Rose veal osso bucco with wild garlic pesto
Rose veal really is coming into the mainstream psyche now as a wonderful addition to the repertoire of meats available in British farmers markets and butchers. While this beautiful sweet meat is [...]
Pancakes on the girdle
Would you like a wee scone with your tea son or will I make you a pancake? My Gran always asked this fairly typical west of Scotland question when I visited. As she got older I’d [...]
Wild Garlic Pesto
It seems that wild garlic is everywhere at the moment as for a few weeks each spring hordes of people armed with scissors and plastic bags stalk the riversides, woodlands and parks of Britain. A [...]
In Autumn, Ingredients, Meat, Poultry and Game, Mutton/Lamb, Scottish Heritage, Slow Cooked, Stews, Winter
Posted Scottish heritage recipes – stewed mutton
‘I can’t believe the cook’s belted me again, his stinking beery breath shouting in my face. I only left the spit alone for two minutes to run to the toilet and it’s only [...]
Great Glen Charcuterie
As you walk into The Old Butchershop in Roy Bridge, home of Great Glen Charcuterie you are enveloped by an amazing aroma that speaks of passion, of integrity and of quality. The soft sweet oak [...]