October 24th, 2009

Hi all, Sorry for not blogging for a bit. But we have been a bit on the busy side here with our rescue hedgehogs. It sort of snowballed. Although we thought we would only take in a couple at a time. It is hard to say no and when you get a litter of 4 at once....... well....anyway, hopefully I can get back to blogging about food again. Most of the hedgehogs should be hibernating now or starting to go into hibernation. Although we still have a couple in that we are taking care of and a few in the garden still that haven't succumbed yet.

We did take a trip to our fav farm shop the other day, when the fish guy was there and we got some nice Haddock that I used in this recipe.
First skin and bone the haddock. I put some butter in an oven proof dish and then scattered some sliced onions and then put the fish ontop of the onions.... Sprinkle on some seasonings.... Here I used salt, pepper and oregano.

I also crumbled up a bread roll and sprinkled on some oregano, dried parsley and some pepper.

Next I made a sauce using 1/2 onion chopped, a tin of tomatoes and a finely chopped garlic clove and some chopped celery. Cooked this mix for about 10 minutes with a little butter and more seasoning.

I put the sauce over the fish and sprinkled on some pine nuts.

Then I put on the seasoned bread crumbs and some grated cheddar cheese. Baked it in the oven 180C for 30 minutes.

I served over fresh cooked rice and with some mixed vegetables. :)

We have been enjoying some apples too that we picked up at the farm shop. I have made Apple crumble, Apple cake and even an Apple pie. YUM!!!!

July 26th, 2009

Hi all, sorry I haven't been posting of late. But we have been caring for baby hedgehogs. You can read all about what has been happening with them over on my other blog . Needless to say it is almost like having babies all over again. Night time feedings at 3 am. And baby formula to warm up. Eye droppers of meds etc. etc.. Oh and nappy changing too.
Things are starting to get calm again and soon we will be releasing the older one back into the wild. I may get back to cooking and blogging about it too. :) So please don't think I have totally abandoned this blog as I haven't. I did manage to make some red currant jelly....
So here is a quick recipe for you all.
Wash the red currants and place into a pan with a little water and boil for about 15 minutes until the berries juice flows...Then strain in a jelly bag or some muslin(calico). Measure your liquid and to 1 pint of juice add 1 lb of sugar. I added part jam sugar (which has pectin already added to it) and 3 tablespoons of port. Boil this up until it jells when tested on a saucer. Bottle into clean hot sterilized jars and seal with sterilized lids..... I do a hot water bath for 10 minutes. That is it..... Easy peasy. We had 4 lbs of currants off our main bush this year and that made 12 jars of jam(jelly) :)
Happy cooking all!!! And please if here in the UK. Help protect the hedgehogs. If we don't help them they may be extinct here in the UK by the year 2020.