The Ultimate Beef & Potato Pie…

  After a fantastic Summer the temperature has dropped and it’s looking a little gloomy outside… (although now I am writing this it seems Summer is making a comeback!) but that’s ok, it means it’s time to start cooking those lovely comforting foods! And what could be more comforting than a big old fashioned Meat &…… Continue reading The Ultimate Beef & Potato Pie…

Peter Piper Picked A Padron Pepper…

And it nearly blew his head off! Well maybe not. Allegedly one in every thirty, or twenty % padron peppers is a hot one. So eating them is a bit like playing Russian Roulette… but with peppers. For those that don’t know Padron Peppers are little chilli peppers that grow in the northwest of Spain in an…… Continue reading Peter Piper Picked A Padron Pepper…

‘Ome-Made Pizza

So, I was going to do a post on pizzas at some point but not necessarily now… and then I get a tweet from someone saying they tried following my pizza recipe but it didn’t quite turn out right? Right, so which pizza recipe was that then because I don’t recall putting one on here!…… Continue reading ‘Ome-Made Pizza

Venison Chilli

Our Butcher sometimes gets some very nice wild venison in. When he does we always make sure that we get some venison neck in, we usually buy quite a bit for the freezer. Venison neck when cooked long and slow is great. It makes fantastic curries but this was a first for us. I can…… Continue reading Venison Chilli

Pimms, Friends & Slow Cooked Lamb

  We hadn’t seen a friend of ours (an old neighbour) for a while, and we still had half a bottle of Pimms in the pantry that he had bought up on his last visit! We seemed to be having a good run of weather so we thought it was time to invite him round for…… Continue reading Pimms, Friends & Slow Cooked Lamb

Smoking!

you may have noticed that there are a few references to slow cooked smoked meats on the Blog. You wouldn’t be wrong. I recently acquired a big American style smoker/BBQ and it’s been getting a fair bit of use. I love proper American food, I’m not talking McD****ds or K*C here but big hunks of…… Continue reading Smoking!

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