Peppercorn Sauce for Valentine’s Day
This is a great and easy peppercorn sauce to serve with your steak for Valentines Day, or any other special meal. Ingredients: 1 finely chopped shallot 1 finely chopped clove of garlic 2 tablespoons of green peppercorns, crushed oil and butter splash of brandy 250 ml Stock Worcester sauce Dijon mustard cream (optional) Method: Cook […]
Belly Pork- A fantastic cut of meat
This week in the shop we have a special offer on belly pork. This is a most amazing cut, and sadly under-used, although it is growing in popularity since Jamie and co have started using it in their programmes. Perfect for slow roasting, the pork belly is marbled with thick layers of fat, which just […]
Honey and Mustard Glazed Christmas Ham
This is a really succulent way of cooking one of our two famous hams; either our great Yorkshire Ham, which is on the bone, or our Abbots Cure Ham-a boneless, dark, sticky ham which has been cured in a brine with beer and black treacle. Ingredients: 1 whole or half Great Yorkshire Ham, or 1 […]
A Simple Game Terrine
I made a really successful Game Terrine this weekend. Having been on a few shoots recently, I have now collected some game which included rabbit, partridge and pheasant, and I thought I would use this for one of my favourite starters-Game Terrine. It is a very simple dish to make, and if anyone has access to […]
Charcoal Cooked Chicken with Lemon and Paprika Rub – on the Primo-Grill
I recently purchased the most fantastic charcoal grill/ BBQ for my garden- the PRIMO-GRILL which is not readily available in this country. It is a wonderful ceramic cooker which can grill burgers and steaks really quickly as well as baking pizza’s. It is exceptional when used to roast, ‘Low and Slow’, for example, with a […]
Roast Sirloin of Beef on the Bone
King James I Favourite: Legend has it that King James I on his way to Scotland stopped at an inn just outside Preston, where he was served roast loin of beef. He enjoyed this so much that he withdrew his sword for its sheaf and knighted it ‘Sir Loin’The reality is that this is probably […]
