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,…
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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…
Blind tasting wine
I’ve never been so humiliated or embarrassed in my life. Well, I have, but I’m not going to relate that dreadful débâcle here. About this second most humiliating and…
Recipe: Seared roasted Roe liver
A perfect recipe for spring stalkers. Roe liver makes a starter or main course for meat eaters
Rhubarb trifle: a delicious springtime dessert
How to make rhubarb trifle - a perfect, light lucious trifle recipe
Recipe: Blackened fish, Creole-style
Central American cooking brings the sunshine home. You don't have to go to Nobu to eat blackened cod - here is how to cook your own, creole-style