The first trees to awake are the filbert and cobnuts, producing pollen filled catkins. Part of the hazel family of trees, they have tiny red flowers that are wind pollinated by the long catkin fronds that burst with a dust like explosion of pollen in the wind. The more trees you have in close proximity …
There are many areas where wild food can be gathered or caught. Edible plants can be found in hedgerows, in woodland, or along the sea shores – even your own back garden! Whether picking tasty greens, catching snails, fishing, mushroom hunting, or catching the odd grey squirrel for your lunch, many places hold an abundance …
Not everyone can go out and catch their own fish to guarantee freshness. So, how do you know a fresh fish when you see one? Here’s how to know what to look for… The fish’s eyes should be clear and bulge slightly – Cloudy sunken or indented eyes means the fish isn’t at it’s freshest. …
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It’s good to know where the food we eat comes from. A lot of the time we know which animal we are eating, but not which part of the animal. Sometimes a cheaper cut can be just as tasty as a prime one, but it’s good to know which cut is best for the dish …
Ingredients 2 Fresh (Gutted) Mackerel (per person) 2-3 Bay leaves (either dried or fresh) Black Pepper Salt Lime or Lemon Juice Also needed Aluminium Foil Method Preheat oven to 220°C. Wash your mackerel under some cold running water, place both on on a piece of aluminium foil on a baking tray. Season the mackerel with …
I always find that if you are going to brew a home-brew beer – you’re better producing something that’s hard to find by commercial brewers. This Nettle Top and Dandelion Flower recipe uses freshly foraged spring ingredients. Dry Hopping (Adding dry hops to the fermentor) and added lactose makes for an aromatic, bitter and hazy …
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Ingredients 1 tbsp Olive Oil 1 Onion chopped 3 Garlic cloves chopped 3 Rosemary Sprigs stalks removed 200ml Red wine 1tbsp Tomato Puree 1 tin chopped Tomatoes 10 Mushrooms sliced 1/2 pint hot Beef stock 2 Bay leaves 8 good quality Sausages 1 tsp Marmite (this made the sauce nice & rich) Black Pepper Also …
Ingredients Makes 3 large pizzas For the Base 250g Strong White Flour 250g Plain Flour 1tsp fine salt 2tsp dried yeast 350ml water 1 tb sp Olive Oil For the Topping Sauce Tin of chopped tomatoes 2 cloves garlic finely grated Strong tomato puree A dash of red wine Other Toppings Grated Cheese Finely Chopped …
Cress (Lepidium sativum) is probably the first edible crop that most of us ever grow. A popular primary school activity -usually involving decorating an eggshell and growing the microgreens to look like hair, is probably everyone’s first introduction to growing your own food. For this reason, I believe that cress is often overlooked as a …
You’ve probably seen Char Siu or Chinese barbequed pork at all you can eat Chinese buffet restaurants or in special fried rice (the red in Char Siu is unmistakable). “Char siu” literally means “fork burn/roast” after the traditional cooking method for the dish: long strips of seasoned boneless pork are skewered with long forks and …
