid or Manchester, you'll have to look really hard to find a tapas bar that doesn't serve some version of these potatoes. Scatter remaining scallions over the top. Fold butter beans into the stew and allow these to heat through. Remove Scotch bonnet pepper and thyme stems. Add this slurry to the pot along with ketchup, then stir to combine and allow to cook a further 15 minutes or so. Add flour to this liquid and stir to combine, working out any lumps with the back of a spoon. Remove approximately one cup of liquid from pot and place in a small bowl. Stir to combine and continue to cook until the meat is yielding and loose on the bone, approximately one hour longer.

Add sugar, soy sauce and Worcestershire sauce. Add remaining onions, garlic and ginger to the pot, along with another third of the scallions.Paired with bowls of coconut-scented rice and peas, a staple of the Caribbean diet, it makes for an excellent family dinner or a transporting lunch, as if the flavors within it were a spur to memories of better times, in warmer climes, with soft sand on your feet and a kiss of sun upon your shoulders. You could make and eat it today while reading Derek Walcott poems as the afternoon vagues into indigo - or allow it to cure into greater magnificence overnight, and stretch out its gravy for the course of a week. It is oxtail stew, brown and steaming, light with ginger and thyme, pungent with allspice and soy, a taste of the Caribbean to warm winter’s heart. Here is a midwinter cook-up of deep fragrance and lingering heat, a trade-wind stew that emerged in Jamaica and made its way north.