A cookbook that offers a wide range of good food, made from British produce, showcasing the best of what’s on offer. The recipes are very tempting and there’s plenty here to widen your recipe repertoire. There are new twists on old favourites; the Scotch eggs look particularly wonderful, recipes to tempt you off the path of beef, pork, lamb and chicken, into game birds, eel and venison. A generous selection of puddings, I was pleased to see, with breads, preserves and sauces also included to provide a well-rounded look at cooking with local ingredients.
 
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There are lots of recipes for cooking with country ingredients, from partridge to chicken, lamb to pork, salmon to mackerel, blackberries to plums. Stews, roasts and soups sit alongside cakes, puddings and jams in this accessible cookbook that celebrates the best of British ingredients in dishes that herald from far and wide - from a roast shoulder of pork to a Thai noodle soup. All the recipes are simple to prepare and even those with the most surprising flavours are created from everyday ingredients that can be bought from the supermarket. Packed with information on selecting the best ingredients, eating seasonally and foraging, this book is an invaluable source of information as well as a delicious collection of recipes and it's topped with absolutely stunning photography, both of the finished dish and of the countryside.

Synopsis

Countrywise Kitchen proved one of the most popular food series of 2010, with viewing figures regularly hitting over 4 million when it aired on ITV1 primetime. Now, for the first time, its co-presenter and chef Mike Robinson brings you the best recipes of the 2010 and 2011 series - plus dishes from its sister show Countrywise, which is now entering its third series. More than 100 recipes for country cooking, including meat, game, fish, puds and preserves together with specially commissioned photography of the recipes and the countryside.

About the Author

Mike Robinson is co-presenter of ITV1's primetime series Countrywise and Countrywise Kitchen. With viewing figures regularly hitting 4.5 million per episode, a third series of 8 x 1-hour episodes of Countrywise has been commissioned for 8pm tuesdays on ITV1 in April/May 2011. Countrywise Kitchen was launched in 2010, with viewing figs matching those of Countrywise, and a new series of 6 episodes has been commissioned for ITV1 to air in May/June 2011. Mike is also a gamekeeper, and manages 3 estates in his home county of Berkshire. He runs The Pot Kiln public house and cookery school and is co-proprietor of the Michelin-starred London pub, The Harwood Arms. More books by this author Author 'Like for Like' recommendation