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Easy Peasy Beef Stew

Posted by on Apr 2, 2010 in Main courses, Recipes | 0 comments

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.

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Mushrooms Armenienne

Posted by on Feb 8, 2010 in Appetisers, Recipes | 0 comments

I first tasted this recipe at High Bullen Hotel in Chittlehamholt in 1974. Then, by chance, I bought a recipe book “The Good...

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Rabbit Casserole with Shallots and Walnuts

Posted by on Jan 28, 2010 in Main courses, Recipes | 2 comments

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.

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Mulled wine

Posted by on Dec 4, 2009 in Drink, Recipes, Wine | 8 comments

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.

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Sausage and Mash with onion gravy

Posted by on Nov 4, 2009 in Main courses, Recipes | 2 comments

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.

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Spaghetti bolognese

Posted by on Sep 22, 2009 in Main courses, Recipes | 2 comments

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?

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Sit and Wait Lemon and paprika beef

Posted by on Sep 17, 2009 in Main courses, Recipes | 0 comments

‘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

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