SPICED ARONIA BERRY CHUTNEY 2kgs Aronia Berries (washed) 2kgs Cooking Apples (peeled and chopped) 200gms Raisins 2tsps Ground Ginger 1tsp Ground Cinnamon 1tsps Ground Cloves 1/2 Cinnamon stick Zest and juice of one Orange Sea Salt 2kgs Sugar 1700ml White Vinegar Boil all ingredients for approximately 40 minutes till the fruit is soft and [...]
NAN'S PEAR CHUTNEY My Nans Pear Chutney 3lbs Pears cored peeled and sliced (firm is fine, but not soft) 1lb onions peeled and chopped 1lb green tomatoes thinly sliced 1/2 lb stoned raisins (chopped) 1/2lb celery chopped - 1 1/2 lbs Demarara Sugar 1/4tsp cayenne pepper 1/4tsp ground Ginger 1/2oz salt 5 peppercorns in [...]
PICKLED ONIONS I like to grow Longor a French variety of shallot that yields a handful of long pinky bulbs to pickle in white vinegar, it couldnt be simpler. Now there are many methods, but I am just giving you mine... Wash your jars in very hot soapy water, then place in the oven [...]
THE OLD KENNELS SIGNATURE ROSEMARY ROAST SPUDS So simple I feel embarrased putting them on a website...but so often asked how they are done! Take some good spuds - homegrown, organic ideally, small is nice, or you can quarter larger ones to the same effect. Wash and scrub as needed, leave th4e skins on [...]
MY MUM'S CHICKPEA CASSEROLE My favourite childhood dish I think, it freezes well and yes you really do need all those onions, its not wrong! Start the night before: 500g Dried chickpeas (soaked overnight and then cooked 1.5hrs) - or cheat if you will, and used canned especially if you are cooking this spur [...]
Given to me by my friend Vanessa, but adapted over time, a handy dish, always popular and enjoyed just as well as a side or main dish. 1 Cauliflower & 1 Head brocoli cut into florets cooked till just tender. 250gms brown basmati rice (I like to add a handful of wild rice too) marigold [...]
This is the fluffiest, lightest hummus and tastes fabulous! 200gms of dried chickpeas - soaked for 24hrs in masses of clean water, drain and boil for one and a half hours before using, or use 400gms of canned chickpeas if you are in a hurry) 6 tbsp of Tahini 1.5tsps of bicarbonate of soda Juice [...]
Effective and simple, my favourite combination! Red Peppers Bulb Fennel Passata Ground Fennel Seeds & Gournd Cumin Cut Fennel bulbs in wedges, blanch (immerse in boiling water for three minutes), leave to cool. Cut peppers perfectly in half stalk and all, remove seeds and arrange in a dish cut side up. Then fill each pepper [...]
Ok this couldnt be simpler: Just take some metal skewers and some spuds, skewer the spuds and carefully cut them right round the skewer in a continuous spiral - be careful to go right to the skewer all the time, then eek them out along the skewer, lay in a bowl and drizzle with flax [...]
250g Pearl Barley One Butternut Squash - in 1cm cubes 2 large red onions - chopped in fine wedges Capers Jar of pitted black Olives Jar of sundried tomatoes - chopped a handful of pumkin seeds 1 tbsp capers lots of shopped fresh basil For the dressing: 1tbsp Balsalmic, 3tbsp Olive oil, 1tsp dijon or [...]
