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Faggots with gravy
Light, full of flavour, tender and succulent. So much better than my best memories of that succulent meat ball in rich gravy that we used to buy ready prepared in a foil container.
Easy Peasy Beef Stew
An ideal recipe if you have a pressure cooker, or you can cook for 2-3 hours in a stock pot. A great stew to complement the cold wet weather.
Rabbit Casserole with Shallots and Walnuts
We rear our own rabbits, generous friends have a walnut tree and other friends from Brittany arrived, last autumn, with gifts that included a string of shallots. Today I have combined these ingredients with an onion and a swede from our own garden to create a warming winter casserole; very appropriate as the temperature has fallen below zero.
The addition of walnuts made the casserole taste more gamey but rabbit avoids that well hung flavour that does has never appealed to me. If you hesitate to eat rabbit or game, substitute with chicken and possibly a few small mushrooms.
Mulled wine
Well, ‘tis the season and all that! A winter favourite, guaranteed to put you in a festive mood. Just double or treble the quantities below if you’ve got loads of guests who need warming up.
Sausage and Mash with onion gravy
Why am I posting something which is so easy to make? Well, because I’d really like to remind people how good simple sausage and mash can be. That is, as long as it’s done right! You should use the best sausages you can get from your butcher, make an effort to make smooth mash and take a little time to sweeten up those onions! Follow these rules and you’ll have your self a tasty dinner which is cheap and easy to make.
Poached Pears in red wine and Madeira
A purchase of pears, large and firm, started me off on a search for a new recipe and my limited stock of booze dictated the combination of wine and madeira. They look and taste delicious as they take on the colour and subtle taste of the wines and spices.
Spaghetti bolognese
If you’re not into cooking already, start making spaghetti bolognese, from scratch. It’s easy, delicious and will help with making so many other meals. Who needs Dolmio?
Sit and Wait Lemon and paprika beef
‘Sit and Wait’ dishes are the kind of recipes that require minimum expense and preparation, but offer maximum taste. Braised long and slow in the oven then simply reheated later on, they’re the homemade version of the ready meal
