Posted by admin on Dec 24, 2011 in
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Recipes It’s Christmas Eve and so far everything is going to plan and running like clockwork. I did pop out to the local shop this morning to pick up a newspaper and found it was really busy, so I’m glad I didn’t have to do any more shopping today. If you’ve been following my Christmas Planning hints and tips you’ll know that I booked a delivery from our local farm shop for Christmas Eve morning.
I’m catering several days between Christmas and New Year and that requires a lot of sprouts!. I always recommend buying them on the stalk and then keeping them just outside the back door, as this really keeps them fresh for several days. If anything the flavour improves if they get a little frost on them.
I’m really pleased with the Turkey this year, it looks like a lovely bird and came really nicely presented. My Turkey cooking tip is to carefully remove the legs and cook these separately. I also carefully remove the wishbone as this makes carving so much easier.
Once I’ve removed the turkey legs I remove the bone and any tendens and then make lots of little cuts in the meat, season and then stuff with sausage meat. I then roll this up tight and wrap in tin foil. These legs can then be cooked separately the next day allowing you to cook the remaining breast part of the turkey just right. It’s also a great way to make the turkey go further and make the brown meat more appealing to everyone. I’ve been doing this for years now and everyone loves it. I’ve taken a few photo’s this time and if I get a chance over Christmas I will type up the full method.
Tags: Ballotine, Turkey Leg Ballotine
Posted by admin on Dec 24, 2011 in
Recipes 
I made my Cranberry Sauce last night. It’s really quick and easy and tastes a lot nicer than the sauce you buy in the shops. I thought I’d write this quick Cranberry Sauce Recipe up as a blog and add it to my Christmas Recipe Book.
Tags: Cranberry Sauce, Recipe
Posted by admin on Sep 18, 2010 in
Recipes Looking at my tomato plants this morning there are lots of under-ripe fruits which as we start to get colder evenings probably wont ripen and risk going bad on the plants. With this in mind I think this is a good weekend to make my Chilli and Tomato Chutney recipe. The only problem is that this is so tasty with cheese and biscuits that you won’t have any left by Christmas. Click here for my Christmas Chilli and Tomato Chutney recipe.
Have a nice weekend, Only 97 days to go!
Tags: Chilli, Chilli Chutney
Posted by admin on Nov 5, 2009 in
Recipes I have just added my mulled wine recipe which will be very welcome to warm you if your bonfire night festivites are taking place in the next few days. Of course, it also as important during the festive season as mince pies, Christmas Carols and Christmas Trees, so you may well find yourself making several batches of this over the coming weeks.
See recipe by clicking the link below.
Mulled Wine Recipe
Tags: Mulled Wine
Posted by admin on Oct 7, 2009 in
Recipes Just a quick post today to let you know that I’ve now added my Christmas Chilli and Tomato Chutney Recipe. If you’ve got lots of left over tomatoes from this years harvest this is a good way of using them. I also think making this and giving it to people as a present in a nice jar makes a lovely personal Christmas present. I think you’ll like this recipe and the chutney, it’s a bit special and there’s nothing like it it the shops.
Let me know what you think.
Tags: Chilli Chutney, Chutney, Recipe
