Love British Food

British Food Fortnight


Choosing British means supporting British farmers whose work helps to keep the British countryside the way we want it to look: no sheep, or cows, or fruit, or vegetables - no countryside!

But it is the quality of British produce that we should be proud of and try particularly hard to select when shopping.

The pork in these sausages and bacon is reared to the highest standards; the eggs are free range from happy British chucks.

With Stokes Brown Sauce (proudly British) from our popular Breakfast Collection of sauces, jam and marmalade, it's no wonder that a full English breakfast is the appropriate way to kick off our own fortnight favouring Great British foods.

For other delicious breakfast recipes and thoughts - CLICK HERE.

Roast Vegetable Brunch

If you are lucky enough to take a walk in the countryside on a Sunday morning, come back to this assortment of beautiful British vegetables roasting gently in a low oven.

Peppers, courgettes, mushrooms, tomatoes etc are all abundantly in season. Slice them and spread them in a roasting tray with a drizzle of oil and sprinkle of fresh (or dried) thyme, then into a low oven for up to an hour.

[TIP: to enhance the sweetness of the peppers, slice them and toss them in Stokes Bloody Mary Ketchup before adding them to the other veg in the roasting tray.]

Served with a fried free range egg and our Brown Sauce on the side - yummy.

Stuffed Pork Tenderloin

The UK Pig Health & Welfare Council drives, some of the highest welfare standards in the world and improves the way that pigs are reared.

Using a 500g fillet of pork, slice it half lengthways and batter each half flat with a rolling pin.

For the stuffing: soften 1 diced shallot in butter then add 1 tbsp of chopped thyme leaves, 3 or 4 chopped sage leaves, 75g of chopped mushrooms 1 tbsp of Stokes Cider & Horseradish Mustard, 2 tbsp of our Bramley Apple Sauce, 2 tbsp of chopped parsley, 100g of breadcrumbs and the zest and juice of 1 lime.

Spoon the stuffing mixture into a bowl and add a beaten egg and 3 tbsp of double cream, mixing well. Spread the stuffing onto one half of the pork, then place the other on top. Roll tightly and tie off with string, looping and using it to pull and knot the rolled two halves together. Put the bound meat into an oven pre-heated to 180°C/gas mark 4 for 1 hour.

[TIP: deglaze the pan with red wine then pour this and beef stock into a roux with 2 tbsp of Stokes Redcurrant Jelly for as beautiful gravy.]

Cheese on Toast

British Cheese. Did you know that we produce more cheese than France and there are over 700 named cheeses produced in the UK.

Cheese flavours depend not just on the process used to make them, but also on whether milking has taken place in the morning or evening and how much grass the cows, goats or sheep have been able to eat.

Dunsyre Blue, Lanark Blue & Orkney Farmhouse from Scotland; Cheshire Cheese, Delamere Goat from the North West; Elsdon Goat & Nothumberland Gouda from the North East; Swaledale & Wensleydale from Yorkshire; Capella, Hereford Hops & Lincolnshire Poacher from the Midlands; Rozbert Hard Goats, Suffolk Gold & Walsingham from East Anglia; Caerphilly, Caws Cerwyn & Gorau Glas from Wales; and Cornish Yarg, Curworthy, Dorset Blue Vinney & Somerset Brie from the rich grasslands of the South West...

... on toast, under the grill, with Stokes Red Onion Marmalade, Fig Relish, earthy Beetroot Relish or with the bite of our Chilli Jam.  

British Food deserves Great British Sauce

Food Made Better - HERE

More foodie thoughts for the week:

One Pot Wonders - 
we discover the joy of throwing everything into one pot and enjoy the wonders of hearty, tasty, moreish meals  - here.







The Sunday Roast - 
the Sunday Roast is a great occasion. Family gathering, roast potatoes and Yorkshire puds - aaaahh ... click - here.



 



Chocolate Truffles - 
watch, as the recipe unfolds on video for these amazing nuggets of lemon and white chocolate joy - here.

If good food makes you happy
...adding Stokes will make you smile ;)

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