Recipes tagged with: winter

    Baked Red Cabbage

    Baked Red Cabbage

    This piquant red cabbage dish is always better if made the day before. It is popular in Denmark on Boxing Day. We like it as a side dish with a slow roast belly of pork.

    • Time: 1 hr 30 mins
    • Complexity: very easy

    Duck Leg Casserole with Orange and Olives

    Duck Leg Casserole with Orange and Olives

    A marinated and slow cooked duck casserole which does not have a thickened gravy. It is sweet from the fresh sun ripened tomatoes, deliciously citrussy from the orange zest and juice with a briny saltiness from the olives. It tastes even better the next day.

    • Time: Marinade the duck overnight if possible. Takes 1 hr 15 mins in the oven.
    • Complexity: medium

    Four Fruit Marmalade

    Four Fruit Marmalade

    Here is a brilliant recipe, particularly if you are short of time for chopping the fruit first - you make it over two short sessions and leave overnight. Makes approx 3kg/6lb.                                                

    Tips and Facts.
    Always scrub the fruit first to remove wax coating.
    Pips hold the pectin for setting the marmalade, so keep as many as possible.                  
    You can freeze the cooked fruit and pips to use at a later stage. 
    Seville orange pith becomes translucent when cooked, sweet oranges remain opaque.
    Peel should disintegrate when cooked, so squeeze it hard to test it.
    For Old English Marmalade replace half the white sugar with brown.                                 
    Cool the cooked marmalade for 5-10 mins before potting which will help keep the fruit distributed rather than sink to the bottom.

    • Time: Two sessions of one hour
    • Complexity: medium

    Jerusalem Artichoke and Carrot Soup

    Jerusalem Artichoke and Carrot Soup

    A favourite Winter soup which is vegetarian. Artichokes will discolour when peeled so place them into a bowl of cold water with a slice of lemon added to prevent them from discolouring.

    • Time: 30 minutes
    • Complexity: easy

    Lemon, Cinnamon and Sugar Beet Tart

    Lemon, Cinnamon and Sugar Beet Tart

    Well, this is not your everyday pudding and started as an experiment to see how versatile sugar beet was and if it's possible to make homemade sugar. Sugar beet has a bitter aftertaste which is removed during commercial manufacturing where hydrated lime is used in the refining process. The lemon and cinnamon in this recipe completley masks any bitterness. This recipe uses basic cookery techniques but will take a little time to work through. More of a fun exercise and worth a try if you can get your hands on some sugar beet. Not a dinner party dessert though!

    • Time: 2 hours to make the sugar pulp and syrup. 30 minutes to prepare the tart
    • Complexity: easy

    Parsnip Fritters

    Parsnip Fritters

    Crispy and light vegetarian, choux pastry fritters suitable as a starter, light supper or as nibbles with drinks. They take a little time to make but are well worth the effort.

    • Time: 50 minutes
    • Complexity: advanced

    Red Poll Shin and Oxtail Stew

    Red Poll Shin and Oxtail Stew

    Red Poll is a native breed of Suffolk producing excellent beef. Your local butcher will be able to provide a whole oxtail and cut it into sections for you. Use well sourced meat that has been hung for at least 28 days. The stew must be slow cooked until the meat falls from the bones. Try and use shin if possible as although it takes longer to cook it makes a gorgeous more gelatinous, sticky and lip smacking gravy. It's a cheaper cut too.
    This recipe is great for slow cooking on a camp fire fire and I always make it in my South African Potjie over smouldering logs. It works just as well made in a casserole or saucepan and cooked in the oven.

    • Time: Full cooking time is 4 hrs. Can be made ahead.
    • Complexity: medium

    Rice Pudding

    Rice Pudding

    This is a traditonal rice pudding recipe, nothing fancy but is a lot lower in fat than our other full cream recipe. You bake it in the oven - it takes minutes to prepare and two hours to cook. Well worth the wait! Try adding a bay leaf or some lemon zest for an exciting and interesting flavour.

    • Time: Two hours
    • Complexity: very easy