Recipes Archive
(September 2011)

1 September 2011

Gunby Apple Cake

One of the many wonderful things about working at Gunby Hall is being able to walk into the fruit and vegetable gardens and pluck whatever’s ready from the ground and cook with it. Sometimes I will spend a lazy hour meandering through the rows of succulent growth, waiting for the plants to inspire me. I Read more…

Pan roasted bottarga coated Scottish scallops

METHOD To make the squash puree, place the butter and the shallots in a pan and cook gently for 5 minutes. Peel, de-seed and dice the butternut squash, add to the pan and cook for 5 minutes. Wet with white wine and 500ml of vegetable stock and cook until soft to touch. Season with salt Read more…

Pan roasted venison loin

METHOD Season the loin of venison with salt and pepper and set aside. To make the relish dice the tomatoes, place the extra virgin olive oil in a pan, gently cook the spring onion, add the tomatoes, mustard, vinegars and cook gently for 20-15 minutes, add the sugar and the chopped herbs and set aside Read more…

Fresh apricot cheesecake with lime sponge

METHOD Prepare the lime sponge by whisking, with an electric whisk, the eggs and sugar together until pale. Gently add the sieved flour and the melted butter with the lime zest and juice, pour into a buttered and floured baking tray and bake at 180C for 12-15 minutes. Let it cool completely before cutting. To Read more…

Venison Lasagne

Like many of you I’m sure, my foray into cooking with game of any sort has been patchy – often dreamt of but never actually achieved. I will mull over it as a choice in a restaurant, particularly during gaming season, which will soon be upon us, although even when I’m in such establishments that Read more…