Food Recipes

Wild Garlic Pesto
On the first beautiful Spring day of the year, my youngest Demijohn assistant and I found, sprouting joyfully forth on the river bank, plentiful tender shoots of wild garlic in between the thick riverside grass and occasional crazy waterborne daffodil....
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Elderflower Vinaigrette
This is a simple to make vinaigrette which was first invented by Mrs Wilson of Biggar, one of many enthusiastic Demijohn customers. Ingredients 100ml Elderflower Vinegar 100ml Yorkshire Lemon Rapeseed Oil 1 x fresh lemon Salt & Pepper Preparation Add...
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Gazpacho Soup Recipe
Autumn is looming and I greedily salvage the last of the ripening tomatoes and exuberantly bolting lettuces before the imminent frosts turn them all the dreary mush. Unexpectantly warm late summer days call for a final summer soup but my...
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Flora's Fabulous Crostini
  The arrival of the fresh olive oil harvest of wonderfully springlike bright green Villa Montalbano Extra Virgin Olive Oil coincided with a very hungry teenager during a wet weekend in March 2019. The result was the creation of some...
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Spiced Rum and Brown Bread Ice Cream
I have always loved brown bread ice-cream, I think it's an inspired recipe that sounds so worthy, yet tastes so delicious. And now I have found a way to make it a bit more decadent. Ingredients 84g wholemeal bread 56g...
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