Tag: Recipe
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Suffolk venison chilli con carne with black beans
As regular readers of the Pigeon Cottage blog will know, I’m having a bit of a love affair with venison at the moment. It has a wonderfully rich, meaty flavour, it’s lower in fat and cholesterol than beef and it has a higher iron content. I published my recipe for Suffolk Venison Pie a few…
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Porcini and smoked bacon risotto
I love trying a new ingredient and seeing what culinary magic I can make with it. This week, I bought a jar of Porcini Mushroom Paste from the Waitrose Cooks’ Ingredients range (£2.49 for a 90g jar). A couple of teaspoons stirred into a little cream, a dash of white wine, some crushed garlic and…
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Broccoli and Stilton soup
Every Christmas, we seem to buy far too much cheese. So, what could I do with that last piece of beautiful Stilton still waiting to be eaten? What else did I have in the fridge? Broccoli, spring onions and celery; it seemed like soup might be the answer and it was! This is a very…
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