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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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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Meringues with a touch of Tayberry
Vinegar is well-reknowned for making meringues more chewy and marshmallowey so I experimented with our deliciously rich Tayberry Vinegar in a batch of meringues to add an extra fruity dimension to a raspberry fool. With just the slightest touch of...
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Cauliflower Hummus Recipe
In a gentle bid to dodge the ubiquitous trouser shrinking fairy of Lockdown, we tried this low carb Cauliflower Hummus which is variation on our Original Hummus Recipe that uses chickpeas. Vary the Olive Oil quantities as to taste and...
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