Recipes Archive
(January 2016)

1 January 2016

Game rillettes

METHOD Gas 2, 120°C. Place all the ingredients for the confit into an oven proof dish, cover and cook in the oven for 2 hours, until very tender. Remove the game from the fat and leave to cool a little. Discard the veg. Using one-third of the fat slowly cook the onion and garlic until Read more…

Pan roasted Lincolshire duck breast

METHOD (Crudaiola is Italian for raw vegetables) Place the garlic, oil, vinegar and pinch of salt in a bowl with tomato and mix well, let rest for 1 hour. Heat a topside griddle until very hot, cut the leeks lengthwise and season with salt and a little oil. Chargrill until almost burnt, turn side and Read more…

Christmas pudding tart

METHOD The day before, place the cream and milk in a pan and bring to 85C. Meanwhile, whisk the egg yolks with sugar in a bowl. Pour the hot cream on the sugar egg base and mix well. Pass the mixture back in the pan and cook on very low, continuously mixing until you get Read more…

Hot smoked salmon, prawn and leek chowder

Christmas is all finally over and cleared away but it is undoubtedly still soup weather… There’s been a lot of rain here in the UK but there has also been that all-important ground frost early in the morning and it’s this frost they say that tells the farmer when the leeks are finally ready for Read more…