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Pumpkin pancakes with a butter sage sauce
I love Autumn, the colours, the seasonal foods, the rich smells of the forest floors and pumpkins! In our village, just about everyone grows pumpkins, all shapes, sizes and colours. They sit ripening on window sills, on outdoor furniture and we use them to decorate...
Phase 5 – The Barn renovations
The Barn has really taken shape the last few months, Hugh has been working so hard, moving rocks, breaking down pillars of stone, laying floors, plastering between beams, insulating, laying pipes for the plumbing and cables for the electricity. It's been non stop and...
Carrot, ginger and lime fritters with a tomato salsa.
It's Sunday morning, l opened my fridge with a sigh, l knew l didn't want to go down to the valley floor to shop. So instead I took everything from my vegetable draw and let my creative side take over. I thought about flavour, colour, healthiness and making it super...
Stuffed mushrooms & red organic rice
Stuffed mushrooms & red organic rice Serves 6 Ingredients 6 large mushrooms 1 brown onion, chopped finely 1 stick celery, finely chopped 2 tbs olive oil 150g cream cheese 1/2 cup parsley, chopped finely 1 garlic clove, chopped finely 1/4 cup fresh bread crumbs...
Poires au vin et cassis
Poires au vin et cassis Serves 8 Ingredients 8 pear William, medium size 4 cups red wine 200ml creme de cassis 100g sugar 2 cinnamon sticks Method Combine the wine, a third of the creme de cassis, sugar and cinnamon sticks in a large heavy based saucepan. Bring to the...
Hazelnut & Orange Roulade
Hazelnut & Orange Roulade Serves 8 Ingredients 6 egg whites 1 pinch salt 325g caster sugar 30g cornflour 1 tsp white wine vinegar 150g ground hazelnuts Filling 300ml double cream 1 tsp vanilla essence 1 tbsp caster sugar 3 oranges, skinless...
Re-charge with us!
Recharge with us. The end of summer, the kids go back to school or Univercity and you are dead on your feet after running about with them the last 2 months! Don't you think it's your turn now to be taken care of, pampered, cooked for? Would you like to read a...
Fava Fabulous
Fava grass pea dip Ingredients 200g grass peas (or split yellow peas, soaked for 4 hours) 1 red onion, diced 1/2 lemon zest and juice 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil cracked black pepper flaked sea salt Method Rinse the peas and place in a large saucepan, cover with...
Fresh cherry cake with milled linseeds
Fresh cherry cake with milled linseed Serves 8 Ingredients 140g SR flour ( or Gluten free flour) 90g butter, melted 1 egg 4 tbsp milk 50g brown sugar a pinch of ginger 1 tsp cinnamon 300g fresh cherries Topping 30g GF flour 25g brown sugar 35g butter 2 tbsp milled...
The Barn – phase 4.
It's been a while since l updated the progress on the barn but the winter months made it impossible for Hugh to work on the property, -15C, dumping snow and no heating, a solid reason to show no progress. So now winter is behind us, Hugh has being motivated to get...
A beautiful Spring wedding
Susan and David had been told about our little piece of paradise, a friend who had celebrated a birthday at Chalet Savoie Faire a few months previous to them starting to look for a venue. They gave me a call and l invited them up for afternoon tea, little was l to...
Roasted cauliflower salad
Roasted cauliflower & hazelnut salad Serves 4-6 Ingredients 1 head of cauliflower, broken into small florets 6 tbsp olive oil Curry powder 2 sticks of celery, diced 40g Hazelnuts or flaked almonds 50g Pomegranate seeds 1 tsp grain mustard 5 tbsp extra virgin olive...