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This is a delicious recipe and suitable for serving to vegetarians.  It is also very easy to do an oven baked risotto, no standing over the saucepan stirring for 20 minutes!  If you grow your own beetroot, or would prefer fresh to vacuum packed, by all means do cook it, this is a bit of a time saving operation, using the vacuum packed.  Fresh beetroot is available readily in Ledbury in our independent greengrocers’ and, of course, Handley Organics.

I love risottos and would eat them on a regular basis, but sadly my husband isn’t so keen, however, he does love beetroot, so this one ticks the boxes. Continue reading “January Recipe: Oven Baked Beetroot Risotto with Blue Cheese”

Christmas Pie is one of the tastiest savoury recipes for the season that I have made and, as you can see, feeds quite a few folk.  Do please use good quality skinned sausages rather than ready made sausagemeat and a spring clip tin is a boon for this recipe.  It would most certainly freeze if you want to make it in advance.  Continue reading “December Recipe: Christmas Pie”

This is a delicious dessert recipe very suitable for this time of year when cooking / eating apples are so plentiful.  It is also extremely easy to prepare and cook. Continue reading “Apple Butterscotch Pie Recipe”

Pick up a local celeriac from a greengrocers and adapt this seasonal soup, originally made with porcini, to any local dried or fresh mushrooms. The recipe serves 4. Continue reading “Celeriac and Mushroom Soup Recipe”