Recipes specifically for use in a wood-fired brick or clay oven.
Although the weather here is not nearly as bad as this time last year, (when we were a foot deep in snow and it was slithery with ice), it can be still damp, dark and devilishly cold, especially walking along the Hornsea beach. Back in my little upstairs office, with Sophie our cat happily esconced […]
Porchetta Recipe Porchetta – Ever wanted to have a go at this delicious aromatic traditional Italian dish of Pork stuffed with herbs and slow-roasted, either in a Wood Fired Oven or in an ordinary household oven. One taste and you won’t be able to stop. Definitely something special for sharing with your friends. […]
What did I decide to cook on one of the few glorious sunny weekends we have had in the UK this year? I had planned an (almost) Italian themed meal, using our beloved Beehive Terracotta oven, which usually snuggled under our garden tent, as if protecting itself from the monstrous rivulets of monsoon rain that seem […]
Roasting Lamb Shoulder in our Beehive Oven: This was only possible due to horrendous weather conditions in East Yorkshire after a traumatic but successful attempt to move the oven under cover, so that no matter what the weather throws at us in the future, I can cook in it to my heart’s content. On Sunday, a […]
Greek Lemon Roasted Potatoes Recipes I call this recipe for Greek Lemon Roasted Potatoes by another name really. I call them Greek Lemony Potatoes. Chopped, then thrown into a big bowl and mixed with good Olive Oil, lots of thyme, bay leaves, rosemary etc, lemon zest and juice, a pinch of sugar and a […]
Slow Roasted Shoulder of Lamb Recipe This is how I chose to cook a Shoulder of Lamb the other day. Having earned my AGA ‘brownie points’ by working in the AGA shop that used to exist in Beverley some years ago (and been lucky enough to acquire my AGA with Staff Discount) this is one […]
Wood-fired Oven – First attempt at firing up …… OK. The wood-fired oven is up an ready to go. Excitement abounds, can’t wait to get going and light up for the first time. We read everything from Blistering Barbecues, the instruction and fabulous recipe book (still for sale), and I scoured the internet for any […]
A Wood – fired Oven? Why? This is the question I am often asked. And here is my answer: In this day and age of forever changing modern technology, and the power of life and death (i.e. water, heat, fuel etc) being in the hands of a few, I have begun to feel that I […]
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