seasonal cookbook
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CONTENTS1. INTRODUCTION
2. SPRING
3. SUMMER
4. AUTUMN
5. WINTER
6. STOCKISTS
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INTRODUCTIONIn this book youll find mouth wateringrecipes using East Anglias finest foods, and findout how to support local produce and farmingin your community. The book is divided into the
four seasons, so you can find out which foodsare in season when, where to source theingredients and most importantly, what to do
with them.
In this day and age, buying British produce isvery important. Buying locally relieves pressureon the environment, because in most cases, you
cut down on food transportation, and therefore,reduce carbon emissions.
Farmers benefit too - buying locally boosts yourlocal economy. Your food will also taste better,
because its fresher, and eating with seasonsmeans you can cook with more variety, and eat
food when its at its best.
In the year 2000, the Government launchedthe Assured Food Standard (Red Tractor
scheme). The Red Tractor logo can now bespotted on thousands of products such as beef,lamb, pork, chicken, turkey, milk, cheese, cream,
cereals, vegetables, sugar, flour, fruit and salads,in shops and supermarkets everywhere. Whenyou see the red tractor logo, you can be sure
that the product is 100% British and thatthe product meets high, quality assured foodstandards. This means that the product is fullytraceable back to the farm and that it isindependently inspected at every stage of
production.
Over 78,000 farmers and growers have nowjoined the scheme, all committed tomaintaining high standards of food safety andhygiene, animal welfare and environmental
protection.
Be careful, packaging on products can bemisleading. Some food producers may try anddisguise their products as being British, whenin fact the product may contain meat from theEU and outside. They use phrases to help
seduce the patriotic consumer, such as:traditional, country of origin UK, a British
classic, produced in the UK. The red tractor
is a guarantee that the product is British andproduced in the UK - so look out for it.
I became an ITV Fixer so that I could helppeople to support their local economy, eat moreseasonally, and reduce their carbon footprint. Imreally passionate about supporting local farmers,
and I hope this book will help you in sourcingand cooking creatively with great-tasting, freshproduce.
Love, Emily.
MB
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Spring brings with it the promise o a new start tulips and dafodils bloom, the weather begins to thaw,
and once again, were optimistic about the promise o a barbeque summer.
On the arm, however, its all go. Spring is a busy time or sheep and cattle armers. It s the lambing
season, with most lambing happening rom February through to April. British lamb enters the
supermarkets around Easter, perectly timed or Easter Sunday lunch. Cattle armers will also be calving
down although some cattle armers will calve down their stock all year, most bee cattle will be calving
during this period, while dairy cattle tend to vary a little more.
All cattle armers will be cutting their hay and silage or the year, as cattle eed, during April. Weather
permitting, cattle will be turned out to grass and you will be able to see them out in the elds grazing.
Arable armers will be busy drilling peas and watching their crops grow and develop, as well as spraying
their crops in order to keep weeds and disease at bay. April and May are key months in the crop
calendar as this is when the crops are growing vigorously. Rape seed will ower in a prominent yellow
colour, brightening up the countryside. Potatoes, asparagus, radish and leeks are being harvested and
are ready to buy in the shops. But dont miss the boat delicious British asparagus is only available or
around six weeks, rom late April until about mid June.
You will also notice the trees changing, with apple and cherries in ull blossom.
ALSO IN SEASON
Vegetables
Brussels Sprouts. Beetroot. Broccoli. Carrots. Cabbage. Celeriac. Celery. Chicory. Caulifower. Cress.
Endives. Garlic. Jerusalem Artichokes. Kale. Lambs Lettuce. Leeks. Parsnips. Purple Sprouting Broccoli.
Red Chicory and Radicchio. Spinach. Swede. Salad Onions. Rhubarb. Turnips. Cucumber. Cabbages.
Jersey Royal New Potatoes. Lettuce. New Potatoes. Rocket. Rosemary. Spring Greens. Salsiy.
Spring Onions. British Asparagus. Broad Beans. Fennel. Radishes. Rocket. Shallots. Watercress.
Fruit
Apples. Pears. Strawberries. Woods Strawberries
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Asparagus
Asparagus is cut by hand during the months o April through to June and is only in season
or a short time so it is essential to make the most o it while you can.
It can survive extremes o temperature to produce tender shoots each spring. Asparagus
is a rich source o olic acid, pro-vitamin A, vitamin C and iron. Asparagus is best enjoyed
reshly cut, beore its natural sugars turn to starch. Freshness can be preserved by
wrapping bunches in a clean wet cloth and keeping in a ridge.
Asparagus can be enjoyed cooked in many diferent ways, such as serving resh, raw
asparagus dipped in hollandaise sauce.
You will nd resh British asparagus in arm shops and supermarkets rom the month o
April through to June.
DID YOU KNOW?
Unlike most foods that taste
great, asparagus is virtually fat
free, containing less than four
calories per average spear
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2 bundles green or white asparagus, trimmed
1 leek, washed and trimmed
stick/50g butter
1 pint/400ml chicken stock
1 tbsp heavy cream
1 tbsp olive oil
4 medium eggs, poached
Serves 4
Cut the asparagus into strips, reserve the tips
and set aside. Chop the leek .
