Sometimes during a Scottish summer the sun comes out, it’s hard to believe I know, so for a change of pace this salad won’t only set your taste-buds alight, but will also fill you! What you need: Chicken Chorizo Olive oil Garlic White Wine Vinegar Fresh Tarragon Tomatoes Rocket Mayonnaise Pepper Step 1:…… Continue reading Chicken & Chorizo Salad
A posh Chicken Supreme with wild mushrooms and white wine What you need: Chicken Onion Bacon Garlic Wholegrain mustard White Wine Worcester sauce Chicken Stock Cube Cream Parsley Step 1: Fry the chicken, onion, bacon, garlic, wholegrain mustard Step 2: Then add a glass of white wine, dash Worcester sauce, chicken stock cube in 100ml…… Continue reading Posh Chicken Supreme
True Scottish comfort food with an Irish twist, a rich and filling autumnal venison casserole, served with Colcannon Mash This is what you’ll need: Seasoned flour Venison Shallots Garlic Beetroot Carrots Redcurrant Jelly Red Wine Stock – Beef or Game Bay Thyme Step 1: Start by coating venison with seasoned flour in a bag. Step 2: Then…… Continue reading Venison Casserole
True heart attack food, but so damn good. I often take this with me into the hills in case I need a quick injection of energy! This is what you’ll need: Mars bars Twix bars Crunchie bars Dairy Milk Digestive biscuits Margarine Golden syrup Double cream Extra sweets to decorate Paramedic Step 1: Line…… Continue reading Crunchie Munchy Twixy Mars Cake
An Italian slow cooked beef stew using shin of beef that will melt in your mouth. This is what you’ll need: Beef shin Onion Garlic Carrot Celery Bell Peppers Mushrooms Flour Tomato Puree Beef Stock Thyme & a couple of Bay Leaves Olives Step 1: Cut up your beef, then brown it off on a…… Continue reading Italian Slow Cooked Beef Stew
This is what you’ll need squash skin peelings (leftover from Roasted Winter Butternut Squash Soup) fresh rosemary sherry vinegar salt & pepper Step 1: Drizzle the butternut squash skin in olive oil, then sprinkle over rest of ingredients. Bang in oven at 140c for 20 minutes.. Step 2: Take em out & place…… Continue reading Butternut Squash Crisps
Spaghetti Meatballs are a favourite in my house, but sometimes you just fancy doing something different with them. This is an excellent alternative that’ll get your family coming back for more! This is what you’ll need: Mince Onion Milk Egg Garlic Breadcrumbs Allspice Salt Pepper Butter Flour Wholegrain Mustard Beef Stock Cranberry Jelly Double…… Continue reading Swedish inspired meatballs
As with all things, the simplest is usually best. This is what you’ll need: Onion Mince Pepper Step 1: Finely chop your onion, add to mince, add pepper, mix. Step 2: Grab some and make into balls Step 3: Make into patties (if you have a burger press it’ll be easier) then fry on a…… Continue reading Homemade Burgers
Righto folks This is what you’ll need for a delish butterbean and Cheddar burger snack. Yes this is a veggie dish, but I wanted to prove even meat lovers like myself can make tasty delish veggie meals What you’ll need: 1 Tin of Butterbeans Onion Garlic Cheddar cheese Flour Egg Breadcrumbs. Step 1: Drain and…… Continue reading Butterbean & Cheddar Burgers
A smokey lip smackingly tasty sausage casserole This is what you’ll need! Pork Belly Sausages Carrots Onion Pasatta Cannellini beans Spices – Cumin & Smoked Paprika Fresh Rosemary Eggs (optional) Step 1: Chop up yer pork belly into chunks, get pan hot and fry with yer sausages Step 2: Once browned take sausages out. Chuck in…… Continue reading Sausage Casserole
Nothing quite beats a Sausage Roll for a snack or lunch, but this one you can slice up and know that it has more meat than pastry! What you need: Onions Apple Garlic (optional) Sausage meat (you can buy this, or just take the meat out of your fav sausages) Mustard Sage Salt &…… Continue reading Pork, Apple Mustard Sausage Rolls
On a wet dreich day like today… Let’s make some rich hearty mushroom soup! What you need: Mushrooms Butter Onions Garlic Flour Thyme Pepper Chicken stock – can use vegetable Step 1: Key to this soup is getting good colour on mushrooms, fry in butter till they release juice then turn low Step 2: After…… Continue reading Mushroom Soup
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