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Smoking wild meat: the secrets to success
How smoking wild meat began Science is a little undecided but somewhere around two million years ago our hominid ancestors started to harness fire. It wasn’t until about a million…
Cold-smoked rainbow trout with roast beets, dill pickles and horseradish crème fraîche
Cold-smoked rainbow trout with roast beets, dill pickles and horseradish crème fraîche You will need: 1 smoking box 1 maze smoker 2 handfuls fine smoking woodchip, such as whisky barrel…
Hot smoked pheasant with celeriac rémoulade, quince mustard and apple dressing
Recipe for hot smoked pheasant You will need 1 large roasting tin 1 medium wire rack (to sit flat inside the tin) 1 handful fine smoking woodchip, such as apple…
How to smoke venison
Roe deer or wild boar can be smoked at home on a gas burner
Trout in a bag
Trout in a bag may not sound glamorous (say trout à la vapeur if you prefer) but it is one of the most simple of our best trout recipes. It…
Game, set, match! The best Wimbledon recipes
Pimms! Strawberries! Ice cream! Wimbledon is nearly upon us. Whether you’ve managed to bag tickets for the hallowed turf at The All England Lawn Tennis Club this year or will…
Recipe: Blackcurrant sorbet with toasted brioche and clotted cream
A perfect summer pudding with rich colour and fresh taste. Sorbets are light and refreshing but still packed with flavour. (See Philippa’s recipe for blackcurrant clafoutis here.) Recipe for blackcurrant…
Summer venison salad with herbs, broad bean and yoghurt sauce
Summer venison salad with herbs, broad bean and yoghurt sauce Serves 4 Ingredients 400g venison fillet 2 tbsp rapeseed oil 2 tbsp fresh marjoram, finely chopped Broad bean and yoghurt…
Strawberry, cardamom, elderflower and lime sherbet
Strawberries are fast coming into season and elderflowers are blooming on the branch. So this recipe for strawberry, cardamom, elderflower and lime sherbet comes at the perfect time and makes…