Oct 15th
Introduction
Wild mushroom season is up on us, they’re are mushrooms growing all over the UK that are edible. I personally dont pick the mushrooms myself as it is a very specialized subject and the people that go out pick them have been learning there trade for years, so my advice would be to get then [...]
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Oct 14th
Pumpkins are just starting to pop up on every isle in the supermarket, this vegetable is one of the last few seasonal products so while they are about make sure you use in every which way you can, here is a great recipe using the pumpkin and some fantastic local chorizo sausage mage by a [...]
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Sep 4th
Autumn is coming up and there are going to be some great British mushrooms popping up in the woods. I think when raw products are this good you should not do to much them so for this recipe, fried in butter with a squeeze of lemon and toasted on a simply slice of sour dough
Ingredients
300g [...]
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Sep 3rd
I love local ale, in Cumbria we have more micro brewery’s than any other county so we have plenty to choose from. I have taken the concept of traditional Yorkshire tea bread and replaced the tea with local ale, it makes a great malty taste and it great for taking in a packed lunch for [...]
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Sep 3rd
Blackberries are just starting to show in our countryside, So get yourselves out there and get your share, take the kids it will keep them busy for hours
Ingredients
1 bottle of cheap supermarket vodka
1 vanilla pod
2 tbsp of castor sugar
20 blackberries
Method
This ones a nice simple one, just pour out a [...]
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Sep 3rd
Fennel is just going to be coming into season and this is a great way to serve it
Ingredients
serves 4
2 bulbs of fennel
100 mls white wine vinegar
100g Icing sugar
1 tsp fennel seeds
1 tsp salt
1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
4 sea trout fillets [...]
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Sep 3rd
We have had an Italian chef working with us this summer, he brought with him some of his fathers bread recipes. So myself and Ed set to work on fusing my methods of flavours and cooking his traditional Italian recipes.
Ingredients
300g oo pasta flour
200g Strong white flour
7g Dried yeast/20g fresh yeast
1 [...]
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Aug 31st
More and more customers are coming to the cafe every day with dietary requirements so I have working on a few recipes that could help make life taste a little better for those who have to watch what they are eating
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Aug 24th
It may have been raining recently but here is a spicy twist on the traditional potato salad to accompany your bbq
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Aug 16th
We have been trying to make our scones in the cafe that little bit different, so I went to work on creating something that little bit special. I came up with passion fruit curd it has an amazing fruity & fragrant flavour that blows me away, so much so I sent a jar of curd [...]
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