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Quail, blackberries, mushrooms
Quail roasted with wild mushrooms, thyme, juniper and blackberries
Pheasant, Honey and Grapes
A sweet and fruity sauce for pheasant, with parsley celeriac mash.
Roast Duck Salad with melon and blackberries
A warm salad of roast duck, chilled melon with roasting juices.
Partridge Spelt Broth
A deeply sustaining soup-stew made with partridge, root vegetables and spelt.
Pigeon, Figs, Beans
Roast wood pigeon with red wine, figs and beans
Lamb, Labne and Blackberries
Grilled lamb cutlets, thyme, labne and blackberry sauce.
Sizzled Lamb and Butternut
Minced lamb, butternut squash, sourdough toast. Hot lamb, sweet butternut squash.
Lamb patties with Beetroot
Little patties of minced lamb and grated beetroot
Pork, apple, artichoke
Pot roasted pork chops with apple juice, artichokes and cider vinegar.
Pork Belly with Blackberry and Apple
Roast pork belly with stewed apple and pickled blackberries.
Roast Pork, Black Pudding.
Roast pork filled with a black pudding stuffing for an autumn Sunday.
Pork Chop with Figs
A simple dinner of pork chops with cider and fresh figs.
Porchetta with Blackberries
Roast pork with breadcrumbs, lemon zest and blackberries.
Pork Chops, Apple and Black Grapes
Pork chops cooked with apples, black grapes, apple juice and sage. Coming soon.
Roasted Pork, Pumpkin
Roast pork with crackling, thyme and roasted pumpkin.
Five Spice Sausage Wellington
Spiced sausage meat in puff pastry, sweet-sour plum sauce
Chorizo, Prunes, Apricots
An sweet and spicy autumn stew of chorizo, apricots, almonds and prunes.
Keilbasa, Sauerkraut, Mushrooms
Potatoes, sausages, sauerkraut, sour cream and dill.
Sausages with Marrow
Pork sausages, cooked on the hob with marrow and thyme.
Cumberland Sausage, Cheese Mash
Baked Cumberland sausage, Cheese and shallot 'rough' mash.
Meatballs, Horseradish, soured cream, dill
Meatballs with mustard, horseradish and juniper berries, soured cream and dill.
Chicken, Yuzu and Broccoli
Grilled chicken with soy, yuzu juice, broccoli and rice
Chicken, Dill and Cider
A slow cooked chicken dinner with cider, dill and cream.
A Good Chicken Curry
A straightforward, deeply fragrant chicken curry heady with cardamom and coriander.
Roast Chicken, Lemon and Rocket
Roast Chicken with lemon, thyme and garlic. Couscous & rocket salad, chicken juices.
Poppy Seed Roast Chicken
A crisp skinned roast chicken with soft chickpea mash and poppy seeds.
Chicken, Almonds, Sherry
An autumnal pot roast chicken with almonds and sherry.
Chicken with grapes and cream
Roast chicken thighs, with black grapes and cream
Duck with Figs
Slow cooked, pot-roast duck with thyme and figs
Sirloin, chard, garlic
Beef sirloin, cooked with garlic and vin cotto, or balsamic and chard.
Grilled Bavette Steak
Bavette steak, grilled with aubergines, peppers and onions.
Bavette, Aubergines, Basil
Bavette steak with aubergines, olive oil and basil leaves.
Bavette, green beans and anchovies
A recipe for green beans cooked with anchovies, to accompany steak.
Breef Brisket
Braised Beef Brisket with porcini mushrooms and shallots.
Brisket Coleslaw
A salad of cold beef brisket, kohlrabi, cabbage and mustard seeds.