A crumbly oat pastry base tart topped with melting creamy leeks. We all need a good hearty meal for the weekend and whilst this takes a little time to prepare, it’s well worth it. Serve with roast potatoes and a vibrant salad to please a crowd. …
pine nuts
Pumpkin Soufflé Pancakes
A tasty, lightly spiced pumpkin soufflé inside a savoury buckwheat galette – what’s not to love! We replace the traditional cheese in a soufflé here with sun dried tomatoes and chilli to give another dimension. These might seem fiddly, but they’re easy to construct and if you can’t be bothered to make the galettes you could always use a gluten free wrap instead! Serve for dinner with a rustic salad….
Red Pepper and Sundried Tomato Dip
Here’s a very flavourful alternative to humous and just as easy to make, which you can enjoy with crudités, or as a spread on bread or crackers!…
Wild garlic olive and sundried tomato polenta
Here’s a quick and easy recipe to use up that packet of polenta you may have lurking at the back of your cupboard! The addition of sundried tomatoes and olives gives the polenta some much-needed flavour… and you can top it in a variety of ways to make a tasty lunchtime dish; check out our suggestions at the end of the recipe.
200 g quick cook polenta
1 litre boiling water
200 g sundried tomato pesto *
Handful of olives chopped – green or black
Black pepper
2 tablespoons Wild garlic pesto (see recipe)
Soya cream
Handful of Pine nuts
Rocket or pea shoots or herbs to top
* Sundried tomato pesto
200 g sundried tomatoes
Balsamic vinegar
1 clove garlic
Olive oil
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Tapas Time! Roast Pepper Salad
You can use any type of pepper for this dish, but the long skinny, even slightly spicy, ones work really well. If your peppers have very tough skins you could remove them after roasting by putting them in a plastic bag and waiting till they’ve cooled. Then remove the skins – they should come off fairly easily. With fresh, seasonal peppers, this shouldn’t really be necessary. Use good quality olives – it really makes a difference to this dish!…
Stuffed courgettes
This recipe is a standard Summer staple that we couldn’t live without. We used round courgettes in our recipe, but you can use standard courgette shapes for this too. They make a lovely meal served with new potatoes and a hearty green salad. …
broad bean salad
Summer is really here now and we are starting to enjoy more veg from the garden at the Steading. We have just enough broad beans to make this salad so we thought we would share it with you too! Very simple, just a celebration of fresh healthy green stuff – serve along with our lemony zingy pesto dressing. …
Purple sprouting stuffed pancake
A light and easy meal that uses a beautiful spring veg. Purple sprouting is in season right now and we are loving having it in the garden. Steaming for just a minute keeps it super fresh and crunchy – Yum!…
Gluten Free Squash Ravioli
Cuddly Carrot are excited about pasta! We have invested in a pasta machine and decided it’s great fun – if a bit of effort! The results are definitely tastier than shop bought gluten free pasta and it’s pretty quick to make once you get the hang of it – but don’t attempt this recipe if you don’t have a pasta machine! Our dairy free recipe is super simple and packs a punch with strong flavours of squash, onion, chilli and a pomegranate balsamic dressing and pesto!…
Pumpkin Croustade
Helen invented this recipe and it’s definitely a winner! It’s a tasty main dish using butternut squash or pumpkin in a soufflé style filling. You don’t need to be too precise with the amount of purée. You can make this recipe grain free using buckwheat flakes, but if oats don’t bother you, use oats! The soufflé filling can be eaten without the base. Cook in a small oven proof dish and serve as a soufflé – easy!…