Melt the butter in a large saucepan then add
the leek and asparagus. Saut or three minutes,
until the vegetables soten. Then, add the stock
and bring to the boil. Simmer or 10 minutes,
ingredients
Starter
method
until the asparagus is sot and cooked
through. Blend the soup until it is smooth.
Season to taste with sea salt and black
pepper and return to the pan. Add the
double cream and warm through.
Meanwhile, toss the asparagus tips in the
olive oil, and heat a ridged griddle pan.Griddle the asparagus or two minutes.
Serve the soup in warmed soup bowls i
eating warm, or leave to cool i wanting
to serve cold. Top each bowl with a lightly
poached egg and some asparagus tips.
Creamy Asparagus Soup
to serve
by Emily Rout
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Gressingham duck is renowned or its high quantity o succulent and avoursome breast
meat, low percentage o at and rich gamey avour.
Gressingham Foods is a amily business that cares about always delivering excellent qual-ity produce and in looking ater its ducks. Gressingham Foods takes its environmental
responsibilities extremely seriously as it believes that a healthy, sustainable, rural
landscape is vital to the wellbeing o its business. It is committed to maintaining the
highest standards whether its in the welare arming system or in the nished product.
Delicious duck comes rom responsible arming and thats why Gressingham works
tirelessly to ensure the welare o the poultry. The majority o Gressingham Ducks are
reared using the Freedom Food system and every stage o the production rom breeding
through to hatching is controlled, working with local armers in the heart o East Anglia to
produce its duck to the highest quality standards.
Gressingham Foods also played a pivotal role in the Duck Assurance Scheme (DAS)
developed by the British Poultry Council (BPC) to empower producers to show their
products provenance and high standards to consumers. DAS guarantees high standards
o ood saety, animal welare and environmental protection in all areas o duck
production, rom breeding and rearing to slaughter and table eggs.
For more inormation about Gressingham Foods, please visit
www.gressinghamoods.co.uk
Gressingham Duck
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Bake the pottaoes, then take the esh out and
push through a sieve, add a knob o butter and
some milk, and season
Finely slice, blanche and then drain the sprouts
and place into a pan with butter and gently
reheat
Peel and halve the shallots and placed in tinoil.
Then roast in a moderate oven with a little olive
oil until sot.
Main
Breasts rom 2 Gressingham ducks
2 blood oranges zested and then segmented,
keeping any juice
100ml chicken stock
A good pinch o ground cinnamon
2 star anise pods
2 tbsp runny honey75ml soy sauce
Garlic oil
75g (3oz) butter
Salt and pepper
Serves 4
ingredients
This needs to be started a day in advance.
Using a sharp knie slash the skin o the duck
breasts in a criss-cross ashion trying not to
pierce too much into the esh. Place the
breasts into a large bowl.
Set the orange segments aside and then in a
bowl mix any orange juice with the zest,
together with the ground cinnamon, honey and
soy sauce.
Pour this marinade over the duck breasts,
cover with cling lm and place in the ridge
overnight. Heat a non stick rying pan over a
medium heat; add a splash o garlic oil.
Place the duck breasts into the pan skin side
down and ry gently or about 10 minutes,seasoning well as you do so.
Turn the breasts over and ry or a urther
couple o minutes. Remove the duck breasts
rom the pan, wipe out any atty juices and
return the breasts to the pan.
Add hal the marinade, turn the heat up a little
and simmer to reduce the marinade or about
ve minutes.
Remove the duck breasts and place on aserving plate. Whisk the butter into the sauce,
add the orange segments, adjust the season-
ing and spoon over the duck.
to serveWilted spinach and a lovely buttery mashed
potato would be excellent with this dish.
Roast Duck Breast with Blood Orangesby Galton Blackiston
method
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Clarkes Ice Cream
Clarkes ice cream is made at Manor Farm, Wattleeld near Wymondham in Norolk,
using milk rom their own cows, double cream to make it luxuriously creamy and adding
top quality ingredients.
The ice cream is made by mother and daughter team Judy and Caroline Clarke, using
the traditional method o pasteurising and ageing. It is then made in small batches and
hand-potted into the tubs.
They have lots o delicious avours to tempt. Their 'Original' dairy ice cream will comple-
ment every dessert or is simply perect on it's own, and they also have
Strawberry, Chocolate, Honeycombe, Raspberry, Mint Choc Chip, Tofee, Cherries and
Cream, Coconut, Stem Ginger and many many more...
Great care is taken to ensure you will enjoy the ice cream at it's best.
Clarkes ice ceam is available to buy at Wymondham Farmers Market every third
Saturday o the month where you will get to meet Judy and Caroline. Other stockists
are: Besthorpe Farm Shop, Besthorpe, Attleborough and Aldis & Sons Farm Shop.
For more inormation about Clarkes Ice Cream, visit www.clarkesicecream.co.uk
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Dessert
4 ree range eggs, separated (reserve yolks or
lling)
225g (8 oz) caster sugar
2 tbsp instant cofee powder
300 ml (1/2 pt) water225g (8 oz) granulated sugar
125g (1/2 lb) unsalted butter (not margarine)
4 egg yolks
1 tbsp cofee (made rom 1 tsp instant cofee
mixed with a little hot water)
100g (4 oz) plain cooking chocolate, melted
Serves 4
meringue ingredients
method
Preheat the oven to around 200F, 100C, gas mark
. To make meringue, whisk the egg whites until
stif and standing up in points. Whisk in the sugar
and cofee powder until glossy.
