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Meat & Poultry Recipes

T-bone Pork Steak with Brandy-spiked Peppercorn Sauce

We cook and serve a lot of steaks. Last year we dedicated Friday evenings to a night of steaks. Our intention was to not only serve the usual suspects, such …

Warm Peppered Pig with Charred Pak Choi and Sprouting Broccoli Salad

I embrace ingredients from around the world and try to incorporate cooking techniques or ingredients from other cuisines in my genre of cooking. We live in a multicultural society and …

Honey-glazed Five-spice Wild Duck with Chinese Pancakes and Rhubarb Ketchup

The inspiration for this recipe is Chinese New Year. We are in the middle of winter and also the game season, so why not combine the traditional celebrations with a …

Roast Goose Breasts with Braised White Cabbage and Pancetta

Ah, it’s that time of the year when goose and turkey feature on menus up and down the country. We often get ourselves in a tizz on Christmas day, hoping …

Venison Ale Pies with Carrot and Potato Rösti Topping

Looking out of the window today the sky is grey and the day is gloomy. Part of me sighs and thinks ‘Oh, it’s going to be winter soon’, but another …

Chicken Baked in Corn Cob Leaves with Corn and Potatoes

Corn on the cob is one of my favourite ingredients. I loved it as a child and I love it even more as an adult. I have wonderful memories of …

Griddled Pork Steaks with Home-made Black Seed Mustard, Runners and Courgettes

With summer in full swing now, lighter eating is often preferred, and so too are dishes that do not require too many hours slaving away in the kitchen. This recipe …

Confit Duck Legs with Potato, Samphire and Broad Bean Salad and Warm Bacon Dressing

I use a lot of French cooking techniques in my kitchen and write about them too. They’re basically the foundations of my skills and what I have learnt over the …

Bresaola with Salt-baked Parsnips and Parsnip Remoulade

The inspiration and credit for the bresaola in this recipe goes to Diana Henry’s book ‘Salt, Sugar, Smoke’. My good friend Richard Arbon (self-confessed food fanatic, sausage-making lover, best salt …

Home-made Salami

Hmmm, I’m sitting here toying with my thoughts and deciding whether or not I should give my secret away. OK, so it’s not really a secret as most of the …