Hearty winter chicken stew

As we welcome in the new year, January is a great month for delicious healthy and tasty vegetables – carrots, leeks and parsnips. The parsnip, which will have graced many a Christmas dinner plate is a...

Pumpkin Cottage Pie

Warm the oil in a large, heavy based saucepan and add the onions. Cook slowly over a gentle heat until soft and golden. Add the minced beef and let it cook slowly, breaking up occasionally but not stirring too...

Orange panna cotta with rhubarb

Panna cotta is an Italian dessert but the forced rhubarb definitely gives it a Yorkshire twist! It is light, creamy and easy to make. Early season forced rhubarb is grown in the triangle that encompasses Wakefield, Morely and Rothewell in West Yorkshire. Originating in Siberia, rhubarb is well suited to the wet, cold, Yorkshire winters and is picked by candlelight as exposure to strong light will stop the growth.