Make three circles o baking parchment by
drawing around a dinner place and cutting the
circles out. Then spread the meringue mixture
evenly over the three circles o parchment.
lling ingredients
to serve
Serve with locally produced ice cream, lie
Clarkes (eatured opposite)
Gateau Diane by Liz Whitaker
Place in the oven or at least ve hours until
cooked. (you can make the meringue a couple
o weeks in advance). Remove the parchment
and store in an airtight container or sealed
plastic bag.
To make the lling, boil the water and sugartogether until when you dip in a wooden spoon
and lit it out, the syrup orms a thread instead
o just dripping.
In two separate bowls, beat the egg yolks until
thick and pale, then beat the butter until light
and creamy.
Add the water and sugar mixture to the egg
yolks, beating all the time until thick and
creamy, then add the butter, beating again,
until thick. Mix in the chocolate and cofee mix-ture. Allow the lling to cool a little then spread
between the meringue layers, making a three-
tiered cake.
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While British summer is not always predictable, when the suns out it can be truly glorious, especially near
the coast or in the countryside. Long, light evenings can be spent outdoors and the smell o
barbeque smoke lls the air. On the arm, youll see sheep and cows out to grass, enjoying the sunshine
Muck heaps that have accumulated over the winter are now being spread back onto the elds as
ertilizer, and its lamb shearing season, so woolly sheep lose their warm coats.
The rst cut o hay is cut in June, and winter barley will be in ull ear and ripening ready to cut. Grains,
once ground, provide us with our or bread and biscuits.
The pods o oil seed rape are now ready or harvest. Oil seed rape provides us with vegetable oil and is
widely used in processed oods.
Ater winter barley, winter oats are the next cereal to be cut.
Straw is an important by-product o the arable arms o eastern areas and much is transported westwardseach year to livestock producing regions
Sweet corn, onions and black cherries are now ready, as well as British strawberries. Make sure you
pick your own at local arms - its a great way to see how ruit is grown, and somehow it makes the ruit
taste that much better.
ALSO IN SEASON
Vegetables
Asparagus. Aubergines. Beans. Beetroot. Broccoli. Cabbage. Carrots. Caulifower. Celeirac. Chard.
Courgettes. Cress. Cucumber. Fennel. Garlic. Globe Artichoke. Kohl Rabi. Lettuce. Marrow. Mushrooms.
New Potatoes. Onions. Peas. Potatoes. Radishes. Peppers. Red Cabbage. Rhubarb. Rocket Lettuce.
Runner Beans. Spinach. Squash. Spring Onions. Sweetcorn. Tomatoes. Turnips.
Fruit
Blackberries. Blackcurrants. Blueberries. Cherries. Figs. Gooseberries. Grapes. Loganberry. Medlar. Melon.Peaches. Plums. Raspberries. Redcurrants. Strawberries. Whitecurrant. Woods Strawberries.
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Nestled in the heart o rural Norolk between Thetord and Norwich is where youll nd Lyng Farm,
home to three breeds o ree range laying hens.
Lyng arm started with 16,000 hens six years ago and have now grown the business to 80,000 hens. They
produce and supply ree range eggs to local customers throughout East Angliaensuring reshness. The main bulk o their eggs go to a local packing centre in Attleborough, Anglian
Free Range Eggs Ltd, who supply local East Anglian retailers reducing ood miles considerably. All eed is
sourced rom a local mill only eight miles rom the arm, ensuring their carbon ootprint is kept as low as
possible.
Dudleys Free Range Eggs
They make sure their hens are as happy as they can be and believe that happy hens produce tastier
eggs. Hens are ree to roam in 80 acres o pasture, planted with some 8,000 native deciduous trees.
Additional cover is provided or the hens by man-made shelters dotted across the range as well as
perches, swings and sandpits to keep the hens occupied. Inside the hen houses, the birds have
continual access to eed and water and areas to dust bathe and perching where they can rest. The hen
houses have pop holes which allow entry to elds in which to range by day. These pop holes close at
night to protect birds rom predators.
Local ree range ood makes sense to the Lyng Farm. It is a lovely sight to see the birds out and ranging
well. Birds are actively encouraged to range and express their natural behaviour. They love exploring the
range scratching about or worms and insects.
All hens are kept under the RSPCA Freedom Foods and BEIC Lion Quality arm assurance and ood
labelling schemes. This ensures that not only are their eggs produced to the very highest standards but
also the welare conditions o the birds are ar higher than is required by law. They are ed on a cereal
based diet ree rom articial yolk colorants.
DID YOU KNOW?
Egg yolks are one
of the few foods that
naturally contain
Vitamin D.
Dudley with his happy hens
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Starter
4 hard-boiled, ree-range eggs
2 avocados
1 punnet o olives
Mixed leaves
Cherry tomatoes
1 tin o tuna
Serves 4
salad ingredients
Slice the eggs and avocado
Combine with all other ingredients into a bowl,
without chopping
In a jar or bowl, combine olive oil, lemon juice,
mustard, thyme, garlic, salt, and pepper. Store,
covered, in the rerigerator.
to servePut a bowl on the table so everyone can help
themselves, with the dressing to one side.
