Filed under: Events, Food, Yorkshire Dales Food, farmers market | Tags: 2010, dales, drink, festival, Food, leyburn, may, Sausages, wensleydale, Yorkshire
The Dales Festival of food & drink
The Dales Festival of Food & Drink is held at Leyburn in the heart of Wensleydale and the 2010 Festival Dates are: 1st, 2nd & 3rd May 2010.
This is a great festival in the heart of the Dales, small enough to still have a friendly feel and large enough to provide a great family day out and well worth a visit. Look out for the Paganum stand in the main food hall for our Sausages, Lamb, Pork and Beef and a few special products new for this year.
Filed under: Food, Food & Recipe Books, Recipes, Yorkshire Dales Food | Tags: batter, best, egg, gravy, horseradish, milk, pudding, Recipes, ultimate, Yorkshire
Yorkshire Pudding
OK so which is the best Yorkshire Pudding Recipe?
Delia Smith suggests a mixture of water & milk whilst The Hairy Bikers suggest an all whole milk mixture?
The key elements regardless of precise quantity must be a really hot tray pre greased with a little spot of lard, oil or butter and it must be hot before you put the mixture into it, so that’s a really hot bun tray or cake tin so the oil/fat is smoking…
My simple recipe is:-
4oz plain flour, 2 really fresh free range eggs, half a pint of full fat milk, a little lard or oil
Method:-
Sieve flour into dish, create hollow in flour and crack egg in, gradually add milk whilst whisking by hand, no need to rest the mixture just pour into a really hot bun tray or baking tin which must have smoking hot fat.
Tradition states that Yorkshire Puddings should be served with gravy as a starter, the idea being that when meat was in short supply or just out of the family budget you could fill up on Yorkshire’s and then have less meat with the main course. Now we always have the Yorkshire Puddings with the main course filled with delicious beef gravy but Mum also used to serve them as a dessert or should that be “for pudding” just like a crepe or pancake but a different shape! served with butter, a little milk and sugar or simply drizzled with golden syrup.
Small Yorkshire puddings are also perfect for canapés or bite size party snacks, with a slither of beef, a drizzle of gravy and a dollop of horseradish sauce! mmm a fantastic alternative to smoked salmon on brown bread..
Filed under: Yorkshire Dales Food, beer | Tags: ale, arms, beer, best, bitter, brewery, dark horse, elslack, hetton, skipton, tempest, Yorkshire
Following my recommendation of the wonderful creamy Hetton Pale Ale, I spotted Hetton Best Bitter in the Tempest Arms at Elslack when dropping off my Chutney Competition entry last night and thought it rude not to try it!
This is another great beer from the tiny Dark Horse Brewery at Hetton in the Yorkshire Dales near Skipton and well worth seeking out to try.
Hetton Best Bitter, 3.8% abv, Dark Horse Brewery, Hetton is a lovely pint, great condition was served in a branded glass and has a nice sharp dry bitter taste, a great mid brown colour, this is a real session beer that leaves you wanting more!
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- Hetton Best Bitter, Dark Horse Brewery
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- Hetton Best Bitter, Dark Horse Brewery
The Tempest Arms at Elslack is now firmly on my “must visit soon” list as they have a great selection of beers and a fantastic, varied menu of local produce including Bolton Abbey Lamb, Homemade Game Broth, Yorkshire Puddings as a starter, Game Pie, Breast of Partridge, Cornbeef Pie and Roast Belly Pork to name a meaty few.
Beer on tap at the Tempest at the time of my visit in October 2009 included :-
- Hetton Pale Ale, 4.2%, Dark Horse Brewery, Hetton, Skipton
- Wainwright, 4.1%, Thwaites Brewery, Blackburn
- Landlord, 4.3%, Timothy Taylors Brewery, Keighley
- Theakston Best Bitter, 3.8%, Theakston, Masham
- Hetton Best Bitter, 3.8%, Dark Horse Brewery, Hetton, Skipton
- Moorhouse’s Elslack, 4%, Moorhouse’s, Burnley
Filed under: Eating, Food, Recipes, Yorkshire Dales Food | Tags: chorizo, egg, garlic, idea, lunch, omelette, onion, pepper, quick, tortilla, Yorkshire
Need a quick lunch with ingredients to hand! then try my version of a Spanish omelette or maybe we should call it a Mediterranean or even Yorkshire omelette as this version contains no potato which is normally an essential in a Spanish Tortilla.
