Tag Archives: red wine

My top tips for the perfect festive cheese board

Posted on December 5, 2025 by Janet Davies @pigeoncottage

Over the Christmas and New Year period, there’s nothing I love more than a reason to serve some top notch cheese and all the trimmings. I prefer wooden boards as it makes it easier to cut and display the cheese. … Continue reading →

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Thor’s Hammer beef shank braised in red wine

Posted on January 10, 2025 by Janet Davies @pigeoncottage

Dear readers, meet Thor’s Hammer! I walked into my favourite butcher’s shop before Christmas to stock up on my usual Lincolnshire goodies – pork pie, haslet, chine, Lincolnshire sausages, sausage pie and gammon…and I saw this in the counter display. … Continue reading →

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Liver and bacon

Posted on February 2, 2024 by Janet Davies @pigeoncottage

I know that a lot of people are not liver fans but we love it and this is one of our favourite ways to eat it. Thin slices of meltingly tender pigs liver with caramelised onions, crisp bacon, a sauce … Continue reading →

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Spanish pork with chorizo, olives and potatoes

Posted on January 26, 2024 by Janet Davies @pigeoncottage

This delicious one-pot supper dish is my updated version of a Delia Smith recipe that she originally published in 1978. I think it’s fair to say that our ability to source top quality Spanish ingredients has improved somewhat since then! … Continue reading →

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