Welcome to my recipes
There are getting on for 1000 in this collection. They’re all simple, seasonal and very achievable, whether you’re cooking something quick and light or settling in for something slow and comforting. The recipes here reflect the way I cook at home and the way I like to eat; they are very much shaped by the seasons and by the ingredients themselves.
To help you find your way around my recipes, use the search bar below, it allows you to explore the recipes in whatever way suits you. You can choose a season, select a course, or search by recipe type. With so many here, it's a good way to make browsing easier and more intuitive. Many of the following recipes are accompanied by video, so you can cook along or just get a sense of the dish before you begin.
Crispy pheasant with tartare sauce
Over the autumn and winter months, pheasant breasts are easy to come by, and this is one of my favourite ways to eat them
Wild duck with rhubarb, honey, chilli and star anise
Wild duck breasts are a little smaller than their farmed counterparts, but what they lack in size they make up for in character
Venison loin with pears, bacon and sage
I’m using some nice, fatty bacon lardons and wedges of sweet, fruity pear in this recipe. Both go beautifully with venison
Pheasant curry and naans
This curry uses pheasant, and is so, so good I had to write the recipe down
Venison with bay, juniper, orange, celeriac and dark chocolate
This is a fantastic way to cook wild venison — a meat we should all be eating more of, and which is at its best during the winter months
Skirt steak and ember-baked onions with blue cheese and hazelnuts
The truth is, it’s an amazing way to cook. The steak has the most incredible flavour and the onions are just so sweet
Pork shoulder steaks with chilli, garlic, capers and anchovies
If you’re thinking about cooking some really nice pork over a hot, smoky fire, then these particular steaks, cut from the top of the shoulder, might be just what you’re looking for
Crispy pork with thyme, garlic and fennel seeds
This is one of the simplest ways to cook pork belly and easily one of the tastiest
Grilled lamb with lavender, feta and honey
On special occasions I like to roast a whole leg of lamb or hogget surrounded by freshly cut lavender – these kebabs play on that same successful combination
Seared spiced lamb’s liver with white beans, garlic and parsley
Lamb’s liver has a lovely, delicate flavour when it’s fresh and it works extremely well with all these wonderful spices
Grilled lamb neck and cauliflower with green herb sauce
This particular cut of lamb gets overlooked, which is a shame. It has real character and substance and is delicious cooked over fire
Slow-cooked shin of beef on the bone and potatoes
This dish is an emblem of something lost; of the rural, the physical