This can also be served as a side, or or a healthy
lunchtime snack
salad method
Chris & Tarryns Egg Salad
dressing ingredients
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil (can use hazelnut or
walnut oil)2 tablespoons freshly-squeezed lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon Dijon-style mustard
3/4 teaspoon resh thyme leaves, chopped (opi-
tonal)
1 clove garlic, minced
3/4 teaspoon coarse salt
Pinch coarsely-ground black pepper
dressing method
by Christian Aldridge & Tarryn Paul
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TilapiaIn 1995 it was reported by the Food & Agriculture Organisation o the United Nations (FAO) that by the
beginning o the 90s, 69% o the worlds conventional sh species were ully exploited, overexploited,
depleted, or rebuilding rom a depleted state. It was concluded that the operation o the worlds sheries,
as they existed, could not be sustained and that signicant ecological and economic damage had alreadyoccurred.
The solution to diminishing wild sh populations globally has been the growth and development o
aquaculture.
Farming Tilapia sh, a warm water sh normally ound in Asia and the Caribbean, can be completely sus-
tainable as they are kept in recirculation units and now bred and reared here in the UK.
East Anglian Tilapia Ltd in partnership with A B Fish Ltd, breeds and rears Red Nile Tilapia in East Anglia
to supply all end wet sh markets, rom local shops, and markets to National Supermarket chains and
private restaurants.
Tilapia are now bred, hatched, grown and sold all rom one site based at Ely in Cambridgeshire. This
reduces the carbon oot print and dramatically lowers ood miles. All o the sh are given plenty o space
and are grown in large highly oxygenated raceways to maximize growth and wellbeing.
Their Tilapia are naturally bred without the use o hormones and the sh are ed a completely vegetarian
diet based on soya, wheat and oilseed rape oil. This reduces the pressure on the oceans urther by not
using shmeal in the diet.
Their heating is currently being changed rom oil to geothermal heating systems in the orm o ground
and air source heating.
East Anglian Tilapia and A B Fish are producing a high quality sustainable UK whitesh, bred and reared
in the eastern counties, naturally heated and ed on a vegetarian diet.
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Main
2 llets o cod - approx 370g
2 llets o boneless tilapia- approx 260g
Mixed mussels, king prawns and squid - approx235g combined
Peeled baby prawns 280g
3 hard boiled eggs
Salt
Pepper
Sprinkle o cheese
Plain our
Margarine
Milk 1 Pint
Cornour - 1 teaspoon
Pepper5 mashing potatoes
Serves 5
Peel the potatoes and put them on to boil.
Chop the cod and tilapia into edible chunks, mix
all o the sh together into a saucepan and slow
cook in vegetable oil.
ingredients
method
to serve
Serve generous helpings, with slices o lemon and
a side o peas.
Fishermans Pieby Emily Rout
Whilst the sh is cooking prepare the white sauce.
Mix together the marg, plain our, milk and
cornour, whisk together until there are no lumps.Once the mixture is runny, add some ground
pepper and stir, then put on the heat, stirring
all the while until the sauce is hot all o the way
through.
Boil the three hard boiled eggs then peel of the
shell, and chop into chunks.
Put the sh into the bottom o your dish, then mix
in the egg.
Pour the white sauce on top o the sh, mixing it
in. Mash the potatoes, using a little bit o milk and
margarine and layer on top.Finally sprinkle some grated cheese on top and
cook at 180C or 25-30mins until the top is
browned.
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Strawberries are arguably Britains avourite summer ruit.
Usually ready to start being picked in June, they will keep growing right the way through
the summer months until October. The red, sweet, juicy berries are ull o Vitamin C,manganese and dietary bre and they also have a high rate o antioxidant power.
They are perect to compliment any summer desert or drink, rom Pavlova to Pimms.
During the summer months there will be PYO (Pick your Own) strawberry arms all over
the UK. Try to nd one near you and reduce your ood miles.
Failing that, British strawberries will be ound in local arm shops, and any good
supermarket.
Scrumptious Strawberries
DID YOU KNOW?
Strawberries are ull
o a special substance
called ellagic acid
which can help fght
cancers.
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Dessert
6oz caster sugar
3 large organic Norolk egg whites
10 oz o resh Norolk double cream
Fresh Norolk blueberries and strawberries
Serves 4
ingredients
Place the egg whites in a large clean bowl.
Now whisk the egg whites until they orm
sot peaks and you can turn the bowl up-
side down without them sliding out.Whisk in the sugar, approximately 1 oz
(25g) at a time, whisking ater each
addition until all the sugar is in.
Now take a metal tablespoon and spoon
the meringue mixture on to a prepared
baking sheet, orming a circle about eight
inches (20cm) in diameter.
method
Spoon round blobs next to each other so that they
join up to orm a circle all around the edge. Now
place the baking sheet in the oven, and
immediately turn down the heat to gas mark 1,
275F (140C) and leave it to cook or one hour.
Turn the heat right of but leave the Pavlova inside
the oven until its completely cold.
To serve the Pavlova, place it on a serving dish
and then just beore serving, spread the whipped
cream on top, arrange the ruit on top o the cream
and dust with a little sited icing sugar.
to serve
Uncle Dicks PavlovaRichard Grant
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The trees seem determined to go out with a bang as the days get cooler, the evenings become shorter,
and we put the clocks back. Leaves change rom green to vibrant orange, yellow or red, brightening up
the countryside, beore they nally give up the ghost, leaving the trees bare.
