Tastings, recipes and other news
A winning recipe for pork stew
Who doesn't love a pork stew? Just about everyone, it seems. However, we found ourselves with a little more pork than we had ordered when our butcher asked one of his team to put together a recent order and we had more than five kilos of leg rather than the two we wanted for our Christmas ham (thanks, Jamie). It's very good pork, though, and anyone in or around Norwich in need of excellent pork products (other meats are available) should pop into Archers Butchers on Plumstead Road. I used...
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Wines of the Year
It's a cliché, I know but this is the time of the year when people look back over the last 12 months and wonder if they have made good use of the time so I'll be no exception. Having got to the point where the website really wasn't fit for purpose (probably a long time ago but we eventually got the message), one of our biggest achievements was building a new one from scratch in a week (yes, I know it still needs a bit of tweaking). We're back in...
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Pasta with 'Nduja sauce
Spicy Calabrian 'Nduja has become quite popular in recent years. During Covid, when foreign travel was impossible, I started making salumi including 'nduja. My first batch was incredibly hot so had to be used in moderation but we persevered and found plenty if ways to use it including this simple and extremely quick recipe, good for lunch or as a starter. I think conventional wisdom dictates that it should be spaghetti or a similar maccheroni-style, dried pasta. We had this today with (home made - it is nicer but time...
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Verulam Wine Tasting Club
A tasting of Southern Rhône wines with Verulam Wine Tasting Club. Wine of the night: Château Capucine, Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2009
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Emincé de Volaille au Riesling
Easy but delicious Coq au Riesling recipe to enjoy with Nada Giuseppe's Riesling.
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