How to Batch Cook Bolognese Sauce in a Pressure Cooker How are you dealing with the cost of living squeeze? I’m planning to make much more use of my electric pressure cooker this year to batch cook recipes like this bolognese for the freezer. While I intend to eat less meat, I’m not planning to […]
Classic Lamb Hotpot recipe – Lancashire Hotpot
Simple, Traditional British Lamb Hotpot made with Herdwick Lamb Herdwick lamb from the Lake District is such a special meat. While Lancashire is the region directly south of the Cumbrian Lake District, I have no doubt this is the meat that led to a lamb hotpot recipe so simple and yet so delicious that my […]
Chicken Curry with Ginger and Coconut
Fragrant and healthy chicken curry with ginger, coconut, coriander and lime It’s so easy to get stuck in a rut at mealtimes. I generally cook for one or two – and I tend to make quantities of old favourites – low-calorie chilli con carne, venison tagine or tarragon chicken to portion up and freeze for […]
Herb Crusted Rack of Lamb from the Lakes
Herdwick Lamb from Roast Mutton – a Lake District Butcher What’s your favourite cut of lamb? For me, it’s a tie between a slow-cooked leg of lamb like the one Madeleine has been showcasing and a dainty rack of lamb. The rack is formed from the ribs of lamb or mutton and a single rack […]
Roast Mutton is big on flavour
From fell to fork: Bespoke butchery delivered to your door Visitors to the Lake District will undoubtedly see a lot of sheep. I certainly did when I holidayed in Grasmere but at that time I had no knowledge of the special breed that forages on those steep hills. I learned more from Lakeland butcher, Rob […]
Valentine’s Scallops Recipe with Bradley’s Fish.
Scallops with Celeriac Mash for Valentine’s Day Skip straight to my As I wanted to make something special for Valentine’s dinner, my mind turned to scallops. My husband cooked scallops for me on our first Valentine’s decades ago and it has become customary now for this dish to make an appearance. I decided to tweak […]
Côtes du Rhône White Wines – A Taste of Summer
In Search of Summer – Why I’m Going White! At this time of year, when the sky is a flat grey from sunrise to sunset, when the temperature scarcely lifts above freezing and when we are all aching for summer to come just a little faster, anything that brightens things up a bit is welcome. […]
Pheasant Pot Roast with Chestnuts and Port
Anything but the turkey! Pheasant Pot Roast. Go straight to the Do you enjoy game birds? A seasonal treat, well-hung pheasant has bags of flavour and can be roasted, pot-roasted or jointed and used in a casserole. One pheasant is the perfect size for two people while a brace of pheasants – a male and […]
Festive Venison Tagine – Anything But The Turkey
Venison Tagine – The Perfect Alternative Festive Lunch? Go straight to the Gentle reader, I think I may just have created the perfect Christmas lunch for those of us who don’t really enjoy turkey and for those who simply want to ring the changes. There are lots of reasons why a venison tagine is a […]
Festive Pork Loin Roast – Anything but the Turkey
Celebrating Christmas without the Turkey – Festive Pork Loin and trimmings. Go straight to the I’m rather bemused that the day I started to write up my Festive Pork Loin – one I’d prepared earlier that week, I spotted a feature in The Observer with Claudia Roden’s Roast Belly of Pork with chestnut puree and […]