Archive for the 'British' Category
Cumbrian Lamb
Continuing the Cumbrian theme, tonight’s dinner was local lamb cutlets, once again from Harrisons butcher. We briefly considered sauteed potatoes as an accompaniment but the practicalities of chopping enough onion and potato for 16 people soon became evident and we ended up with some very good roast potatoes instead. The chops were marinated in garlic […]
Read More..>>Cumberland Sausage
Stephen and I are on holiday in the Lake District with 14 friends. As you can imagine, catering for that number of people is potentially challenging but, on the first evening, the solution was obvious: Cumbrian sausage from the local butcher, Harrisons of Wigton. When I first heard of this plan, I idly wondered just […]
Read More..>>Three Onion Tart
Today was a big baking day, starting with this Delia tart. I didn’t make the pastry and didn’t even manage to roll the ready-made stuff out very well but it tasted fine and the filling was very good. This is quite a time consuming recipe and there are various steps to go through that make […]
Read More..>>Salsa Verde Chicken Salad
Knowing we were going to be away this weekend, we placed an online shopping order so that we didn’t return home to an empty fridge on Sunday night. We do this every now and again and it works well but usually we stick to basics like milk and bread. This time however, Stephen was keen […]
Read More..>>Gilt Head Bream
We spent another weekend in Kent and visited Broadstairs on Saturday. The weather was good and we enjoyed honeycomb, hazelnut and mango ice-creams from Morellis, a lovely old-fashioned ice-cream parlour overlooking the beach. Broadstairs doesn’t have a working harbour unfortunately so, on the way back to my mum’s, we stopped off in Whitstable to pick […]
Read More..>>Stuffed Pork Fillet
We’ve not had much luck with stuffed pork loin and sadly, this was no exception. While the flavours worked well together, the pork unfortunately dried out. The original recipe did say to cook the pork in a foil bag with the top left open which we thought seemed a bit pointless, perhaps that would have […]
Read More..>>The Harwood Arms
There have been many good reviews of the Harwood Arms in the last few months and, given that we live within walking distance and haven’t visited, last night’s dinner was long overdue. The room itself is lovely, open and bright with high ceilings and big windows; a combination of new and old decor lends a […]
Read More..>>Pork Pie
There’s nothing more perfect for a picnic than a pork pie. This one was sent to us for review from Abel and Cole which we took along to eat while Stephen played cricket yesterday. Well, I mostly ate it while Stephen was busy but, as it was so large, there was plenty left over when […]
Read More..>>Roast Chicken
After a busy weekend of travelling around the country for weddings and cricket matches, we needed something quick and easy. Our standby is always roast chicken so, after a desperate hunt for a chicken late on Sunday afternoon, that’s what we had. Nothing of particular interest to report other than, after several failed attempts, our […]
Read More..>>Cheese
We had some friends around for a barbecue on Friday night which saw us cook both beef and pork burgers. Somehow, we seem to have forgotten to take pictures of anything but the lovely cheese our friends bought from Neal’s Yard. From left: Tymsboro goat cheese, Colston Bassett Stilton, Tunworth Brie and Keens cheddar.
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