Recipes

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Serves 6 Ingredients for the sponge 75 g caster sugar 75g unsalted butter 75 g self raising flour 2 eggs, beaten zest 1/2 lemon for the compote 5 cooking apples, peeled and quartered, placed in salted water knob of unsalted butter 150g caster sugar drops of vanilla extract for the crumble 50g porridge oats 259g…

Ingredients 6 large hard pears 1 pint of red wine 4oz sugar 2 whole cinnamon sticks 1 vanilla pod 1 rounded dessert spoon arrowroot 15floz whipped cream Method 1. Pre-heat the oven to gas mark 1/2, 250˚F (130˚C). 2. Peel the pears but leave the stalks on them, then lay them in a large casserole.…

Ingredients 800g celeriac 900ml whole milk 1 leek roughly chopped 1 onion roughly sliced olive oil 3 garlic cloves roughly chopped 1 small cauliflower whole milk Longley Farm natural yogurt 1 tbsp cumin seed, toasted Method 1.Peel the celeriac with a serrated knife removing any tough green flesh at the same time, then cut off…

Ingredients 2kg damsons (unstoned) Approx. 800g sugar 4 straight-sided glass jars, lightly oiled Method 1. Wash the damsons and put them in a large preserving pan with a couple of tablespoons of water. Bring to the boil and bubble away until the flesh is very soft. Let it cool a little and then push through…

Taken from The Guardian. Recipe by Hugh Fearnley-Wittingstall. Grated pumpkin or squash works just as well as carrot in a cake, making for a sweet, moist result. This delicious loaf is also made without any oil or butter. Makes 12 generous slices. Ingredients 200g light muscovado sugar 4 large eggs, separated 200g finely grated raw…