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- Yorkshire (Spanish) Tortilla
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- Spanish Omelette
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- Omelette Ingredients
Ingredients on hand, please fee free to add sliced cooked potato, mushrooms, ham, sliced sausage whatever you have in the fridge:-
- 1 red & 1 green pepper
- 1 green chilli
- 1/2 large red onion
- chopped fresh tomato
- 2 crushed garlic cloves
- sliced chorizo
- sea salt & black pepper to taste
- 7 fresh free range eggs
- splash of milk
- oil to cook, I used a glug of rapeseed oil
Method:-
- use a large non stick frying pan
- soften the onions in a little rapeseed oil, add crushed garlic
- then add the sliced peppers and soften a little more
- add the chorizo & tomato
- mix the eggs and a splash of milk with seasoning to taste
- pour egg mixture over the contents of the pan
- omelette will start to set, if necessary transfer to oven or grill to finish
- use a spatula to gently ease around the edges of the omelette then turn over contents onto a serving plate or bread board
- eat immediately with a few hunks of fresh bread
Filed under: Food, New Products | Tags: Beef, bottle, carpaccio, coldpressed, extra, kilner, oil, omega, rape, Rapeseed, seed, virgin, Yorkshire
We have been trying a few different local rape seed oils and now have a favourite – Metcalfes Yorkshire Extra Virgin Coldpressed Rape Seed Oil from Stephen Metcalfe’s Farm near York, a beautiful rich yellow oil with a nutty, earthy taste, fantastic in dressings or for cooking due to the much higher burn point of rape seed oil over olive oil.
Buy ready bottled in kilner style flip top bottles or the eco option is you buy an empty bottle and fill yourself from the bulk 5 litre bottle, which makes it very economical.
Yorkshire Rape Seed Oil in Kilner Bottles
Yorkshire Rapeseed oil is high in Omega 3 & Omega 6, contains half the saturated fat of Olive Oil is high in unsaturated fat and low in saturated fats. This oil is just cold pressed, filtered and bottled on the farm, no heat or chemicals are used.
A few Rape seed oil fact & figures:-
- excellent for dipping, dressings, stir frying, marinating and roasting
- very high burn point makes it ideal for cooking
- high in monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats (89%)
- lowest saturated fat content of any oil
- contains natural vitamin E
- cold pressed to retain full flavour and natural goodness
- rich in Omega 3, 6 & 9
- half the saturated fat of olive oil
- no artificial additives
We tested out the oil on a few local friends & chefs with some great feedback, recipes and suggestions.
It’s great for baking! cakes baked with rapeseed oil – taste good, stay moist, longer shelf life than butter + dairyfree from @katethebake
and from an old work colleague Simon a recipe for beef carpaccio:-
Beef Carpaccio Ingredients
100g/3.5oz beef fillet, very finely sliced
2 tsp Cold Pressed Extra Virgin Rapeseed Oil
Pinch rock salt
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
2 sprigs fresh thyme, to garnish
For the herb salad:
Large handful fresh mixed herbs, such as basil, chervil, parsley, coriander (leaves only)
1 tsp Cold Pressed Extra Virgin Rapeseed Oil
Dash soy sauce
Method for the beef carpaccio, place the beef slices between two sheets of cling film and lay on a work surface. Flatten out the beef slices using a meat mallet or rolling pin until very thin, then place onto a serving plate.
Place the Cold Pressed Extra Virgin Rapeseed Oil, salt and Worcestershire sauce into a bowl and mix well.
Drizzle over the beef slices and garnish with the thyme.
Method for the herb salad, place the herbs into a bowl, drizzle over the Cold Pressed Extra Virgin Rapeseed Oil mix add soy sauce and stir well.
To serve, place the herbs onto the plate with the beef carpaccio.