On the arm, both the quality and growth rate o orage declines. Farmers oten choose to provide their
livestock with supplementary eeds such as grass and maize silage and supplementary minerals to help
maintain growth rates or milk production.
Late autumn tends to be the quietest time or arable armers, as by this time all the drilling o next years
winter crops will have been done. But there is always something to be done on the arm. Cattle, pig and
sheep armers will still have all o their stock to eed, muck out and keep healthy.
It is critical to get oilseed rape of to a good start. Avoiding pest problems during the winter months is
essential - particularly damaging are wood pigeons which can decimate a weak crop. Pigeons will ock
in their thousands to eed on a crop o oilseed rape during the winter months; however they do not like
mature crops that have large leaves and a well developed canopy.
Winter wheat will be receiving a herbicide to control broadleaved and other grass weeds. Wellestablished crops naturally compete with weeds so armers and agronomists can reduce the rate o ap-
plied herbicide signicantly so that nancial savings can be made.
Sugar beet is an important crop in the East Anglia region. The crop provides around 50% o the UKs
sugar needs, you will see sugar beet harvesters working in the elds around this time liting the beet and
taking them to one o the our sugar beet actories in the UK, ready to be made into sugar and sold in the
supermarkets. Beans are resh in season along with many other vegetables and lots o ruit. Fresh
seasonal produce always tastes great and i you have bought it rom a local producer you will have the
added satisaction o knowing that the ood miles will be low.
Pears are in season but as October draws to a close ruit is either windblown or damaged by rost. Fresh
UK ruit will soon only be available rom store.
ALSO IN SEASON
Vegetables
Aubergine. Beans. Beetroot. Broccoli. Brussels Sprouts. Cabbage. Carrots.Caulifower. Celeriac. Celery.
Chard.Chicory. Cress. Cucumber. Endive. Fennel.Garlic.Jerusalem Artichoke.Lambs Lettuce. Leeks.
Lettuce. Marrows. Mushrooms. Onions.Parsnip. Peas. Peppers. Potatoes. Pumpkin. Red Cabbage.
Radishes. Rocket. Runner Beans.Squash. Swede. Sweetcorn. Tomatoes. Turnips. White Winter Radishes.
Fruit
Apples.Blackberries. Blueberries. Crab Apple. Cranberries. Figs.Grapes.Loganberry. Medlar. Melon. Pears.
Plums. Raspberries. Quince. Woods Strawberries. Rosehips.
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Fielding Cottage Goats Cheese
DID YOU KNOW?
Goats were the frst
animals to be used
or milk
Fielding Cottage is an award winning small business producing goats cheese and milk
rom a small arm in the Breckland Valley. Fielding Cottage strive to supply independent
armers markets, arm shops and delicatessens across East Anglia with tasty and healthy
homegrown products rom their own herd o goats. They believe in ood metres, notmiles; their milk travels less than twenty metres rom the milking parlour beore it is made
into cheese!
Fielding Cottage was started by brothers Sam and Bertie Steggles in October 2009 with
the purchase o 10 goats. Ten months later, their rst cheese Ellingham went on sale at
Diss Farmers Market. They now sell at armers markets across Norolk and have a number
o distributors who take their cheese to shops and restaurants across Norolk and Sufolk.
Following a successul kidding season in May 2010, and a ew new additions rom the
Cotswolds, the herd has grown to 25 goats in milk and nine young stock.
Milking goats are not very keen on getting their eet wet so at Fielding Cottage they are
kept in a warm, dry, straw lled barn and ed on a special ration which is made by
nutritionists. They milk them twice a day, at 5am and then again at 5pm, and it is then
only a matter o hours beore the milk is turned into cheese!
Their cheese is a light, crumbly goats cheese with a mild avour which is enjoyed by
goats cheese ans as well as those who are not keen on the goatiness o stronger cheeses.
For more inormation about Fielding Cottage Cheese, visit www.eldingcottage.co.uk
Bertie & Sam with the goats MB
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Starter
PHOTO???
INGREDIETNTS
250g local goats cheese
4 rashers o smoked streaky bacon grilled until
crisp
175g assorted wild mushrooms roughly
chopped
2 medium sized beetroot, peeled, chopped and
cooked until sot in orange juice, then pured in
a liquidiser.175g baby spinach
100g Jerusalem artichokes, peeled, chopped,
cooked and then pureed with a little cream &
butter
Warm Salad of GoatsCheese, Beetroot &Wild Mushrooms
Serves 4
Cut the rind of the goats cheese and place on
a baking tray with a little rapeseed oil. Heat the
grill. Now in a large rying pan ry the
mushrooms, again in the rapeseed oil, seasoning
as you go or a minute. Then in another pan with
a little butter cook the spinach until sot.
To put the dish together, place the goats cheeseunder the grill. Whilst under the grill, spoon some
mushrooms onto each plate, and then remove the
cheese rom under the grill, put on the plate and
neatly place a little beetroot pure on top,
ollowed by the artichoke pure and nally a
rasher o bacon.
ingredients method
by Galton BlackistonMB
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Swannington FarmThe Mutimer amily have been growing pigs outside on the light sandy land at
Swannington since 1973. The animals are reared to the highest welare standards and the
arm is covered by the RSPCAs Freedom Food Scheme. The pigs enjoy the grass sward and
the outdoor lie. They are ed a cereal based diet designed to maximise growth andavour. Great care is taken to keep the pigs healthy and the pork they sell has total
traceability.
