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Win the FoodLovers Turkey Box
We are starting our Christmas prize giveaways and competitions from today, starting with a chance to win a KellyBronze free range turkey accompanied by all the trimmings – oak-smoked streaky bacon, Musks Original Newmarket chipolatas, sausagemeat stuffing with chestnut puree and citrus peel and a FoodLovers recipe sheet to take the strain out of cooking it all.
Win a X-mas Turkey
NB – To enter, you must live in the UK
For more Christmas inspiration, visit our Big Green Christmas Book.
Recipe of the Month – Pheasant Casserole
This month’s Food Lovers Recipe comes from Ian Rogers of Manor Farm Game. As he says “It’s easy, delicious and warming on a cold winter’s night.” More to the point, it’s almost completely hands-off cooking, leaving you to get on with anything you like.
Serves 4
1 pheasant, yellow fat removed
2 carrots, sliced
2 shallots, sliced
4 oz mushrooms, sliced
Mixed herbs (try thyme, bay leaf or parsley)
1/2 pint chicken stock
1/2 pint cider
Salt and pepper
Method
Preheat the oven to 150C.
Heat a little oil in a lidded casserole pot and brown the pheasant on all sides. Add the sliced vegetables, herbs, stock and cider and bring slowly to the boil.
Add salt and pepper and transfer to the oven – lid on – for about 3 hours, or until the meat starts to fall off the bone.
Remove the pheasant and take all the meat off the carcass and put it back into the casserole.
Reheat gently when ready to serve (as with any casserole this is always better made earlier) and serve with creamy mashed potato and a green vegetable.
For more pheasant recipes, see our Seasonal Ingredients for November on the main website.
Food Lovers – What’s on in November
Here’s a quick run-down of food festivals and events taking place this November in the UK.
First up we have British Sausage Week (Monday 3rd to Sunday 9th November). Events will be taking place around the country. Look out for sausage tastings, cooking demonstrations, offers, menus and competitions.
Next up is the Clovelly Herring Festival (Sunday 16th, 10am-4pm at Clovelly, Bideford). Herrings were once the staple economy of Clovelly; they now celebrate this king of fish to help safeguard the livelihoods of the local fishermen and promote this much-underrated fish. There’s a kitchen on the quay, shanty singers, food stalls and competitions, Devon cider by the bucket-load and a traditional smokehouse.
Then a big event for us at FoodLovers, it’s the BBC Good Food Show in Birmingham (Wednesday 26th to Sunday 30th November) at NEC, Birmingham. This year’s show features masterclasses from Slow Food and tastings from wine experts.
Finally, at the end of the month we have the Winchester Christmas Family Fayre (Sunday 30th November 2008, 10am-3pm). One for the whole family with opportunities to buy presents, meet – and be photographed with Father Christmas – and enter the prize draw raffle.
This is just a selection of food events happening this month. To see a fuller list check out our full list in the Food Lovers Foodie Events section on our website.
Food Lovers Britain New Look
Hi folks,
Just a quick update to tell you about our new look FoodLovers website.
It’s more of an overhaul than a radical change of style. We’ve tried to make the navigation easier to use and following feedback from readers / users we’ve also changed the Food Lovers Search pages – making it easier and faster for you to find FoodLovers approved food shops and suppliers.
Other news: This month we are gearing up for Christmas, so check out our seasonal recipes (including a suitably seasonal recipe for pheasant from Ian Rogers of Manor Farm Game) as well as the special Christmas food offers in our shop.
We hope you enjoy using the new and improved site.
Best wishes from Henrietta Green and all the team at FoodLovers Britain.
