Plum perfect
The late summer warmth has been perfect for sweetening the ripe plums in the farm’s orchards. It’s been a pleasure to pick this year, and the plums are juicy and moreish. There’s no chance of saving them to make a crumble once you get a handful. In the farm shop now!
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The secrets of silaging
For a good silage crop that will feed the cows through winter, when they are housed under cover, we need the right balance of grass quantity and quality. It can be quite delicate as the grass deteriorates once it gets beyond the optimal growth rate and starts to go to seed. Silage made from grass…
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Cow breeding
As most people are aware a cow on a dairy farm produces milk because she has a calf every year. The 6 cows still left to calve this year are right at the end of the calving pattern. In 2013 we’re aiming for all the cows to calve in 9 weeks rather than 12. It’s…
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Sizergh Apple Cake
Ingredients 6 Beauty of Moray baking apples (peeled, cored and sliced) 225g butter 225g caster sugar 450g self raising flour Pinch of salt 3 eggs beaten 400g sultanas 1 level tsp ground cinnamon 250g Demerara sugar 8 inch cake tin Method Grease the cake tin on the bottom and around the sides and pre-heat the…
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Spanish Style Stuffed Marrow with a Cumbrian Flavour
Ingredients 1 x Marrow 2 x chopped onion 2 x clove of garlic 1/2 tsp smoked paprika ½ tsp cayenne pepper ½ tsp dried thyme ½ tsp oregano 150g Cumbrian chorizo 1 x small jar of roasted peppers in oil (chopped) 2 x cans chopped tomatoes 100g bread crumbs Kendal crumbly cheese Handful of chopped…
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Autumnal Roast Butternut Squash with Sausage Stuffing
Ingredients 2 small butternut squash (halved lengthways) 2 tbsp olive oil 1 red onion (chopped) 2 tbsp pine nuts 25g (1oz) dried sour cherries or cranberries 6 sausages 40g (1.5oz) Gruyère cheese (grated) Method Preheat the oven to 200°C/180°C fan oven/gas mark 6 Scoop the seeds out of the butternut squash halves and put them…
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Spring Fritters with Wild Garlic Mayonnaise
Serves 4 Ingredients For the fritters 150g plain flour A good pinch of salt 330ml lager 2 egg whites A selection of fresh herbs, leaves and flowers Groundnut or sunflower oil for frying For the wild garlic mayonnaise 2 egg yolks 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard Juice of 1 lemon 150ml groundnut oil a handful of…
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Spiced Rhubarb Chutney
Ingredients 500g roughly chopped rhubarb 200g soft brown sugar 3 finely chopped onions 100 chopped tomatoes 1 tbsp fresh thyme 200ml red wine vinegar Zest of 1 lemon 1tsp grand ginger 1tsp ground cinnamon Method Cook rhubarb with sugar and a splash of water on a medium heat until softened. Add the rest of ingredients…
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Roast Herdwick Lamb with Black Badgers & Growing Well Spinach
Ingredients Herdwick lamb joint Chicken stock Fresh Growing Well spinach 200g Hodmedod’s whole dried black badgers (soaked overnight) 50g bacon lardons 50g butter 1 onion (finely sliced) 2 shallots (finely diced) 5 cloves of garlic (lightly crushed) 1 bay leaf 1 tbsp tomato puree ½ tsp cumin seeds ½ tsp coriander seeds ½ tsp ground…
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Pancetta Wrapped Halloumi
This recipe is perfect example of less being more on your plate Ingredients Yorkshire Halloumi Cheese (1 pack) 100g (6/7 slices) Cumbrian pancetta from Shaw Meats Wigton Sage Leaves Method Slice the Yorkshire halloumi 1cm thick. Lay a sage leaf on each slice and then wrap with the pancetta (1 slice should just do a…
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