1 whole Tunworth cheese or similar camembert-type cheese 5g (1⁄4oz) fresh truffle, sliced A little white truffle oil For the pickled girolles 500ml (171⁄2fl oz) white wine vinegar 2 bay…
Food and Drink
Recipe: Pressed Terrine of Yorkshire Gammon with Quail Egg, Spiced Pineapple Pickle and Mustard Seed Dressing
Pressed Terrine of Yorkshire Gammon with Quail Egg, Spiced Pineapple Pickle and Mustard Seed Dressing Makes one terrine: 10 slices 3 ham knuckles 350g-400g (12oz-14oz) each, pre-soaked for 12 hours…
When to drink sherry? Every day
The joint was jumping and there wasn’t a vicar or maiden aunt to be seen. At least, I didn’t spot one. But you never know with vicars these days. Or…
Colman’s Mustard celebrates its bicentenary
On 30 April 1814, a flour miller called Jeremiah Colman placed an advertisement in the Norfolk Chronicle. It ran: “JEREMIAH COLMAN, Having taken the Stock & Trade lately carried on…
Recipe: Elderflower Jelly with Strawberries, Lemon Balm Custard and Sponge Fingers
For the jelly 500ml (17fl oz) water 200g (7oz) caster sugar 20 elderflower heads 4 gelatine leaves Combine the water and caster sugar. Boil for five minutes, remove from heat,…
Recipe: Roast loin of lamb with asparagus, goat’s cheese and lavender vinaigrette
4 x 115g (41⁄4oz) lamb loins from the saddle 2 tsp Pommery mustard 2 sprigs lavender leaves, roughly chopped 2 x goat’s cheeses (or any fresh, soft variety) each weighing…
Recipe: Duck Egg with Crab Sandwich, North Sea Brown Shrimp and Blade Butter
This recipe makes a great starter or brunch snack and has a bit of a ‘nursery’ theme, it is lighter than winter warmers but still reasurringly comforting Serves 2 Zest…
The best wines for laying down, and godchildren
At a family christening recently the champagne flowed like water. So did a sparkling moscato from Brazil. Not the first country one would turn to for such a delicacy, but…
Return a shooting invitation: Learn to smoke food
Everyone who shoots, fishes or stalks has a freezerful of dead stuff, some of it rivalling the Siberian mammoth for its years in icy entombment. Those ancient pheasant and pigeon…
Return a shooting invitation: Wine tasting
Most shooting hosts appreciate a decent drop. The Field’s sister title, Decanter, holds a series of “fine wine encounters”, at which it’s possible to sample some of the world’s best…