Recipes

1 litre vegetable stock 50g butter 2 tablespoons oil 1 onion, finely chopped 1 garlic glove, finely chopped a few sprigs of thyme, leaves only, chopped 2-3 medium leeks, trimmed and washed 150g tender young nettle tops, wash thoroughly and then wilt in a pan of salted water for 5-6 minutes until tender. Drain in [...]

1/2 a pack of Fletcher’s venison stir fry and slice the meat into smaller strips 1/2 onion, sliced Your choice of available vegetables- celeriac, carrots, leeks prepared and cut into small slices 2tsp red currant jelly or rowan jelly A splash of red wine/ water Salt and pepper   Take a large frying pan and [...]

4 pheasant legs 4 cloves of garlic, crushed 1 tsp butter 1 tbsp veg oil 2 leeks, sliced down the middle and chopped Rosemary 400g puy or brown lentils rinsed in cold water Water or stock Celeriac peeled and cubed Zest of lemon   Put the oil and butter in a heavy based pan, with [...]

Knob of butter Large onion, roughly chopped Stick of celery, chopped 1 or 2 leeks split down the middle and chopped 3 large potatos, cut into cubes, not peeled! 600ml milk 200ml stock 2 fillets smoked haddock cut in chunks chopped parsley   Take a large pan and melt the butter. Add the onion and [...]

350g smoked mackerel fillets 1 lemon 150g low fat cream cheese 2-3 tsp horseradish sauce Freshly ground black pepper Skin and flake the mackerel, making sure that no bones remain. Squeeze the juice from half the lemon (reserve the other half to use as a garnish), add to all the other ingredients in the bowl [...]

Makes approx. 10 155g warm water 1 level teaspoon dried yeast or 2 of fresh yeast 1 teaspoon olive oil 250g strong white flour 1 level teaspoon salt Grated parmesan/ Anster Cheese   Mixing Measure the warm water into a jug then stir in the yeast until it is dissolved. Weigh out the flour and [...]

100g strawberries or other seasonal berries 50g frozen berries 1-2 tbsp honey 100ml yoghurt 50ml apple juice/ milk   Place everything in a blender and whizz up! Add extra juice/ milk if the smoothie is too thick and adjust honey to taste.

Makes 1 loaf or 6 rolls Strong white (bread) flour 375g Salt 5g Yeast (fresh or dried) 15g Water 250ml Add yeat to one cup of water in a measuring jug, stir and leave for 5 minutes. In medium sizes bowl add the flour and salt, combining together. Then add yeast in water to the [...]

Makes about 12 oatcakes 200g fine oatmeal 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 30g butter 3tbsp water   Mix dry ingredients. Heat butter and water in a saucepan (or carefully microwave). Add wet to dry ingredients and mix to form a stiff dough. You may need to add another tablespoon at this point if [...]

Makes 12 (6) muffins 1 tsp oil 1 (1/2) onion diced finely 1 teaspoon (1/2 tsp) cayenne pepper 250g (125g) wholemeal self raising flour 2 teaspoons (1tsp) baking powder 1/2 tteaspoon (1/4tsp) salt 2 (1) eggs 80g (40g) unsalted butter, melted and cooled 250ml (125ml) buttermilk 2 tablespoons (1tbsp) finely chopped fresh herbs in season [...]