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Tomato and sorrel soup
It’s this time of year when I start to visit my parents allotment regularly for seasonal fruit and vegetables. The tomatoes aren’t anywhere near ready yet, but the sorrel is flourishing in the [...]
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Gran’s spring vegetable soup
When I was younger I spent a lot of time with my Gran, she looked after us whenever my parents were working, usually with her elder sister. One of my abiding memories of meals with this hilarious [...]
Smoked haddock and queenie chowder – Mother’s Day with Fishbox
This recipe was developed for Fishbox and their Mother’s Day recipe feature. It’s a dish based on one of my favourite traditional Scottish dishes, Cullen skink, along with the chowder [...]
In Fruit, Vegetables and Cereals, Ingredients, Meat, Poultry and Game, Mutton/Lamb, Recipes, Scottish Heritage, Soups, Summer, Vegetables
Posted Hairst bree – Lamb and summer vegetable soup
This is my take on a traditional Scottish dish which is called variously hotch potch or hairst bree (harvest broth). Traditionally made made with neck of lamb or mutton, I prefer to use the shank [...]
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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 [...]
In Autumn, Cereals and pulses, Havering, Ingredients, Meat, Poultry and Game, Mutton/Lamb, Recipes, Scottish Heritage, Soups, Vegetables, Winter
Posted Scotch Broth – The dying national dish?
Who would’ve thought that Scotch Broth would be a dying dish, but the fact is this country has fallen out of love with mutton. While this rich, flavoursome meat is starting to make a [...]
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Squash and sweet potato soup with coconut and chilli
Squash is possibly my favourite autumn vegetable. I know it’s not really an autumn vegetable, it’s available over a massive growing season, it’s just that as it gets colder the [...]
In Autumn, Fruit, Vegetables and Cereals, Ingredients, Meat, Poultry and Game, Pork/Ham, Recipes, Scottish Heritage, Seasons, Soups, Spring, Vegetables, Winter
Posted Autumn recipes – Lentil soup
When the cold weather bites and your heart starts to feel a little heavy at long dark nights through the interminable winter months, there’s one thing that wraps you up like a childhood [...]
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Eat in Season – Autumn. Roast onion squash and smoked paprika soup
I’m delighted to have been asked to join in the newly launched Scottish Government campaign, Eat in Season, encouraging Scots to make the most of cooking and eating with local, in season [...]
In Autumn, Fish, Fish and Seafood, Ingredients, Quick Dishes, Recipes, Seafood, Soups, Spring, Summer
Posted Seafood Broth
Quite simply the finest fish soup I’ve tasted this side of Marseilles – Felicity Cloake, Guardian Cook, January 2014 To me holiday always means two things. Sea and food. Travelling [...]