Scotch eggs with mustard mayonnaise and French beans
Use the best quality pork sausage meat you can find. Naturally I used The Happy Hog sausage in this recipe. This simple dish is perfect for a light lunch, served with mayonnaise and chilled French...
View ArticlePlank cooked trout with whisky maple glaze
Subtly delicate or boldly smoky, breakfast, lunch or dinner – trout covers all the bases. Recipes and photography by Mike Bassett assisted by Rob Erleigh. This is one of those showstopper recipes that...
View ArticleCured rainbow trout sashimi with wasabi Thai pesto and kung poa dipping sauce
This is a wonderfully refreshing dish that will cer- tainly satisfy those sashimi flavour junkies out there. It has complex flavour while remaining reasonably simple – but beware: it packs a punch!...
View ArticleSmoked rainbow trout with chive scrambled eggs, flat toasted croissant and...
Serves 2 anytime you’re feeling decadent I think this dish has a feminine element and is most definitely one you can cook for your partner and serve in bed as a treat. Try it and see what I mean – but...
View ArticleCrispy oysters with whisky cream pancetta and parsnip puree
Oysters are one of the most nutritionally well balanced of foods, containing protein, carbohydrates and lipids. The National Heart and Lung Institute suggest oysters as an ideal food for inclusion in...
View ArticleLeek and potato soup with a stock of porcini mushrooms and teriyaki smoked snoek
This soup might sound unlikely but it’s on my menu and it commands certain expletives so enthusiastic that we can’t actually publish them! It’s well worth a try at home. Serves 4 to 6 as a starter....
View ArticleBlack pepper shortbread, tomato confit, beetroot, Meyer lemon gel, lemon &...
Black pepper shortbread, tomato confit, beetroot, Meyer lemon gel, lemon & thyme ice cream Ingredients: black pepper shortbread 250g butter 166g flour 75g sugar ¼ tsp ground black pepper Method ➊...
View ArticleTomato Risotto
Tomato Risotto Ingredients: 50ml olive oil 50g butter 1 large onion, finely chopped 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped 250g baby Rosa tomatoes, cut in half, drizzled with olive oil and 5g chopped rosemary...
View ArticleSpiced lamb, lentil & butternut soup
Spiced lamb, lentil & butternut soup Ingredients: 75g butter 1 cinnamon quill 5 star anise 2 large onions, finely chopped 30ml finely chopped fresh ginger 30ml finely chopped garlic 1 large green...
View ArticleCocktails – The Fab Four!
Penicillin Ingredients: 50ml blended Scotch whisky 15ml peated whisky 25ml fresh lemon juice 25ml honey syrup 3 slices fresh ginger Method: 1. Muddle the fresh ginger in the bottom of a cocktail...
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