Belvoir Fruit Farms
The ideal cocktail & mocktail mix
23rd December 2011
Christmas celebrations are often awash with fairly mediocre mulled wine – mediocre in the sense that it tastes great at the time, but clobbers you the next day with an unwarranted hangover. We’ve come to the conclusion that one of the best ways to be the hostess (or host) with the mostest is to come … [more…]
Cinnamon and Spiced Winter Berries Ice Cream
7th November 2011
This is a really quick and easy delicious ice cream recipe as there’s no need to stir the mixture part-way through freezing. Ingredients 1 pint double cream 160ml Belvoir Spiced Winter Berries cordial 100g of Cinnamon spiced biscuits such as wafer thin Speculaas biscuits Serves 4 METHOD Whip the cream to a floppy custard-like consistency. … [more…]
Easy as pie
22nd September 2011
With last week’s Harvest Moon on the wane, it won’t be long before winter starts to creep up on us. So, we’re making the most of autumn’s abundance while it lasts. It’s been a bumper year for apples in particular and the trees round us are groaning with fruit. Mixed with ripe elderberries, they make … [more…]
Apple season
1st September 2011
As September is here already, so too is our English apple season. You may need to look beyond the supermarket shelves to find them, but there’s an exciting variety of apples from UK orchards – sharp apples, sweet apples, crunchy apples, softer-fleshed apples, red apples, yellow apples, green apples and everything in between. First to … [more…]
Foodies’ bonanza in the hedgerows
20th June 2011
Food doesn’t have to be expensive. If you know where to look you can get quite a lot for free. Valentine Warner has spent many years learning the art of foraging and, while we’ve been working with him to come up with some lovely elderflower-inspired recipes, he has shared some of his top foraging tips … [more…]
Make your own elderflower cordial
14th June 2011
Now that much of the countryside has been blessed with a bit of rain, our hedgerows and woodlands are positively groaning with a natural smorgasbord of goodies. The most obvious candidates for foraging are elderflowers and we’ve got a cordial recipe for you from Valentine Warner to make at home. Valentine and Pev Manners, our … [more…]
The ultimate summer pudding
8th June 2011
We’ve been having great fun working with celebrity chef Valentine Warner over the past few months to produce some utterly original and delicious recipes with which to celebrate the elderflower harvest. This particular recipe stands out as a scrumptious, light pudding for hot summer evenings. Elderflower & Gooseberry Jelly It can prove tricky to find … [more…]
Valentine Warner’s elderflower favourites
2nd June 2011
Famous for foraging across the countryside in search of hidden culinary delights, top TV chef Valentine Warner is concentrating this month on elderflowers. A huge fan of Belvoir Fruit Farms, he has come up with a selection of exclusive recipes for us that champion this humble flower and make the most of its unique and … [more…]
Taking the biscuit
14th April 2011
Our friends at Biscuiteers are a pretty wacky bunch who always come up with unexpected and original ways to make biscuits. But there is one thing that is always the same – their culinary goodies are invariably yummy. So, with the Easter holidays upon us, we’ve teamed up with the biscuit-maestros to create an elderflower … [more…]
Something Spicy & Simple for Spring
23rd March 2011
Now that Spring seems to have arrived, and the nights are stretching out, here’s a quick and easy meal that the entire family can enjoy so you can spend more time enjoying the lighter evenings outside, and less time in the kitchen! Spicy Chicken Wrap Ingredients 1 lime, juice and zest 1 clove of garlic, … [more…]