Their meat has an exceptionally low carbon ootprint. Sheep and bee cattle graze the
beautiul environmentally sensitive meadows or three miles bordering Swannington
Beck, the cleanest tributary o the River Wensum.
The animals are then killed at the local abattoir just three miles away and the carcasses
returned to mature to ull avour beore butchering to requirement.
The Multimers have 600 outdoor Landrace cross Duroc sows. The sows live in arks on grass
covered light land. Piglets are grown on in outdoor, straw based kennels with ample ood,
water and plenty o resh air. They are ed on a cereal based diet with no growth
promoters or antibiotics.
They have 400 sheep which are Mule sheep crossed with Texel and Charolais rams.
Their bee cattle come rom the Child amily at Hevingham. Their suckler herd spends the
summer grazing in marshes around the Norolk Broads, mostly at South Walsham.
They are over wintered in large straw barns where they are ed on stock eed vegetablesand cereals. Ater slaughter the carcasses are then hung or 21-28 days to maximise the
natural tenderness and avour.
And their ree range chickens come rom Jason Peart at Hindolveston where the chickens
roam around the armyard - truly traditional poultry ed on wheat grown and milled on
the arm.
You will nd their products in their arm shop, or in local restaurants such as Bawburgh
Kings Head, Eaton Red Lion, or Black Boys Hotel, Aylsham.
For more inormation about Swannington Farm, please visit
www.swanningtonarmtoork.co.uk
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4 x 175g llet o bee
1 quantity o bee gravy
450g Maris Piper potatoes
450g sprouts, 450g shallots
Serves 4
Bake the pottaoes, then take the esh out and
push through a sieve, add a knob o butter and
some milk, and season.
Finely slice, blanche and then drain the sprouts
and place into a pan with butter and
gently reheat.
Peel and halve the shallots and placed in tinoil.
Then roast in a moderate oven with a little olive
oil until sot.
ingredients
Main
Fillet of Local Beefwith Shallots, Buttery Mash,
tuve Brussel Sproutsand Beef Jus
method
In a rying pan ry the steaks in olive oil
until coloured on all sides, season and then
place in the oven at 200C or no longer
than ve minutes. Warm the jus.
to serve
Place the steak on the plate with all thevegetables neatly either around or to the
side. Spoon over the jus and serve.
by Galton Blackiston
MB
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Plump Pears
DID YOU KNOW?
There are more
than 5,000 varieties
o pears
Pears are an autumnal ruit that are usually ready to be picked and eaten in October.
Their texture ranges rom very sot, creamy, and juicy to rm and crisp. Pears can be
consumed resh, canned, as juice, or dried. Their juice can also be used in jellies and jams,
usually in combination with other ruits or berries. Pears are an excellent source o dietary
bre and Vitamin C.
Compared to some ruits, pears are quite allergenic, meaning they are good or young
children as a starter ruit. Look out or British pears to start appearing in your local arm
shops and supermarkets and treat yoursel to a tasty, warming pear crumble.
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Dessert
225g plain or wholewheat our
75g butter (room temperature)
75g - 110g sot brown sugar (to taste)
crumble lling ingredients
900g ripe pears (Comice)
25g sot brown sugar
Serves 4
crumble toppingingredients
method
Pear Crumble
Pre-heat the oven to gas 4 or 180C.
Peel and quarter the pears. Remove the core
and pips and place them into a casserole dish
(1.75 litre) and spinkle over the sugar. Then
prepare the crumble topping.
to serveServe with double cream or custard
Put the our into a large mixing bowl and add
the butter. Rub the our and butter together
until it looks crumbly and the butter has been
evenly dispersed through the our. Add the
sugar and mix together to ensure that
everything is combined.
Sprinkle the crumble topping evenly over the
top o the pears using a ork to even out the
distribution, but dont press it down.
Cook in the oven or 30 - 40 minutes until lightly
golden brown.
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Long nights, short days, rost, snow winters not or everyone. But on bright, cold
days, a walk in the countryside ollowed by a roast dinner does wonders to cheer up
the soul in the colder months.
During winter most cows will be housed to avoid the cold weather and damaging the
wet sodden elds. Bee cows will be ed hay as a bulk eed so that they mature slowly
producing a very tender meat cut.
Sheep armers will be entering their busy period. Some ocks will be starting their
lambing season in January and February. The purpose o early lambing is to supply
resh lamb to the Easter market.
Winter crops or the next harvest will have been drilled in the autumn. Some armers
will be applying several doses o ertilizer to help them grow. Arable armers will also
be ploughing the ground or spring cereal crops; this normally takes place in quietspells over the winter months. Ground that is ploughed early, or example in Decem-
ber, has a longer period to overwinter with rosts breaking down soil clods and reduc-
ing the need or urther mechanical cultivation.
Once conditions are dry enough, spring barley, beans, oil seed rape drilling will com-
mence. Spring sown crops are prone to summer drought and so the key to a good
yield is to ensure successul establishment as early as possible in the year. Mid to late
February is generally regarded as the optimum time or the drilling o spring cereals.
Also in Season
Vegetables
Beetroot. Broccoli. Brussel Sprouts. Cabbage. Carrot. Caulifower. Celeriac. Celery. Chicory.Cress.
