The River Alde
To finish off 2015 I went with a walk with friends along the River Alde from Snape in the direction of Iken Church. It was a beautiful day and the […]
To finish off 2015 I went with a walk with friends along the River Alde from Snape in the direction of Iken Church. It was a beautiful day and the […]
Earlier in the summer I made some creme de cassis especially for Christmas. For some reason I think it is classy to have kir royale with your pizza on Christmas […]
Back last autumn/winter I started making some prosciutto from a leg of our British Lop pigs – see here for a brief mention. It isn’t too hard to make. You […]
Eugine Panevin (genie_187 on Instagram) made a lovely looking hock terrine and kindly provided me with the guidelines. I happened to have some hocks and trotters in the freezer and […]
The spalla I cured was good, but I think the speck may be even better. It is the sameĀ cure and method, but I smoked it for 8 hours. See […]
I have tried another two recipes for black pudding over the past two weeks in my quest for my favourite recipe. This one from epicurious, which is super-easy and quick […]
Quick easy, delicious dinner. Ingredients: spaghetti, pancetta, onion, garlic, pinenuts, juice and zest of a lemon, flat leafed parsley, olive oil. Slowly cook the diced onion, crushed garlic and diced […]
Our spalla is ready. I am so excited by it I keep squeaking! Spalla: (recipe from the River Cottage book of Curing and Smoking by Stephen Lamb). Cure ingredients – […]
I am making some more bacon and pancetta. I hope that this time I will manage to avoid maggot-gate (and here) by using my gamesafes. This time I am trying […]
I have been curing some meat – with slightly more success than the pancetta! I have made some pepper-cured tenderloin – recipe adapted from Steven Lamb Curing and Smoking. The […]