Sally Vincent’s Diary of Food and Life on a Devon Farm.
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Quick Fish Pie and Fish Cakes
I find it difficult to imagine anything but a fishy supper after our watery walk by the river Dart. Maybe we’ll have a traditional Fish Pie made with a mixture of wild salmon, white fish, smoked haddock and hard boiled eggs in parsley sauce, topped with creamy mashed potato and grated cheese. The important thing…
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Tarte au Pomme
I love making these traditional French apple tarts. There’s a comforting symmetry in the arrangement of the apples slices and a sticky deliciousness to the shiny glaze. First I make the Pate Sucre. I used to make it by hand on a marble slab gradually drawing all the ingredients together but now we have food…
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Simnel Cake
Simnel Cake was originally baked for Mothering Sunday but has now become associated with Easter. Grease and line a 7 inch cake tin. Preheat the oven to 325F, gas 3 or 165c. Cream together ½ lb/230gms of unsalted butter with the grated rind of two lemons and ½ lb/230gms of caster sugar, until light and…
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Roasted Apple Ice Cream
2 Bramley apples 25g unsalted butter 35g unrefined or raw sugar 300ml double cream 2tsp vanilla essence 4 lg egg yolks 60g unrefined or raw sugar 4tbsp crème fraiche Peel, core and cut apples into 1cm cubes. Melt butter in oven proof, non-stick pan. Add sugar; let it begin to caramelise. Add apples, cook at…
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Polenta Almond and Lemon Cake
The strawberries in the garden are in flower but no fruit yet so I must cheat and buy a small punit to go with the Polenta Almond and Lemon Cake I am making for a friends’ birthday in a couple of days. The crunchiness of the cake goes so well with the delicious luxuriousness of…
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Terrine of Pork and Chicken
Prepare the terrine at least a day in advance. You will need:- 500gms streaky bacon 500gms belly of pork 500gms boneless chicken 3 crushed cloves of garlic 2 finely chopped shallots 1teaspoon green pepper corns 5-6 crushed juniper berries 1 generous tablespoon fresh chopped herbs e.g. parsley, thyme, marjoram Small glass of red wine Bay…
