Cathedral City Vintage 20 Cheddar and Onion Puffs – Recipe

Cathedral City Vintage 20 Cheddar & Onion Puffs Preparation: 40 minutes Yield: 40 puffs Ingredients: 235ml of water 60g of butter, cut into cubes ½ teaspoon coarse salt plus extra for sprinkling 130g of plain flour 4 large eggs 300g of grated Cathedral City Vintage 20 50g of chopped spring onions Preheat oven to 180°C. … Continue reading →

Cinnamon Chicken with Cous Cous

Cinnamon Chicken with Cous cous Serves:  4 Cooking time: 25 minutes Preparation time: 10 minutes Ingredients: 4 Red Tractor chicken breast fillets 250g couscous 50g sultanas salt and freshly ground black pepper 1 tbsp Red Tractor plain flour ½ tsp ground cinnamon 200ml hot vegetable stock 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar 2 oranges 150g sugar snap … Continue reading →

Bacon Wrapped Sausages with Cheesy Potato Cakes

Bacon Wrapped Sausages with Cheesy Potato Cakes Serves 4 INGREDIENTS 450g Red Tractor potatoes, peeled and chopped 8 Red Tractor pork sausages 4 Red Tractor rashers streaky bacon, halved 4 Red Tractor tomatoes, halved 3 Red Tractor courgettes, thinly sliced lengthways Knob of Red Tractor butter 25g Red Tractor Cheddar cheese, grated 2tbsp chopped Red … Continue reading →

Teriyaki Style Pork Burgers Recipe

Teriyaki Style Pork Burgers Serves: 10 Cooking time: 20 minutes Preparation time: 15 minutes   Ingredients: 1.5kg (3lb 5oz) lean minced Red Tractor pork 75g (3oz) wholemeal Red Tractor bread crumb s113g (4oz) Red Tractor onion, finely chopped 4 Red Tractor spring onions, finely chopped and including the green leaves 90ml (8tbsp) light soy sauce … Continue reading →

French guinea fowl and porcini mushrooms

French guinea fowl with porcini mushrooms Serves 4 Preparation time: between 20-30 minutes Cooking time: 60 minutes               Ingredients 1 whole French guinea fowl, about 1.2kg 75g butter 2 shallots 50 ml cognac 100ml thick stock – chick or vegetable   400g crème fraîche 30g horseradish sauce or mustard 1 jar porcini mushrooms salt pepper … Continue reading →

Summer Holiday Project – Learning About Other Countries – Day 1

I have decided to take part in some family learning this Summer. I am going to learn about other countries with my children. We plan to research a country every day for 30 days. We are hoping it will be fun and will include cookery, crafts and so much more. The truth is I don’t … Continue reading →

The Perfect Starter – Red Pepper Timbale with Goat’s Cheese

Entertaining? Then here is the perfect starter that looks impressive and is full of healthy vegetables. Red Pepper Timbale with Goats Cheese Serves 4 Time of preparation: 60 minutes Ingredients 3 red peppers 1 aubergine ½ onion Goat’s cheese 4 slices (better with the rind) Olive oil Garlic, to taste A handful of rocket Preparation … Continue reading →

Macadamia Pesto and Roast Pepper Tapas Recipe

TapasIngredients: 1 baguette loaf, sliced diagonally 1 roasted red pepper, peeled and cut into strips 1 roasted yellow pepper, peeled and cut into strips 100g (3.5oz) roasted macadamia halves Pesto: 4 large handfuls of basil leaves 160g (5.5oz) unsalted macadamias 3 cloves garlic, peeled 125mL (4 fl oz) olive oil 65g (2.5oz) freshly grated parmesan … Continue reading →

New Indian Cookery Sauces – The Spice Tailor Review

Do you like Indian food?  Would you like to create spicy dishes with the wow factor for your family?  Are you daunted and unclear on just what type of spices to use? When I make a curry, it is usually edible enough but never reflects the true sense of  Indian delights.  That is proably because … Continue reading →

Jubilee Shortbread Biscuits Recipe

Celebrate the Jubilee festivities by making a batch of these buttery shortbread biscuits. Preparation time: 30 minutes Cooking time: 12 minutes, plus cooling Makes: about 16 Ingredients: 100g (4oz) Kerrygold butter 50g (2oz) caster sugar 150g (6oz) plain flour ¼ tsp ground mixed spice 1 egg yolk Red, white and blue writing icing Silver balls … Continue reading →