Homemade Christmas mincemeat
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 […]
Category Archives: Non-game recipes
Homemade pork scratchings: a guilty pleasure
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 […]
Garlic and rosemary focaccia
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 […]
Cornish wrasse with spring onions, cream and white wine
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 […]
Spearfishing in Cornwall
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 […]
Shotgun’s Sloe British Screw
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 […]
Splash-out roast rack of lamb
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 […]
Simple roast goose
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 […]
Red onion and goat’s cheese tart
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 […]
Roast Rib Buster Joint
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 […]
