Sally Vincent’s Diary of Food and Life on a Devon Farm.
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Chicken Basque.
3½ lb – 1.72 kg Chicken, jointed into 8 pieces. 2 Large red peppers or 1 red pepper and 1 yellow pepper. 1 Very large onion or 2 medium onions. 2 oz – 50g Sundried tomatoes in oil. 2 – 3 Tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil. 2 Large cloves garlic, chopped. 5 oz –…
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Bramble Torre Lamb
At Brambletorre we have a small pedigree flock of White Faced Dartmoor Sheep and a few Jacob, White-faced cross breds! Traditionally most cookery books say roast a leg, loin or shoulder of lamb for twenty minutes to the pound plus a little longer if you like it well done, but I prefer to sprinkle the…
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Bramble Torre Quick Chicken Supper
Everyone’s in a hurry these days. Good old fashioned roast chicken is for high days and holidays when there is time to share with friends and family. But mostly we need to eat something quick and delicious which will re-fuel us for the next bit of busy business…. Fresh free range chicken or 6 chicken…
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Turkey Pie
We sat down with friends and family for a post Boxing Day lunch to a huge Turkey Pie I sautéd some chopped some shallots, a few sticks of celery and a big handful of mushrooms quickly in olive oil and a little butter. I added a handful of dried herbs, the remains of the gravy,…
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Rubbish, Loss and Comforting Food
Lambs are all born now. The playgroup, monitored by a rota of ovine mothers, has moved up the valley to a warm south facing field. Everyday dogs and I walk over the hill to count heads and watch the latest games.
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March lambs
Farming’s fun, yes, it is, I repeat to myself as dogs and I trudge up to the yard yet again in the relentless rain. Bother, welly stuck, wet sock, whoops, squelch. “Remember,” I repeat my mantra, “you could be in that traffic jam on the M6”
