The Perfect Pancake Recipe

Pancakes are seemingly easy to make but can often turn out a disaster.  Our simple guide will help you make the perfect pancake for Shrove Tuesday aka Pancake Day!  Flipping the pancake is optional – but a lot of fun!

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Traditional Cornish Pasties

From the Cornish Pasty Association
A genuine Cornish pasty has a distinctive ‘D’ shape and is crimped on one side, never on top. The texture of the filling for the pasty is chunky, made up of uncooked minced or roughly cut chunks of beef (not less than 12.5%), swede or turnip, potato and onion and a light peppery seasoning.

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Goat’s Cheese & Sundried Tomato Tart

By Mrs M

Do’s and don’ts!
Serve warm or cold, don’t rush the pastry.

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PORK WITH LEMON AND A SAGE PESTO

From Mrs M’s week at Bendgate

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Crispy Slow Roast Belly Pork

Alex Roe – River House Hotel – Malham

Pork belly is an economical cut of meat which is packed full of flavour and very much underused, but to get the best out of this joint you need to choose the right cooking method.

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Strawberry Jam

This practical and delicious recipe for Strawberry Jam has been given to us by Julia Marley of Bendgate and is taken from the book she is writing about her discoveries from growing and rearing her own food.

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Yotam Ottolenghi's fried polenta and goat's cheese with gooseberry and chilli relish recipe

We found this recipe using goat’s cheese and gooseberries.

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Nigel Slater's warm smoked mackerel with broad beans, and peaches with elderflower recipes

Here’s something we think will be of interest to anyone who made the Elderflower Cordial recipe.

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Rabbit with Gooseberry Sauce

This is a recipe we’ve adapted from a Russian recipe for chicken that we think will work equally well with Yorkshire Dales rabbits.

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Elderflower & Lemon Cordial

A refreshing and cheap to make drink for the type of summer days we wish we always have is elderflower & lemon cordial.

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