The top 7 best summer game recipes bring together The Field’s favourite seasonal suppers. If you think that game can only be enjoyed on a cold winter’s night by the Aga, then think again. These gamey recipes are best barbecued or packed in a picnic hamper. And the top 7…
When David Ross celebrated a recent milestone birthday, he asked friends whether they could give him trees as presents. “I’m obsessed by them,” says the landowner, entrepreneur and philanthropist. “I love seeing them grow; it gives me a real sense of excitement – even though it’s a slow process.” Some…
Several British cheesemakers now produce excellent cheeses in the halloumi style, including Yorkshire Dama’s squeaky goat’s cheese and Book & Bucket’s Huxley. The combination of garlicky pheasant, milky squeaky cheese, spicy chilli and sweet honey goes exceptionally well. Grilled pheasant with British halloumi-style cheese, honey, walnut and chilli salad Marinade…
Beetroot, Stichelton and caraway quiche Pastry 300g plain flour 2 tbsp caraway seeds 150g cold salted butter, coarsely grated 1 egg yolk 3-5 tbsp iced water Filling 400g cooked peeled beetroot, thinly sliced 200g Stichelton or another good British blue cheese 20g flat-leaf parsley, roughly chopped 300ml double cream 300ml…
The annual gathering of the fieldsports world has arrived once again. The stage is set, and from 24-26 July tens of thousands of rural sorts will descend on the Capability Brown-designed parkland of Ragley Hall in Warwickshire to celebrate everything great about the countryside. First held in 1958, The Game…
Captain Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown (1919-2016) Born in Leith, ‘Winkle’ (on account of his diminutive stature) Brown’s passion for aviation was cemented at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin when a chance meeting with First World War flying aces Hermann Göring and Ernst Udet led to the latter taking the young Brown…
The Mauser 25 Pure is an innovative straight-pull design combining Mauser aesthetics with modern German engineering. Cleverly conceived and accessibly priced, it will inevitably be compared with the premium Blaser R8 but impresses in its own right. It is supplied here for test by Blaser UK with a rail-mount Minox…
Venison and chickpea fatteh Fatteh is a layered feasting dish from the Levant that is often eaten for breakfast but this version includes venison leg steaks along with the chickpeas, aubergine and spices, making it a perfect dinner centrepiece. Ingredients Step 1 2 small red onions, medium diced 1 aubergine,…
Warwick Hall is a great base from which to visit a host of attractions, including Hadrian’s Wall, the Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery, Dalemain House and Lowther Castle & Gardens. Any driving north on the M6 for the Lake District or Scotland tends to breathe a sigh of relief…
Stalking has changed in the 173 years The Field has been covering sporting life. Has any other country sport had their quarry list expanded? Wild boar are back on the menu for UK shooters and wild deer populations have exploded, reaching levels not seen for 1000 years. For recreational stalkers…
