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Wild Garlic Pesto
1. Blend together washed basil and wild garlic (2:1 ratio).
2. Toast a packet of pine nuts - until the oils are released.
3. Add the pine nuts and the juice of one lemon and blend further.
4. Add about half of a wedge of Italian hard cheese and blend.
5. Gradually start adding extra virgin olive oil while blending, until the consistency is correct. Check for seasoning.
Thank you to @tpritchard for the recipe!
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todays amazing pastries and biscuits at Society Cafe including the giant bourbon!
(Source: societycafe)
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This is my absolute never-can-be-beaten favourite soup. Ever.
Sweet Potato and Chorizo Soup is from the lovely Jamie Oliver’s Ministry of Food recipe book and is easy-peasy to make:
Serves 6-8
Peel and roughly slice 2 carrots, 2 onions, 2 cloves of garlic and 800g sweet potato. Roughly slice 200g chorizo sausage, 2 sticks of celerly, and chop a bunch of flat leafed parsley (stalks and all!).
Heat 2tbsp olive oil in a large pan and add all the ingredients, plus 1 heaped tsp of curry powder (sounds crazy, but the soup isn’t the same without it!). MIx all the ingredients together and cook for around 10mins with the lid askew until the carrots have softened but are still holding their shape. Add 1.8ltr of stock (chicken or veg), give the soup a good stir and bring to the boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 10 mins until the sweet potato is cooked through.
Season with salt and pepper, blend the soup with a hand blender or liquidizer until smooth and serve! (Jamie suggests serving with a little shopped chilli on top - but I like it just the way it is!).
Enjoy!
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giant yorkshire puddings - perfect with roast beef.
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christmas fairy cakes for a NYE party
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The Bath Good Food Awards 2011 were held in the sumptious surroundings of the Bath Guildhall and were well attended by people from all over the food industry in Bath. Organised by Guide2Bath and The Pig Guide, businesses and individuals were celebrated and presented with awards in over 20 different categories. The evening was fabulous, with wines provided by Great Western Wine and great foodie conversation all night! The awards were a brilliant way to celebrate and recognise the amazing work that producers, chefs and business owners do in Bath and hopefully this will now become an annual event! Look out for the Bath Good Food Awards stickers in the windows of the nominees and winners - if you see one you know you’re in for a treat!!
The winners:
Best Family – Giraffe
Highly commended – Lime Lounge
Best Gastro – Ring o’Bells
Highly commended – White Hart
Best Restaurant – Casanis
Highly commended – Demuths
Best Romantic – Dower House at Royal Crescent
Highly commended – The Circus
Best Seafood – Loch Fyne
Best Asian – Yen Sushi
Highly commended – Pan Asia
Best Italian – Martinis
Highly commended – Jamie’s Italian
Best Indian – Rajpoot
Highly commended – Jamuna
Best Vegetarian – Demuths
Highly commended – Yak Yeti Yak
Best Institution – Beaujolais
Highly commended – Demuths
Newcomer – Pan Asia
Highly commended – Sam’s Kitchen
Sunday Lunch – Chequers
Highly commended – Hop Pole
Front of House – Circus
Highly commended – Marlborough Tavern
Chef – The Bath Priory
Highly commended – Casanis
Up & Coming – Same Same but Different
Highly commended – Cafe Lucca
Cafe – Lime Lounge
Highly commended – Sam’s Kitchen
Chain – Cote
Highly commended – Jamie’s Italian
Alfresco – Marlborough Tavern
Highly commended – The Bath Priory
Sandwich – Jika Jika
Highly commended – Sam’s Kitchen
Breakfast – Sam’s Kitchen
Highly commended – Jazz Cafe
Fine Dining Wine List – The Bath Priory
Highly commended – the Olive Tree
Wine List – The Hudson
Highly commended – Bistro La Barrique
Producer – Elements for Life
Highly commended – The Bath Pig Company and Wiltshire Chilli Company
People’s Choice – Demuths
Highly commended – The Firehouse Rotisserie
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Our two favourite dishes from a delicious meal at The Gylly Beach Cafe, Falmouth. Gourmet Gylly Burger: West Country Beef, Parma ham, taleggio cheese, crispy, fluffy-centred fries and smoked paprika mayo; and a fruit jelly sandcastle with gingerbread spade!
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Colourful Oyster Bar in Falmouth, Cornwall
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Menu in a rather austere cafe, Weymouth
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We have recently purchased some beautiful new bicycles, and exploring countryside pubs within cycling distance of Bath is quickly becoming a favourite activity for the weekends! Our first stop, after much deliberation was The Swan at Swineford. A beautiful old pub, part of the Bath Ales group, with a large grassy garden, close to a fast road, but as we found, you end up enjoying yourself too much to hear the sound of cars whizzing by!
We chose pints of Bounders to refresh ourselves after a speedy cycle along the Bath-Bristol cycle path, and browsed the small menu in the lovely sunshine. Mr L selected ‘Honey roast Wiltshire ham with a brace of peppered fried eggs’, and I the ‘Swan steak mince burger topped with smoked bacon & cheddar’, both were served with chunky chips, and the burger was also served with a rather sad looking salad garnish…
The ham was thick-cut and the eggs deliciously runny; the burger was lightly spiced, clearly handmade from good quality ingredients - seriously tasty!
For dessert we ordered the chocolate brownie and a slice of gooey pecan tart, both really rich, delicious and served with proper vanilla icecream - a proper treat! (justifiable if you cycle from Bath!!)
The Swan is a brilliant gem in a tiny village, the perfect venue for a lazy lunch in the sunshine, we’ll be back…
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