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Grilled partridge with pearl barley wild mushroom risotto

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Serves 4 Partridges 2 partridges (can be supplemented with 4 quail out of season) 1 tsp dried thyme 1 tsp dried rosemary salt and pepper to season Pearl barley risotto […]

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Game recipes, Recipes, Shooting, The Shotgun Chef

The first English Squab pigeon for at least 30 years

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Apple glazed squab pigeon served with confit duck, potato spring onion and apple hash serves 4 people This is the newest home grown recipe to grace the tables in the […]

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plucked brace of grouse

Calling all London & South East game shooters

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To celebrate the approaching season we will be hosting an afternoon at the Essex Shooting School with an evening meal at The Cart Shed Restaurant. Tuesday the 12th of July […]

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Cookery courses, Country life, Game recipes, Shooting, The Shotgun Chef

The Field & Country Fair

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Good morning to all my loyal readers and followers. There is exciting news in the Shotgun Chef camp today. Thanks to a great opportunity from Fiona Eastman and The Field […]

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Cookery courses, Country life, Game recipes, Lifestyle, Pop-up restaurants, The Shotgun Chef
Homemade Christmas mincemeat

Homemade Christmas mincemeat

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I can’t claim this mincemeat recipe to be my own – I modified it by removing the nuts and fiddling with the quantities, but I served it at one of […]

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Non-game recipes, Recipes, The Shotgun Chef
Michael Alldis hanging out the bag

Good Easter friends and family shoot

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Yesterday William and I were lucky enough to be reunited with old friends and family for one of my father-in-law’s syndicate’s shoot days. William was to be a back Gun, […]

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Thoughts from the wife

How did it go?

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I have been asked by so many people how the pop up restaurant in Epping went on the 3rd of December. Thank you to all those who asked and an […]

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At the bar, Cookery courses, Country life, Game recipes, Lifestyle, Pop-up restaurants, The Shotgun Chef
Farmhouse cookery course in London

Pop up restaurants in Epping for December

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After the success of our ‘How to Run a Pop up Restaurant‘ book in 2015, 2016 is going to be the year of pop up restaurants for The Shotgun Chef. […]

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Pop-up restaurants, The Shotgun Chef
The one we left with the hinds

My first Highland Stag

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A couple of weeks ago I thought I would treat myself to a stalk on a rare week without guests. Asa, who is my gillie/keeper for the 2015 season, and […]

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Country life, Lifestyle, Shooting, The Shotgun Chef, Wildlife

Cuban extreme fishing extravaganza

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5th-13th February 2016. Trip includes fishing and some transfers, 2 nights in 5* hotel in Havana 6 nights and 6 days fishing on La Tortuga – our floating hotel with […]

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Country life, Fishing, Lifestyle
Lemon posset with citrus shortbread and raspberry coulis

The Punchbowl supperclub launches!

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I was lucky enough to be invited to The Punchbowl in Mayfair’s inaugural monthly supperclub at the beginning of the month (with Shotgun away in Scotland,I was in need of […]

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2015-2016 Sporting Breaks With The Shotgun Chef

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This year we will be running all our usual breaks up on Lewis, as well as a few more adventurous trips away from Cuba, across Europe and, in time, even […]

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Country life, Fishing, Leftovers, Lifestyle, Shooting
pop-up restaurant

Step-by-step guide on how to run a pop-up restaurant

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Running a pop-up restaurant is a fantastic way of cashing in on the pluses of running a traditional restaurant without the high costs that go hand in hand with it. […]

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Lifestyle, Pop-up restaurants
Hare stew

Hearty hare stew

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This recipe for hare stew is one that I love to cook for friends after a long day in the field – because it’s so simple and takes a long […]

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Amazing opportunity for a foodie family to move to the island!

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While living on Lewis, we’ve come across many fantastic projects that celebrate the island’s local produce and one of the most exciting of these is set up by the North […]

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Lifestyle
venison wellington made from muntjac

Venison Wellington

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Venison Wellington makes a fantastic centrepiece for a dinner party. It is not, as is often assumed, an invention for that famous Duke’s epic victory, but rather so named because […]

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Country life, Game recipes, Recipes, Shooting

Shooting at Soval House

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It’s been a fantastic start to 2015 at Soval House. Despite the Isle of Lewis being the primary target for THAT weather bomb and being battered by the worst storms […]

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Country life, Lifestyle, Shooting, The Shotgun Chef, Wildlife
Pork Scratchings

