Fat is Good

A taste that blew me away.
Recently we had a beast that had done rather well on lush meadow grass. In fact, too well! When we have our livestock slaughtered we like to have them in good condition. All livestock are graded into fat classes as follows (in human terms)

Grade 1 = Anorexic. This would be [...]

Storing Meat

Storage Information
Fresh Chilled Products
These should be kept in a refrigerator and consumed by the ‘Use by’ date on each product. Your meat will continue to mature in flavour thanks to our vacuum packaging. All of our chilled products can be frozen at home, place in your freezer as soon as possible in the original packaging, [...]

Rack of Lamb - Recipe

Ingredients
6 baby or 3 large racks of lamb
olive oil
4 tbsp Dijon mustard
3 garlic cloves , crushed
3 tbsp rosemary , very finely chopped
4 tbsp dried parsley
Method

Put the racks in a dish flesh-side up and make slashes into the flesh with a sharp knife to allow the flavours to penetrate. Mix together [...]

Slow Cooked Lamb Shanks - Recipe

Ingredients
4 lamb shanks
Olive oil, for braising (to fill casserole about 1cm deep)
1 leek, roughly chopped
2 celery sticks, roughly chopped
2 Carrots, roughly chopped
2 Onions, roughly chopped
1 garlic head, broken up into cloves (unpeeled)
1 bay leaf
1 thyme sprig
1 rosemary sprig
375ml Red wine
600ml chicken stock
Method
1. Take a casserole (or any oven-proof dish) and place on the hob over [...]

Organic Meat - the conversion

Some of you will already have read about my family friend who was adamant that all organic food (organic meat included) was simply some sort of conspiracy to rip off the consumer and make more money for farmers.
I promised to cook him some organic lamb alongside his butcher’s non-organic lamb and we would have a [...]

Organic Meat - the Truth

I had a conversation about organic meat today - that quite honestly has left me flabbergasted!
A family friend found out that I was doing some work for Welsh Farm Organics on their website that has the online Organic Meat shop.
Their instant response was:
Organic meat is a rip off and is just designed to make a [...]

Your Security - Our Business

Your Security - Our Business
Creating a secure site for you to visit is expensive in time, money and effort. Maybe that is why so many people simply ignore it and yet still expect you to spend your money with them!
We have a secure site - and we want to tell you why, so that [...]

Organic Sirloin of Beef - info from Jonathan Rees

Organic Sirloin of Beef
Organic welsh black Sirloin steaks.
This is my favourite steak by far and it’s great for that extra special Sunday roast.
Our steaks are cut into 240g each, and they come in packs of two.

Cooking these is very simple, (I always cook in frying pan I find it gives you more control), make sure [...]

Gammon Steaks with White Wine and Gherkin Sauce

Gammon Steaks with White Wine and Gherkin Sauce
Ingredients
4 large gammon steaks (7-8 oz/200-225 g each)
For the sauce:
15 fl oz (425 ml) dry white wine
8 small gherkins, drained and finely chopped

2 oz (50 g) butter
1 large onion, finely chopped
1 tablespoon plain flour
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
1 teaspoon [...]