Extra virgin rape seed oil is available from Paganum Online Farm Shop in refillable Kilner Bottles in a variety of sizes, 1 Litre, 500ml & 250ml and in bulk 5 Litre Bottles to refill the kilner bottles or your own oil bottle.
Filed under: Events, Yorkshire Dales Food | Tags: beer, bread, cheese, cider, cookery, deliciously, demonstrations, Food, game, kitchen, local, local food, Meat, produce, show, tasting, wine, Yorkshire
The Great Yorkshire Show is the North’s leading agricultural event and takes place from Tuesday 14 to Thursday 16 July 2009 on the 250-acre Great Yorkshire Showground on the edge of the spa town of Harrogate.
Great Yorkshire Show
Lots of foodie events at the show including top chefs Rosemary Shrager, Stephanie Moon & Bruce Elsworth in the Game Cookery theatre, bread making, smoothie making, a cheese show and cheese making demonstrations and of course the vast food hall containing many of the best local suppliers and producers including stands from the Yorkshire food group – Deliciously Yorkshire.
The Great Yorkshire Show will also see the launch of Yorkshire’s Own Kitchen, an essential guide to the very best of local produce and recipes from local food heroes and celebrity chefs, beautiful photography and food highlights for planning an appetising day out – all in one easy-to-use full colour book. Available at the show at a special introductory price of £6.50, Yorkshire’s Own Kitchen is available through farm shops, independent delis and local bookshops, as well as online at www.deliciouslyorkshire.co.uk It retails at £9.99.
Yorkshire's Own Kitchen - local produce directory
Filed under: Events, farmers market | Tags: agricultural, cattle, dales, farmers market, horses, malham, sheep, shows, Yorkshire
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- Malham Show Pigs
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- Malham Show Fell Race
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- Malham Show Heavy Horse
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- Malham Show Sheep
Malham Show in the shadow of Malham Cove will be held on Saturday 29th August 2009. Events run all day and main ring events from 12 noon. A traditional Agricultural and Horticultural show now running for over 100 years. Events and attractions include, Brass Band, Cattle, Sheep, Horse Jumping, Hunter Classes, Heavy Horses, tug of war, Children’s sports, Egg throwing, Classic cars, Vintage Tractors, Farmers Market, Craft tent, food & drink.
The Farmers Market will include Yorkshire Dales Meat, cakes, plants, granola, preserves, bread and more, if you are a local food producer and would like to be included in Malham Show Farmers Market please get in touch, contacts on the website.
Link to Malham Show Website
Filed under: Eating, Food, New Products | Tags: bath, british, chorizo, free range, garlic, herb, pig, pigs, pork, sausage, spicy, Yorkshire
Matthew at The Bath Pig Company sent me a lovely surprise package today, pre-launch samples of British or more specifically Yorkshire Chorizo! Still in the pack now but will be reviewing over the weekend. I have 2 versions, Garlic & Herb Chorizo and Spicy Chorizo, all made using free range, British pigs. Other products will include Semi cured cooking chorizo, extra spicy chorizo and The Pub Pig, spicy chunks of Chorizo, all should be available to buy in June 2009 and hope to have them on the Paganum website.
We have now tried both flavours and these are really delicious and taste exactly as described “on the tin” the garlic & herb has a nice herb flavour and makes a very British style Chorizo whilst the spicy version is much more traditional and quite fiery. There is likely to be a classic Chorizo and this one the extra spicy version. Whilst at the Leyburn Food Festival we tried out both varieties on the unsuspecting Yorkshire public and feedback was excellent for both. Hope to have them for sale for inclusion with your meat box or individually on the Paganum website very soon.
Filed under: Food, Yorkshire Dales Food, farmers market | Tags: dales, drink, festival, Food, leyburn, Yorkshire
2009 Festival Dates: 2nd, 3rd & 4th May 10:00am to 5:00pm daily please call in and say hello and mention you read the Yorkshire Dales Food Blog.
The food hall is the main venue for food and drink stands, with over eighty exhibitors, sited in a 14,000 sq ft marquee.
Free cookery demonstrations by leading local chefs throughout the day, held in our Theatre Marquee.
More info on the Dales Festival of Food website.
The Dales Festival of food & drink
