Showing posts from June, 2012

Simple Sausage Carbonara

Last week The Kernow Sausage Co, based in Tregony, Cornwall very kindly sent me their BBQ box to try. The box is filled with 2 types of sausage, their award winning burgers and some marinated pork fillet. It's priced at £37.95 and in my opinion is really good value for money considering how much you get - certainly enough to feed 10 people, if not more. Unfortunately the weather hasn't really been up to many BBQ's this summer (although we did take the burgers along to a rather soggy inside BBQ last Saturday), so I decided to start developing some of my own recipes with the contents of the box. First up is this really easy Sausage Carbonara which my kids gobbled down. Because the sausages are so well seasoned you really don't need many additional ingredients, which makes it a very speedy supper. You can find The Kernow Sausage Co on Twitter . print recipe Sausage Carbonara by Beth Sachs June-29-2012 Serve with extra grated parmesan Ingredi


Chewy Chocolate Orange Cookies

These chewy chocolate orange cookies are perfect for an after school snack for kids. Great with a glass of cold milk. A quick and easy Friday treat for the kids (and adults!) for when they get home from school. The recipe takes 10 minutes to make and 10 minutes to bake, then you just have to resist tucking in until the kids get home. They taste like a Terry's Chocolate Orange, which can only be a good thing in my book.  I hope everyone enjoys the weekend despite the weather - I think plenty of cooking and baking will be on the cards. print recipe Chewy Chocolate Orange Cookies by Beth Sachs June-15-2012 Perfect with a glass of cold milk Ingredients 125g Butter, melted 75g Dark Muscavado Sugar 100g Golden Caster Sugar 1 Egg, beaten Zest of Half an Orange 150g Plain Flour 1/2 TSP Baking Powder Pinch of Sea Salt 120g Dark Chocolate Chips Instructions Step 1: Preheat oven to 190c and line two baking trays with baking


Cornish Honey Cake ~ Best of British

I thought I would create a Cornish Honey Cake and submit it as my entry for the Best of British Blogger Challenge Cornwall edition. The blogger challenge is sponsored by The Face of New World Appliances and the host of the Cornish round is fellow Cornish dweller Choclette. A slice of this, without question, would be best enjoyed warm out of the oven with a big dollop of Cornish Clotted Cream Ice Cream. print recipe Cornish Honey Cake by Beth Sachs June-13-2012 A lovely moist cake, serve with clotted cream icecream Ingredients 250g Clear Honey 225g Butter, cubed 100g Dark Muscavado Sugar 3 Eggs, beaten 300g Self Raising Flour, sifted and put into large mixing bowl 1 TSP Ground Ginger Instructions Step 1: Grease and line a 20cm springform tin and preheat the oven to 160c. Step 2: In a large pan melt the honey, butter and sugar. Once liquid, increase the heat and boil for 1 minute stirring continuously. Take off the heat and cool for 2


Goats Cheese, Bacon and Pea Risotto

@EthelTheGoat of Capricorn Goats Cheese fame kindly invited me to take part in the #CapricornChallenge on Twitter. I obviously said yes and an amazing hamper filled to the brim with ingredients, including Capricorn Goats Cheese from Somerset, landed on my doorstep this morning. I was given strict instructions by @EthelTheGoat to devise a lip smacking recipe to post on my blog.....and this Goats Cheese, Bacon and Pea Risotto is what I came up with - I hope Ethel approves.  print recipe Goats Cheese, Bacon and Pea Risotto by Beth Sachs June-12-2012 Serve with extra Parmesan Ingredients 30g Butter 1 Onion, chopped 2 Smoked Bacon Rashers, chopped 1 TSP Fresh Thyme Leaves 300g Arborio Rice Splash of White Wine 1 Litre Hot Vegetable Stock Handful Frozen Peas 100g Capricorn Goats Cheese, rind removed and chopped Handful Parmesan, grated Seasoning Instructions Step 1: Melt the butter in a large pan, and fry the onion, bacon and


Spanish Style Rice with Chorizo and Prawns

Half term has finished and it's back to reality. I hope all those that braved the Royal Cornwall Show didn't get too wet. We decided to give it a miss this year, mainly due to the weather. Its not much fun walking miles in the wind and rain with 2 reluctant children. Instead, we did some gardening (when it wasn't raining), put up the children's trampoline, cleaned the house in preparation for a viewing today (not holding out much hope), baked some banana and chocolate chip bars (a Mary Berry recipe) and went for a couple of nice walks. I also did lots of cooking, one of the recipes being this Spanish Style Rice. I picked up some paella rice recently - you wouldn't believe how difficult it is to find in these parts of Cornwall - and decided to create something summery in the hope that Summer may actually arrive soon. The rice is flavoured with a pinch of saffron and the salty chorizo and sweet king prawns complement each other well. All in