Cockerel with port and mushrooms
When you think of so many classic French cookbooks coq au vin always jumps out from the page. The cockerel, jointed, marinaded and slow cooked almost ritualistically. It conjures up memories of [...]
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Posted Feed the family. Reduce the waste
Leftovers were a staple for me during my childhood in the west of Scotland. I probably didn’t even know the term existed; we just took it for granted that any food which was left would be reused. [...]
Roast chicken with fennel and tarragon
Fennel and tarragon were always slightly scary to me, maybe because of the urban myth that all things with a hint of anise somehow overpower everything. However now that I’ve got to grips [...]
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Posted Chicken and chorizo stew
Or soup depending on when and how you eat it….. I love these dishes which are interchangeable in style and purpose. While red meats often imply heavy autumnal and winter stews, chicken can [...]
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Posted Aromatic one pot chicken
Spice has long been on the menu in Scotland, whether from trade, conquest or immigration the peoples of this land have had a taste for the exotic and aromatic. A look at the menu of Mary, Queen [...]
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Passion and commitment to the soil. Guest post by Sascha Grierson
Sascha Grierson of Grierson Organic is someone that I have followed for a long time and taken inspiration from her philosophy on food and farming as well as for the quality of the Grierson [...]
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Posted Scottish heritage recipes – Cock a leekie soup
“Though on hamely fare we dine” Robert Burns, though known the world o’er as Scotland’s national poet was born into a poor farming family in Ayrshire rather than the Georgian gentry. [...]