Recipes

  • Venison and Chestnut Pie

    Venison and Chestnut Pie

    25g/1oz plain flour 900g/2lb diced venison5 tablespoons sunflower oil 25g/1oz butter 225g/8oz small chestnut mushrooms 2 onions, halved and sliced 1 tablespoon sugar 4 garlic cloves, crushed 300ml/10fl oz beef or game stock 300ml/10fl oz port or red wine 1 teaspoon tomato puree The leaves from 3 sprigs of thyme 1 heaped tsp crushed juniper…

  • Beef and butternut squash tagine with charmoula and buttered couscous

    Moroccan stews, or tagines as they are better known, are not meant to be thick and rich like our British stews, but rather a little more light and soupy. So don’t allow the liquid to reduce back too far during cooking. Serves 4-6   3 tablespoons olive oil 1 kg diced braising steak 2 onions,…

  • Steak Tagliata with roasted vine tomatoes

    Serves 4 4 strings of cherry tomatoes on the vine (each with about 8 tomatoes) 8 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 4 x 225-250g rump or sirloin steaks 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard 4 teaspoons balsamic vinegar 175g rocket leaves 75g piece Parmesan cheese, freshly shaved using a potato peeler   Preheat the oven to 180C/fan160C/gas…

  • Char-grilled butterflied lamb with lemon, garlic and thyme

    This is nice served with some chunky chips deep-fried in olive oil and a sliced tomato, shallot and fresh basil salad. Serves 6 1 x 2.5kg/5 1/2lb leg of lamb, butterflied For the marinade: 2 large garlic cloves, chopped 1 medium hot red chilli, seeded and finely chopped 1 teaspoon chopped rosemary leaves The leaves…

  • Chicken cacciatora with Parmesan polenta

    Serves 4 3 tablespoons olive oil 1 head of garlic, separated into cloves 10 sage leaves The leaves from 1 sprig of rosemary 2 sprigs fresh oregano or thyme 1 x 1.5-1.75 kg free range chicken, jointed into 8 125ml/4fl oz dry white wine 400g/14oz can chopped tomatoes 12 small black olives A pinch of…

  • Steak, Port and Stilton Pie Recipe

    Steak, Port and Stilton Pie Recipe

    Pastry 300g Plain Flour 200g Unsalted Butter Pinch of Salt 60ml Water 5ml Lemon Juice 1 Egg Put all of the dry ingredients in to a food processor and blitz – if you do not have access to a food processor rub the dry ingredients to resemble bread crumbs. Then add the water, lemon juice…

  • Venison sausages braised in red wine (Delia Smith, Winter)

    Serves 2-3 450g venison sausages 1 dessert spoon olive oil 225g pancetta 1 large clove garlic 225g shallots peeled 1 dessert spoon juniper berries 275ml red wine 1tsp chopped fresh thyme 2 bay leaves 175g medium sized open cap mushrooms 1 heaped tsp plain flour Rounded tsp mustard powder 25g butter 1 rounded tbsp redcurrant…

  • Venison Recipe Ideas

    LOCAL NEW FOREST VENISON (To Shop Venison CLICK HERE) The UK’s deer population is at its highest level for 1,000 years, with over 2 million deer in our countryside. As numbers have doubled over the last 20 years the deer are now impacting the natural countryside, other wildlife & farmer’s crops. Interesting facts & figures:…

  • Bavette Recipe

    Bavette Recipe Ingredients 500g Bavette Steak 1 tbsp Olive oil Marinade 2 tbsp soy sauce 2 tbsp olive oil 2-3 garlic cloves thumb sized piece of ginger finely grated juice of ½ a lemon , reserve lemon half 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar 1 tbsp honey 1 rosemary sprig Method To ,ake the Marinade, mix all the ingredients together in…

  • Guinea Fowl

    Ingredients 1 onion , cut into wedges, through the root to shop Onions click here  2 carrots , quartered lengthways to shop Carrots click here  1 large potato , cut into bite-size chunks to shop Potatoes click here 1 tbsp olive oil 1 Guinea Fowl (around 1kg/2lb 4oz) to shop Guinea Fowl click here 1…