Recipes Archive
(February 2017)

1 February 2017

Red velvet cake

Well it’s Valentines’ Day once again and whilst I personally find the commercialism of the day itself rather galling, I do love the sentiment and also I have to admit that I’m a big, old romantic at heart, so the ‘other half’ and I have committed to forgo the daft cards and gifts and celebrate Read more…

Pulled Pork & Bramley Apple Scotch Egg

METHOD For the pulled pork, rub the meat with the smoked paprika and mustard powder and a couple of good pinches of sea salt. Place the pork in a roasting tin with 1 pint of water, cover with foil and slow roast on 150C for a couple of hours until it’s nearly falling apart. Once Read more…

Braised Sticky Ox Cheek

METHOD Place the ox cheeks in a deep roasting tin and cover with the red wine, port, herbs and braising vegetables, cover with foil and slow cook for 2-3 hours at 160C. Checking the cheeks are soft to touch, remove carefully from the cooking liquid (which will be used for the jus later on). Layout Read more…

Caramelised Rice Pudding

METHOD Place the milk, cream, sugar, vanilla pod and cinnamon into a heavy based saucepan, bring to the boil then add the pudding rice and stir well. Leave this to simmer for a good 30-40 min, stirring frequently until the rice is soft. Whilst this is cooking, to make the boozy pears simply peel, deseed Read more…