Endives. Garlic. Jerusalem Artichoke. Lambs Lettuce. Kale. Leeks. Lettuce. Mushrooms. Onions.
Parsnips. Potatoes. Pumpkin. Red Cabbage. Rocket. Shallots. Spinach. Squash. Swede. Turnips.
White Winter Radishes.
Fruit
Apples. Pears.
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Binham Blue is made by hand rom the milk o the Chalkarm Herd o Holstein
Fresians and the Copys Green Herd o Swiss Brown cows. The curds have anopen texture, allowing the growth openicillium roqforteiiwhich gives the blue
veining and sotens the curd to yield a buttery texture.
To enjoy your cheese at its best, store between 1C and 4C, and bring up to
room temperature or serving
Allow the cheese to breathe in the rerigerator yet try to prevent it rom drying
out. A new clay plantpot is useul. Bake the plantpot in the oven or an hour
at 150C or above to sterilise it. When it has cooled soak in boiled water. Thenuse to cover your cheese. The gentle humidity will protect it rom drying.
Binham Blue Cheese
DID YOU KNOW?
A dairy cow will
produce about
20,000 glasses o
milk in her lietime
Mrs Temple with Binham Blue and the lovely cows who produce it
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Starter
PHOTO???
INGREDIETNTS
Warm Salad of GoatsCheese, Beetroot &Wild Mushrooms
Serves 4
ingredients
method
Mushrooms stuffed with Binham BlueCheese (served with roasted parsnip and
red onion)
4 large at mushrooms
100g o Binham Blue Cheese2 parsnips
1 red onion
Slice the parsnips
Peel, then slice a red onion into rings.
Place the vegetables on a baking tray, drizzle
over a little oil, shake to mix and then roast atabout 180C or about 20-25 minutes, until the
vegetables are cooked through and tender.
to serve
While your vegetables are cooking peel the
mushrooms and place them on a baking tray
Slice the cheese into our chunks and place on
top o each o the mushrooms
Place in a hot oven or 5 minutes, until the
cheese is melted over the mushrooms
Serve with the roasted vegetables and enjoy
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MB
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Venison is meat that comes rom deer. It is a red meat that is low in at and high in iron.
The vast majority o venison that is produced in the UK roams reely which gives it its
great taste. Venison is a winter meat, at its best rom September through to February andis a tender, close textured meat which is ull o avour. Steaks and llets can be cooked
in minutes and casserole dishes are rich and go a long way as the meat doesnt shrink on
cooking and looks impressive i youre serving guests.
The three main species o venison are red deer, allow deer and roe deer. Venison is not as
easy to nd as bee or pork or example, but it can be ound at most local arm shops, and
the taste is well worth it.
Venison & Sausages
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Mains
1 tablespoon olive oil
12 pork sausages (butchers best)
6 rashers streaky bacon chopped
1 red onion halved, quartered and then
chopped
1 tablespoon plain our1 tin chopped tomatoes
100g sliced mushrooms
19 oz stock (ham is best)
1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
Sausage Casserole
ingredients
8 cutlets o venison
12 crushed juniper berries
2 bay leaves
5 sprigs o thyme
1 sprig rosemary
3 tablespoons o our
Salt, and reshly ground pepper
2 oz butter
2 onions diced1 red pepper sliced
2 carrots diced
2 sticks o celery diced
1 litre o good red wine
1 tin chopped tomatoes
1/2 litre o bee stock
splash o balsamic vinegar
2 tablespoons redcurrant jelly
small pack o button mushrooms
small pack shallots
1/2 pack bacon
200g pack o whole chestnuts, vacuum packed
Serves 8ingredients method
Venison Casserole
method
Heat oil in large pan.
Brown the sausages. (Dont get bored, they
look anaemic and unappetising i not browned
nicely)
When the sausages are browned remove rom
pan and cook bacon and onion.Return the sausages to the pan and add the
plain our to soak up the oil.
Add the tomatoes, mushrooms, stock, white
wine vinegar and balsamic vinegar and simmer
or 40 minutes .
Serve with mashed potatoes and vegetables o
your choice. Cabbage goes nicely.
Toss the diced venison in seasoned our and
brown in the hot butter in small batches.
Place in a cassorole dish, then soten the
onion, diced carrot, pepper and celery. Add to
the casserole dish with the tinned tomatoes.
bee stock, redcurrant jelly, splash o balsamic
vinegar and herbs.
Place in a moderately hot oven (175C) or
about 1.5 hours, then ry of the shallots,
mushrooms, and bacon that has been rolled up
and cut into halves.
Add to the casserole with the chestnuts and
cook or a urther 1/2 hour . Check seasoning
and serve.
Serves 6
to serve
by Tina Rout
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Chocolate
Cocoa, the magic ingredient o chocolate, is not grown in the UK, so buying local is not an
option! However, there is a lot you can do to ensure that the chocolate you buy has beenethically sourced.
Cocoa is grown principally in West Arica, Central and South America and Asia. The eight
largest cocoa-producing countries at present are Ivory Coast, Ghana, Indonesia, Nigeria,
Cameroon, Brazil, Ecuador and Malaysia. These countries represent 90% o world
production.
Sadly, in some cases, the people harvesting the cocoa bean in these countries are
exploited, and paid very little, making supporting themselves and their amilies almost
impossible.
