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Roasted Butternut Squash and Red Pepper

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30th January 2017
Cumbria Guide

Warming Winter Soup: Roasted Butternut Squash and Red Pepper When the weather is bitterly cold, nothing will warm you up more than a steaming hot bowl of soup. Try this deliciously easy roasted butternut squash and red pepper for a hearty homemade lunch. You will need: 1 x Butternut squash peeled & chopped in to […]

Smoked salmon, and poached eggs with a twist

Recipes
17th January 2017
Cumbria Guide

Courtesy of Wild Zucchinis – Warmed crumpets, smoked salmon, and poached eggs with a twist. Ingredients: 2 warmed crumpets 75 g Smoked Salmon Dill and lime sauce Spicy beetroot 1 poached egg Recipe (Dill Sauce): 1 tbsp Natural Yogurt 1 tbsp Cream Cheese Zest 1/2 small lime 50g finely chopped cucumber 1 tbsp Finely chopped […]

Sticky Marmalade Loaf Cake

Recipes
10th January 2017
Cumbria Guide

This is a very simple recipe for a very tasty loaf cake. Use good quality marmalade for best results, homemade is ideal if you have some. For the cake: 200 g soft butter, in pieces 225 g caster sugar 4 large eggs 150 g self-raising flour 1 rounded tsp baking powder 100 g ground almonds […]

Tara’s Valentine’s Tipples

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15th December 2016
Cumbria Guide

Tara’s Valentine’s Tipples In the next series of Tara’s Tipples, our resident cocktail connoisseur, Tara McGrady, rustles up some flirtatious blends that are sure to sweeten up your betrothed this Valentine’s Day. Tara is a keen mixologist and forager based in Whitehaven. She combines her two passions to create amazing artisan alcoholic drinks forged straight […]

Asparagus and spring pea risotto

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9th December 2016
Cumbria Guide

Asparagus and spring pea risotto ‘’fonduta Quattro formaggi ‘’ From Chef Paul Gaylor Serves 4 Made In the late spring or early summer this risotto brings out the best of some truly wonderful seasonal ingredients, home grown asparagus and tender sweet peas. I use a medley of 4 creamy Italian cheeses for this dish, but […]

A Fantastic Tasty Mince Pie Recipe

Archive, Recipes
7th December 2016
Cumbria Guide

Fantastic Tasty Mince Pie Recipe By Jon Fell This is a beautifully simple, no fuss sweet mincemeat recipe, absolutely perfect for your homemade mince pies, once you have made it, you can keep it in air tight sterile jars, it’ll keep for 6 months, and the flavour will get better as it matures. I’ve added […]

Apricot Panna Cotta, Peppermint Jelly and Apricot sauce.

Recipes
1st December 2016
Cumbria Guide

Apricot Panna Cotta, Peppermint Jelly and Apricot sauce. With Valentine’s Day just around the corner then the lovers out there will be itching with ideas to keep their `other half` sweet. This dessert is guaranteed to impress, it looks complex but with a little time and patience plus an Egg box then you`ll find that […]

Cheesy Like Sunday Morning

Recipes
1st December 2016
Cumbria Guide

Cheesy Like Sunday Morning Decided how you are going to treat that special someone in your life this Valentine’s Day This year there’s no need to worry about forking out for a fancy restaurant, as here at the Guide we have designed the perfect no-fuss menu that will have your betrothed grinning for weeks. Starter […]

Traditional Scottish Delicacy For Burns Night

Recipes
28th November 2016
Cumbria Guide

This Burns Night take your taste buds on a Highland fling with this traditional Scottish delicacy. Ingredients: 6 medium free-range eggs 160 g quality haggis a few sprigs of fresh flat-leaf parsley 200 g higher-welfare pork sausage meat or 2 thick higher-welfare pork sausages 40 g plain flour 1 splash of milk 120 g panko […]

Cockermouth Christmas Loaf

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22nd November 2016
Cumbria Guide

Cockermouth Christmas Loaf A chance find in a charity shop led to a marvellous discovery revealing secret recipes lost over 100 years ago and leading to a story spanning the north of England. In 2012 York based historian David Lewis accidentally unearthed the notebook of Mary Eleanor Blakey an MBE and the commandant of Cockermouth […]