Homemade pork scratchings: a guilty pleasure

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This is my most utterly favourite snack and so simple to do! I have a friendly local butcher in Stornoway and he happily gives me pig fat for free, so […]

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At the bar, Country life, Leftovers, Non-game recipes
Pheasant and rabbit pie is bang in season for December and makes a great festive starter

Pheasant and rabbit pie

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This elegant pie is fantastic for any festive gatherings you may be holding over the next couple of months. I like to use wild rabbit because it is far more […]

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Cookery courses, Game recipes, Recipes, Shooting
Two loaves of garlic and rosemary focaccia

Garlic and rosemary focaccia

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The wind has really picked up today on the island so rather than venture outside I’ve hunkered down in the kitchen to make some delicious warm and comforting focaccia. We’ve […]

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Non-game recipes, Recipes, The Shotgun Chef
Merlin chasing snipe

Snipe Vs Merlin

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Yesterday the wife and I witnessed the most AMAZING falconry flight I have ever seen. I consider myself to have seen some superb flights while I have been out working […]

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Country life, Lifestyle, Wildlife
Sunset down at the Strandavat Estury

Finally – I get to fire my gun!

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After being on the island for nearly two weeks,  I got to dirty my barrels for the first time yesterday evening. The night before I had gone out with the […]

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The shotgun chef fishinh isle of lewis field to fork

We’ve arrived!

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Adventure Some would say that packing your entire life into two trailers, a van and a Range Rover, including dogs, falcons, rods and enough guns to equip a small army, […]

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Country life, Lifestyle

Duck flights of fantasy

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Those of you who read this blog regularly will know that I had a particularly disastrous experience duck flighting last year, and would not be too keen to repeat it […]

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Lifestyle, Shooting, The Shotgun Chef, Thoughts from the wife, Wildlife

Grouse and coconut curry

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If you find that your grouse have been badly shot, this is a fantastic recipe to make the most of what’s left of the carcase so that the birds don’t […]

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Griddled grouse with claret and heather honey gravy

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The Glorious Twelfth is the New Year’s Eve of the shooting season. Eagerly counted down to by every shotgun owner in the land, come the 12 August, Guns head to […]

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Country life, Game recipes, Lifestyle, Shooting, The Shotgun Chef
Rass with whit wine, cream and spring onions

Cornish wrasse with spring onions, cream and white wine

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While spear fishing in Cornwall a few weeks ago I managed to bag myself a very large rainbow wrasse. Wrasse are not a fish you will find on your fishmonger’s […]

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Country life, Fishing, Lifestyle, Non-game recipes, Recipes
Catching crabs in Boscastle bay

Spearfishing in Cornwall

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I whisked the wifelett away for a week in Cornwall – hiding behind a facade of being wildly romantic, but actually knowing that this would be an excellent chance to […]

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Fishing, Lifestyle, Non-game recipes, Recipes, Wildlife

Shotgun’s Sloe British Screw

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When the wifelet returned, exhausted and thirsty from The Shotgun & Chelsea Bun Club’s annual conference to speak on behalf of Shooting Times at the weekend, I would have normally […]

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At the bar, Lifestyle, Non-game recipes, Recipes
Pheasant and bacon pie

Pheasant and bacon pie

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This is a great warming winter dish for using up any pheasant you have still in the freezer. We use this throughout the season for a beaters’ lunch or as […]

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Game recipes, Leftovers, Recipes

Learning to shoot with an air-rifle

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This afternoon I decided to teach the wife and my little boy about air-rifles. I love air-rifles, and for many years chose not to use rimfires ( a small caliber, […]

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Country life, Lifestyle, Shooting
Wild_rabbit_in_grass

Rabbit Carbonara

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The 20th of February marks the end of the wildfowling season and with it, the close of the sporting calendar. It’s also the end of my beard (strangely much to […]

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Stir-fried pigeon and chestnut mushrooms with Soba noodle broth

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This is a delicious, clean, light dish that makes an interesting use of wood pigeon, which you can shoot all year round. We cook this in our house as a […]

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Game recipes, Recipes
Walking guns and beaters at Good Easter

Thoughts from the wife: Duck shooting is quackers

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Abigail says: About a week ago, Shotgun and I went on our final shoot of the season. After a pleasant day with the pheasants, strolling around Good Easter, we headed […]

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Country life, Shooting, Thoughts from the wife
Take the bird from behind

