Had a great hogroast for a private function at the weekend, a fantastic pig that only just fitted our hogroast machine and was very well received by all, served with apple sauce, stuffing and a little salad and of course a nice bit of crackling!
I know English Asparagus has been available for a couple of weeks now but couldn’t resist trying simple Asparagus and Hollandaise last week at the Craven Arms, Giggleswick.
English Asparagus & Hollandaise
Simple & just delicious…
Asparagus Tip! don’t cut off the ends, just hold both ends and bend and the asparagus will break above the woody stem, keep these for soup and eat the tip end as above!
A quick recipe from Chef Mark Dale for an Extra virgin cold pressed rape seed oil dressing…
shake it all up and use to accompany lamb, or salad with lamb …
The sun stayed out just long enough in Malhamdale to have the first barbecue of the year at the weekend. After cleaning up the BBQ from it’s winter storage we got the local charcoal going, I now use Craven Charcoal from Rathmell which is a fantastic local, sustainable resource and really does burn longer and hotter than the imported garage forecourt charcoal. I will be supplying Craven charcoal on the local Paganum delivery round.
Craven BBQ Charcoal
So what did we have on our meat fest BBQ?
Salad Niçoise with new season English Asparagus & Quail Eggs
A very simple version of the classic Salad Niçoise, with a few new season Jersey Royal potatoes, and English Asparagus from Growing with Grace at Clapham and Quail Eggs from Church View Farm Eggs that I traded for our Gloucester Old Spot Sausages at the Leyburn Food Festival!
Ingredients:-
Vinaigrette:-
Combine extra virgin cold pressed rape seed oil, white wine vinegar, a little crushed garlic, a teaspoon of dijon mustard and season with salt & pepper in a Kilner bottle or jam jar and give a good shake to combine and emulsify.
Salad Nicoise, Quail Eggs & Asparagus
Yorkshire Dales Food Festival, Leyburn
We had a fantastic weekend at Leyburn Food Festival, meeting lots of old and new friends and received some fantastic feedback about our products.
Mail Order Meat
The Yorkshire Chorizo sold out and watching peoples faces as they spotted it on the stand, exclaimed “Yorkshire Chorizo” then tasted a sample was fascinating, thumbs up all round.
Yorkshire Chorizo
The products we were highlighting included Gloucester Old Spot Dry cured bacon, Malhamdale Sausages (prepared to a classic Wildman family recipe) the Yorkshire Chorizo and cold pressed extra virgin rape seed oil. All available from Paganum Online Farmers Market.
cold pressed extra virgin rape seed oil
A couple of people have mentioned Jamie Oliver’s latest TV show on Channel 4 and a great recipe he made with Chorizo so thought I had better check it out with our own Yorkshire Chorizo! The program is called Jamie Does Spain or Jamie Does Andalucia more specifically and starts in the beautiful Andalucian mountain town of Rhonda on one of the many bridges over the gorge. Here is the recipe from my notes.
Yorkshire Chorizo and Tomatoes
Tomato and Chorizo Salad
Ingredients:-
Method:-
Serve with Yellison goat’s cheese and cured meat like Iberico ham or Parma ham a glass of sherry & a lump of fresh bread, it looked superb eaten alfresco under an Oak tree in the Spanish sun…
Tomato and Chorizo Salad
A great use for our paprika laden Yorkshire Chorizo.
For the Yorkshire Dales version you could use Yellison Farm Goat’s cheese, Metcalfe’s Yorkshire Rapeseed oil and Yorkshire Chorizo all available from Paganum.
You can watch the episode on Channel 4oD or buy the book Jamie Does Spain on Amazon
Jamie Oliver Does Spain
Nothing can be simpler than getting a Gammon Joint from your favourite Butcher, farm shop or mail order meat supplier and either boiling or roasting for beautiful moist fresh ham.
Sliced Boiled Ham
You can keep in the fridge all week for a variety of meals and snacks, Ham sandwiches on soft white bread with English Mustard, a nice ham salad and then chop what’s left and use in a classic Pasta Ham & Parmesan Carbonnara. Superb tasty frugal food.
What is the perfect recipe using our Yorkshire Chorizo? Now we have Yorkshire Chorizo what would be the perfect recipe to use it?
Yorkshire Chorizo Paella
Possibly not a very original use for Yorkshire Chorizo but it was fantastic! Using the Chorizo as the base for the dish, fried in a little Rape Seed Oil gives a fantastic colour to the dish before you even add any safron!
Yorkshire Spicy Chorizo
What great recipes can you think of to use Yorkshire Chorizo? the best idea, comment or better still photo (you can email photos to chris @ paganum.co.uk) wins a box of Yorkshire Chorizo to experiment with or just to eat with wine & good company. I will choose my personal favourite from all posts & recipes submitted at the end of June and post the winner a pile of juicy, spicy, yummy, Yorkshire Chorizo…
Feta & Chorizo stuffed peppers
Feta & Chorizo photo from Ailbhe Phelan http://simplysplendiferous.com see recipe in comments below
One of the things we often get comments on is not just the quality of the Yorkshire Dales Produce Paganum supplies but also the manner in which we deliver it to you!
Mail Order Meat Wool Insulated Delivery Box
We use an eco friendly solution to package and keep the meat cool during delivery, we use Yorkshire Sheep’s wool that has been washed and carded in a Yorkshire Wool Mill into thermal insulation. Fully tested and proven this all natural, renewable resource keeps product cool as well if not better than polystyrene boxes to guarantee our meat reaches you in perfect condition.
Buy some of our Mail Order Meat and receive a free environmentally friendly sheep’s wool box!
Yorkshire Dales Food 