As winter starts getting it’s claws into us, we need something nice and hearty that will stick our ribs together. This meal will certainly do that, although if you don’t have a ready supply of venison, then some lovely beef shin will work a treat. Vension stew with cheesy dumplings. Toss a kilo of diced [...]
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29 Sep
Beetroot Houmous and Feta Canapes
For a delicious quick starter or canape, I love using chicory boats, and load them up with something to tickle the tastebuds, often it’s a nice smoked fish mousse, but I wanted to try something different, so I delved into my River Cottage Everyday book and came back with the Beetroot Houmous recipe, and having [...]
5 Sep
Tagliatelle with hot smoked trout
With my hot smoked trout, I wanted to come up with a delicious pasta for our supper to do the fish justice. Gently sweat a couple of finely chopped garlic cloves in a large pan, add the zest of a finely grated unwaxed lemon and the flakes of smoked fish, you can use hot or [...]
31 Aug
Salsola…a samphire alternative?
Marsh Samphire has to be one of my all time favourite vegetables, fresh, crunchy and salty it is also highly seasonal, and recently trendier and hence more expensive, so I was very pleased to come across Salsola Soda in the Real Seeds catalogue last winter. It’s a salad vegetable that is very popular in Italy [...]
20 Aug
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
With only a small kitchen garden, I feel there’s little value in growing vegetables that are cheap and easy to buy from a good vegetable shop, so I like to grow things that are slightly unusual, expensive or difficult to store. This year instead of growing standard courgettes, I decided to grow Crook Neck Squashes [...]
