Cocktails Greet your guests with a cocktail. How about a Pimmgroni? Less sweet than Pimm’s but longer and more refreshing than a negroni, this fruity, bittersweet summer drink is the perfect way to get the party started. Pimmgroni Nibbles What about a pre-party nibble? Try this spicy devilled egg dip…
Eton mess ice cream Ingredients Ice cream base 1 vanilla pod 600ml double cream 300ml whole milk 5 medium free-range egg yolks 100g caster sugar Strawberry swirl 200g strawberries 50ml elderflower cordial 1 tbsp lemon juice 40g caster sugar 25ml gin or vodka 5 meringue nests Strawberry swirl Hull the…
Kefir is a fermented milk drink similar to a thin yoghurt that is usually now drunk plain or flavoured with fruit. I especially enjoy the Original Kefir made by the Dorset Dairy Co as it has a great balance of creamy milk and tangy ferment. For the blue cheese in…
Sliced roast venison with herb, caper and mustard sauce Marinade 1 large clove of garlic, peeled and grated 1 tbsp rosemary, finely chopped ½ lemon, juice and zest (removed in strips) 2 tbsp rapeseed oil plus 2 tbsp to cook 800g venison fillet or boned haunch steaks Herb, caper and…
Everyone loves a burger and this is a delicious recipe for muntjac or roe venison mince
Pimmgroni Pimmgroni base 100ml gin 100ml red vermouth 50ml cointreau 50ml sweet sherry 50ml Campari To serve 4 strawberries, cut into four thick slices 4 sprigs of mint 4 thin, round slices of lemon, cut in half 8 round slices of cucumber 400ml ginger ale Pimmgroni base In a jug…
When the late Henry Thynne, 6th Marquess of Bath, was having difficulty conceiving a child with his second wife Virginia in the 1950s, the couple made their way south from their Wiltshire estate at Longleat to the Dorset village of Cerne Abbas. There on the hillside stands the 180-foot chalk…
The Cotswolds’ Slad Valley is famous as the idyllic setting for Laurie Lee’s Cider with Rosie but increasingly the area is associated with another beloved author: Dame Jilly Cooper. (Read The Field’s interview with Dame Jilly Cooper here.) I grew up there, in the village of Bisley but, as a…
Recipe for pork chops with rhubarb, honey, rosemary and butter Ingredients Rhubarb 300g rhubarb, cut into 2cm lengths 50g granulated sugar 2 sprigs of rosemary Pork 2 tbsp rapeseed or olive oil 4 pork chops 4 small sprigs of rosemary 100g salted butter, cubed 2 tbsp British honey 80g watercress…
