Recipes Archive
(January 2013)

1 January 2013

Venison sausage casserole cobbler with a liquorice and bramble gravy

Something packed with flavour and sweetness and a dish that should last you a couple of days at least. Not only will this dish satisfy your post-Christmas, burnt-out taste buds but it will fill your home with the glorious warming aromas of aniseed, red wine and sticky sausages too. I’m using venison sausages here for Read more…

Cream of Cassava and smoked garlic soup

Melt the butter in a deep based pan. Add the garlic and onion and cook on medium heat for 3-4 minutes. Peel and dice the cassava then add to the onion and cook for 5 minutes. Wet with the white wine and cook for 5 minutes. Add the stock and cook for 25-30 minutes, then Read more…

Slow roasted pork belly

Heat the oven to 230C. Score the skin side of the pork belly and pass under running hot water for 10 seconds. Rub with Maldon salt and freshly ground black pepper and place in a baking tray with the rapeseed oil. Bake at 230C for 20 minutes. Wet with the white wine and turn the Read more…

Chocolate brownie

Melt the dark chocolate with the butter in a bain-marie. Whisk eggs, sugar and vanilla then add the melted chocolate and mix well. Mix in the flour with a pinch of salt and bake in a 150C oven until the centre is still soft. Cool down completely before serving. To make the mousse, juice the Read more…