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Nettle Soup
Nettle Soup

A great take on a classic wild food recipe. Nettle soup is a wonderful Spring dish to make when the new young nettles come out in force.

Autumn/Winter Recipes
Autumn/Winter Recipes

Sesame crusted tofu with noodles, three cornered leek, seaweed and sea beet Serves 4 250g plain tofu Marinade: 4 tbsp shoyu 2 tbsp maple syrup 2 garlic cloves, grated 2 tbsp three cornered leek, sliced Thumb size piece of ginger, peeled and grated Red chilli, deseeded and chopped Sesame crust: 50g cornflour 3 tbsps white sesame seeds 1 tsp chilli…

It’s Supper time at Fat Hen.
It’s Supper time at Fat Hen.

We’ll be having a Muddled Bramble Cocktail followed by Venison Carpaccio, Poached Hake with Pepper Dulse & a Sea Buckthorn & Orange Cake. Please scroll down for the recipes. Hedgerow Cocktail: Muddled Brambles Muddled Brambles 1 part blackberry syrup (see below for recipe) 1 part rose petal syrup (see below for recipe) 1 measure of gin Squeeze of lemon juice…

Port Eliot Festival
Port Eliot Festival

Going to any festivals this Summer? Port Eliot is one of my favourite Cornish festivals.

Gift Vouchers
Gift Vouchers

A perfect gift for someone who loves the outdoors and cooking. Gift vouchers are valid for 12 months and are available for all our courses and events or can be left open for the recipient to choose. We can send you an e-voucher or a hard copy in the post and it will look like this:  

Seaweed Training Day
Seaweed Training Day

Yesterday’s Seaweed Training Day. This is soon to be offered as a new course for private groups & professional chefs keen to get to grips with the slippery stuff. It will be a half day of cooking & eating but no foraging and will run from 10.30am -2pm. Contact Caroline for more info.

Fish & Shellfish Cookery Course Review

Local holiday letting company, Aspects Holidays, commissioned journalist Fi Read to write a review of our Fish & Shellfish Cookery Course recently.   Please follow this link to read her review.  2015 dates for our fish & shellfish cookery course are: Sat 26th April, Sunday 21st June & Sunday 20th September –  Book here.            …

Nettle & three cornered leek gnocchi

This is a great  Spring recipe using fresh new nettles and 3 cornered leek or ramsons (wild garlic). Serves 6 Just over 1kg spuds (choose a floury variety such as King Edward or Maris piper) 300g plain flour 2 egg yolks A bunch of nettles A bunch of three cornered leek 50g Parmesan Salt Wash and blanch the nettles in…

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