Thoughts from the wife: Remember to take the bird slowly from behind…

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Abigail says: I’m up to my third shooting lesson and while I’m not sure how much I’m learning about technique, I’m learning an awful lot about my father-in-law. After missing […]

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Country life, Shooting, Thoughts from the wife

The annual Weald Place Farm walkabout shoot

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The Saturday just gone saw our annual walk about shoot at the farm. It’s a bit of a joke, and we never expect much – in the past my father […]

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Roast rack of lamb

Splash-out roast rack of lamb

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I know this is a pricey cut of meat but, if cooked to perfection, really is worth it (I’ve been known to lick the baking tray to make sure the […]

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Non-game recipes, Recipes

Teriyaki pheasant with pepper, courgette and spring onion

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This dish is fantastic to do with badly-shot pheasant. Stir-frys are a great quick and healthy dish to prepare at the end of a long day and you can pretty […]

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Game recipes, Leftovers, Recipes
Roast goose

Simple roast goose

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I cooked a roast goose for Christmas and it went down a treat. Wild or home-reared, they are both great, but if you’re lucky enough to get out and shoot […]

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Game recipes, Non-game recipes, Recipes
Duck liver pate

Duck liver and orange pate

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This simple recipe is a family favourite. Duck livers are very cheap if you have a good butcher, or you save them up from the season. You’ll find they are […]

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Country life, Game recipes, Recipes
W. Jeffery & Son of Plymouth

Thoughts from the wife: “Shooting is a lot like sex…”

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Abigail says: One of the benefits of being married to Shotgun is an abundant supply of clay pigeon shooting tuition from my father-in-law Michael Alldis, who owns Essex Shooting School. […]

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Lifestyle, Thoughts from the wife

Red onion and goat’s cheese tart

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This little wonder sells like hot cakes at the farmers’ markets. Any that doesn’t, does not take the wife long to finish. Ingredients: 3 large red onions 3oz (85g) brown […]

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Country life, Non-game recipes, Recipes

Roast Rib Buster Joint

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This joint of beef is one of the cheapest you can get from your butcher, and I promise, if properly hung, you will never be disappointed. Usually costing less than […]

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Non-game recipes, Recipes

Boxing day shoot at Good Easter

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The tradition of hunting or shooting on Boxing Day is one of my favorites. This year I was invited by my father to shoot pheasants in Good Easter (mid Essex). […]

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Mini two-bird roast

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This one is inspired by one of my most unsuccessful wildfowling trips ever. I went out with a friend who conjured the idea of a four-mile paddle in a Canadian […]

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Squirrel and mushroom stroganoff

Squirrel and mushroom stroganoff

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Despite the fact that I fundamentally disagree with cooking squirrel, once the wife discovered that it was in fact possible to eat the furry little things (thanks very much Game to […]

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Game recipes, Recipes
Quail egg and pigeon breast salad

How to cook perfect quail eggs

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Although I can’t eat these delicious little orbs as I am allergic to eggs, friends and family absolutely love them. This time of year, they make fantastic nibbles and canapés, […]

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Lifestyle, Non-game recipes, Recipes
5 Common Snipe

Snipe shooting in Scotland

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I’m sorry I’ve not been posting much over the last few days, as I’ve been preoccupied photographing the beauty of Scotland for a client. This, however, means one thing: I’m […]

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Country life, Lifestyle

Salt-Roast Chicken

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This is one of those quick recipes that tastes amazing. I always buy whole chickens, not breasts, as it saves you money if you use the whole carcass. Ingredients (to […]

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Non-game recipes, Recipes
pheasant kievs

Pheasant Kievs

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This recipe is a great way of getting children to eat game. It looks like naughty chicken nibblets nonsense, but actually tastes of all that is good in the world. I’m not […]

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Game recipes, Recipes

My 1st proper partridge shoot (sort of)

October 3, 2017by theshotgunchef Leave a comment

For Many years I have wanted to run a proper lowland partridge shoot this year I have taken the challenge on on our small farm in Essex. So whats the […]

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Stir-fried teriyaki pheasant with spring onions, courgette, peppers and red onions

May 31, 2016by theshotgunchef Leave a comment

This dish is fantastic to do with badly-shot pheasant. Stir-frys are a fantastic quick and healthy dish to prepare at the end of a long day and you can pretty […]

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The Cart Shed Restaurant

April 12, 2016by theshotgunchef Leave a comment

To all my readers – I’m sorry to have been so quiet recently. I can promise you I’ve not just been enjoying myself shooting and fishing. Yes, there’s been a […]

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