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The weather was terrible today. Cold, wet, miserable – and it was a Monday, the most depressing day of the week. So what better way to improve your mood and warm you up at the same time than a classic beef stew. We used River Leven Dark, but most dark ales would work equally well, … Continue reading
With typical Scottish Summer weather on the go it’s hard to plan ahead for any kind of BBQ. Today would have been a good day for a BBQ! Unfortunately we had already planned that tomorrow we will be smoking racks of ribs with a view to a BBQ extravaganza on Tuesday. This left us with … Continue reading
When thinking about a Valentines Day recipe that would be “a bit special”, take some love and effort to prepare , but wouldn’t leave you so full that you couldn’t enjoy your later “dessert” we decided on this. Ingredients (serves 2) 1 tbsp rapeseed oil 400g Braising beef, trimmed of any fat and sinew 1 tbsp plain … Continue reading
Serves 6-8. Ingredients: 900g Diced Buffalo Stew 2 tbsp Plain Flour 2 Onions, sliced 2 x 400g cans of Chopped Tomatoes 2 x 400g cans Kidney Beans (drained) 110g Chorizo, 5mm dice 2 Chillies, finely sliced (Add extra if you like it really hot! or only add 1 if you like it milder) 1 tsp Ground … Continue reading
Its St Andrew’s Day on November the 30th and people around the world will celebrate it. Here in Scotland, St Andrew is known as our patron Saint and what better way to celebrate the day than with some great food made from the finest ingredients drawn from Scotland’s natural larder. While we will be doing … Continue reading
Lasagne is a family favourite not just in Italy but all across the world and there is no one recipe for this classic dish. Much of the time it comes down to the region, the town or your Italian grandma’s favourite way to cook this meal, many subtle differences but all equally delicious. For our … Continue reading
We try to use local and Scottish produce if possible in our recipes and we also try to use cuts of meat that maybe aren’t as popular as they once were, or that people simply don’t think about when cooking the family dinner. To that end we picked up some beautiful Oxtail from our local … Continue reading
We had 2 beautiful Ox Cheeks (a very under-rated and under-used cut of beef in the UK) from The Buffalo Farm and decided we wanted to do something homely, wholesome, rich, a real winter warming comfort food. Something that wraps you up in a warm blanket and gives you a big hug! – So we … Continue reading
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