Posts Tagged ‘venison’
A delicious summer of food festivals is on its way
A summer of food weekends are on their way to Fife. The Bowhouse Food Weekends return for a second series. Situated just outside St Monans in Fife, on the Balcaskie Estate, Bowhouse Food Weekends are unique indoor events, providing an opportunity to see, discuss, taste and buy the best local food and drink in a…
Read MoreVenison and haggis is such a delicious taste combination
Scottish Field brings you another delicious recipe, this time it’s venison, haggis, creamed leeks, beetroot and basil pesto with a truffled jus. This recipe comes to you courtesy of Paul Wedgwood who, with his wife Lisa, opened Wedgwood on the Royal Mile. Paul’s lack of formal culinary training has allowed him the freedom to experiment with flavours and…
Read MoreThe Dining Room offers far more than just whisky
I must admit I hadn’t appreciated that the Scottish Malt Whisky Society has only been going since the early 1980s. Perhaps it’s the patina of age bestowed by having a gorgeous old wood-lined Vaults in Leith or a whole Georgian townhouse on Queen Street in the centre of Edinburgh. The SMWS is actually a pretty…
Read MoreHerb crusted cod is such a tasty dish
Scottish Field speaks to Paul Grant, executive chef at Meldrum House Country Hotel and Golf Course in Aberdeenshire about his future plans for the restaurant and the importance of seasonal foods. What’s your background? I’ve been at Meldrum House for around six months now. Before that I was the executive chef at Thainstone House, which…
Read MoreThe search is on for the best of Scottish wild produce
Celebrating wild Scottish produce is the goal with the Eat Game Awards. This is brand new initiative created by three leading British businesses, James Purdey & Sons Ltd, Boisdale Restaurants and Taste of Game, bringing together the shooting, game meat and hospitality sectors to celebrate the wild game meat produced in the United Kingdom. The…
Read MoreBringing children closer to nature with local deer
A Scottish carer has turned pioneer by introducing disadvantaged children in South Lanarkshire to the wonders of the wild deer that find a home on the city fringes. David Quarrell from East Kilbride wanted to combine his skills as carer and as an authority on urban deer to help connect local kids in the care…
Read MoreA meal to savour with succulent loin of venison
Andrew Cook, head chef at The Lime Tree in Fort William, presents this recipe for loin of venison. When starting out, Andrew’s experience came from big, bustling hotel kitchens, before the chef ’s career took a new direction. He said: ‘I didn’t really start in restaurants until about ten years ago, when I got into the fine dining side…
Read MoreGenerous gamekeepers do their bit to help those in need
Gamekeepers and estates across Angus and Grampian teamed up to provide meals of fresh local game for over 600 homeless and vulnerable people at Christmas. Angus Glens Moorland Group and Grampian Moorland Group were established in 2015 to showcase working and community life in remote rural glens. Over the past year they have been working…
Read MoreCharity fundraising dinner to help revamp Kilmartin Museum
A charity dinner to help preserve 5000 years of history is taking place this week. Kilmartin Museum, on Argyll’s west coast, is embarking on an ambitious £6.7m redevelopment project. The new museum will preserve and display many more of the archaeological finds from the Kilmartin Glen and around Argyll. Plans are advancing with major funders…
Read MorePowell & Son: Two heads are better than one
Australian winemaker Dave Powell has teamed up with his eldest son, Callum, to create wines from Australia’s Barossa and Eden valleys with freshness and fruit purity, writes Peter Ranscombe. THE phrase “colourful character” could have been coined to describe Dave Powell, the tall Australian winemaker with his grey beard and ponytail holding court in Le…
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