The Fairtrade system means armers get a premium or their cocoa, and the price they
are paid never alls below a living wage. More and more companies are supporting the
Fairtrade system, so Fairtrade chocolate is relatively easy to nd. Next time you need your
chocolate x, look or the Fairtrade Label, and you can enjoy your chocolate with a clear
conscience.
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350g o dark chocolate
8 slices o thick cut bread
3 oz o butter
450ml o whipping cream
4 tbsp o rum
4 oz o caster sugar
3 eggs
Firstly cut your bread slices into triangles, taking
the crusts of i you preer.
Place the chocolate, whipping cream, rum,
sugar, and butter in a bowl set over a
saucepan o simmering water.
Serves 4
ingredients
Dessert
method
Once all the sugar has dissolved and the
chocolate and butter have melted, take of the
heat and mix together until the mixture is all
chocolate brown.
In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs and then add
to the chocolate mixture, whisk thoroughly to
combine them together.
Ater that pour a layer o chocolate into thebottom o your shallow dish, then put a layer o
bread on top, add another layer o chocolate and
bread, nally pour the remainder o your choco-
late mixture on top, making sure you cover all o
the bread.
Leave to stand or one hour beore cooking.
Cook or 30mins at 180C and serve with
whipped cream.
Chocolate Bread &Butter Pudding
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STOCKISTSGressingham Foods
www.gressinghamoods.co.uk
Mrs Temples Binham Blue Cheese
Copys Green Farm
Wighton
Wells-next-the-sea
NorolkNR23 1NY
Tel: 01328 820224
East Anglian Tilapia
James Stretton
07824 511444
Clarkes Ice Cream
www.clarkesicecream.co.uk
P. J. Southgate Ltd
Lyng Farm,
Long Street,
Attleborough,
Norolk,
NR17 1AW
Swannington Farmwww.swanningtonarmtoork.co.uk
Fielding Cottage Goats Cheese
www.eldingcottage.co.uk
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FARMERS MARKETS NEAR YOU...
Norwich Farmers Market
Norfolk Showground, second Saturday of the month, 9am - 1pm
The Forum, City Centre, rst and third Sunday 10am 3pm
01953 681715, www.norwicharmersmarket.co.uk
Aylsham Farmers Market
9am - 1pm, rst Saturday of the monthMarket Place, Aylsham
Diss Farmers Market
9am -1pm, second Saturday of the month. Winter trading peaksat 11am.
Meres Mouth, Diss
Fakenham Farmers Market
8.30am - 12 noon, fourth Saturday of the month.
Market Square, Fakenham01328 862702
Stalham Farmers Market
9am -12 noon, second & fourth Saturday of the monthTown Hall, Stalham
Wymondham Farmers Market
9am - 1pm, third Saturday of the monthMarket Cross, Wymondham
Harleston Farmers Market
9am 1pm, third Saturday of the monthThe Swan Hotel, Harleston, IP22 1RG
Lopham Farmers Market
9am - 12.30pm, fourth Saturday of the month
Village Hall, North Lopham, IP22 2ND
Rickinghall Farmers Market
9am - 12.30pm, second Saturday of the month,
Village Hall, Rickinghall, IP22 1LP
Stradbroke Farmers Market
9am-1pm , rst Saturday of the month
Business & Enterprise Centre, Wilby Road, Stradbroke
IP21 5JN
Easton Farmers Market
Fourth Saturday of the monthEaston Farm Park, Woodbridge, Suolk
IP13 0EQ
Dereham Farmers Market
8am 1pm, second Saturday of the month
Dereham High Street
Wayland Farmers Market
8.30am -12.30pm , rst Saturday of the month
Watton High Street
Burnham Farmers Market
9am - 12pm, rst Saturday of the month
and third Friday of the month
Burnham Market, NorfolkG61 4BE
Tel: 01953 681715
and nally...I hope you have found this recipe book useful, and that it has shown you that eatinglocally, and seasonally is not an impossible task. While not always possible, you can definitely
pick up seasonal ingredients from your local farmers market, and look out for the redtractor sign to make sure youre buying British.
When you cant buy British, make sure what you do buy is Fairtrade, as it helps create afairer economy for all. And remember to be creative - the recipes in this book are just avery small selection of what you can do by eating locally and seasonally.
Ive really enjoyed the process of making this book, and would like to say a big thankyou to everybody who contributed by giving us recipes, ideas and advice.
Love, Emily
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS & LAYOUT TEMPLATE
TATIANA WOOLRYCH
PHOTOGRAPHY
MATT BRASNETT (where credited as MB)
GRESSINGHAM FOODS STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY
CLARKES ICE CREAM
WWW.SXC.HU
LAYOUT ARTIST/EDITOR
TARRYN PAUL
PROJECT COORDINATOR
ELLIE KEMP
PROOFREADERS
ALISON POPE
SARAH WILLIAMS
THANKS TO
GALTON BLACKISTON
SAM & BERTIE STEGGLES
LIZ KAY
SARAH KEOGHCATHERINE TEMPLE
GRESSINGHAM FOODS
SWANNINGTON FARM
JUDY & CAROLINE CLARKE
ROBERT COPELAND
MATT BRASNETT
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AN ITV FIXERS PROJECT
BY EMILY ROUT
A guide to help you cook with localand seasonal produce