MasterChef 2007 finalist, Hannah Miles, is back with another delicious recipe: 4oz butter 1oz caster sugar 1oz lavender sugar (see below) 6oz “00” plain flour (also called Italian flour) Cream together the butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Tip in the flour and mix to a soft dough with your hands. If the mixture… Continue reading Lavender Shortbread
Category: Muddy News
Spot the Vegetable
Sorry – trick question – there don’t seem to be any in this American family’s weekly food intake. This is one of a series of pictures taken from a book by Peter Menzel called “Hungry Planet” and featured in Time’s What the World Eats. Interesting stuff – what would your picture have in it?
Muddy Antics With The Warwickshire Young Farmers
The Warwickshire Young Farmers are an entertaining bunch and, after a very drizzly day at the Royal Show on Sunday, they kept us amused at their pre-party party, where we had sponsored the staff shirts. They did us proud and we are very sad not to be able to make the main party tonight. If… Continue reading Muddy Antics With The Warwickshire Young Farmers
Some People Will Do Anything For Cheese
Now, we at Muddy Matches are partial to a bit of cheese ouselves but I’m not sure we’d go to such lengths to get our hands on some as these guys. For those of you want in on the action next year, Cheese Rolling at Cooper’s Hill in Gloucestershire is taking place on 26th May. … Continue reading Some People Will Do Anything For Cheese
Royal Show and Warwickshire Young Farmers
Look out for us at the Royal Show this year. We’re also sponsoring a Warwickshire Young Farmers knees up on the Sunday and Tuesday night by providing them with t-shirts.
White Chocolate and Raspberry Profiteroles
MasterChef 2007 finalist, Hannah Miles, kindly gave us this yummy recipe to try: 50g butter 150ml cold water 60g plain flour 2 tsp vanilla sugar (or caster sugar if you don’t have vanilla sugar) 2 eggs beaten 100g white chocolate, melted 284ml (half a pint) double cream 1 punnet of fresh raspberries, lightly crushed with… Continue reading White Chocolate and Raspberry Profiteroles
A Royal Connection
Who’d have thought we’d be sharing editorial space with the Duke of Edinburgh?! Here we are though, in July’s edition of The Field, in a piece about what to expect at this year’s Game Fair. (Click on the article to enlarge.) We’ll be keeping an eye out for the big man over the three days… Continue reading A Royal Connection
Hot Barrels in Yorkshire
The shirts got another airing on Saturday at The Georgina Hare Memorial Trophy clays day near Spofforth in Yorkshire. Despite the rain and flooding on Friday, the weather turned out to be really nice and a lot of fun was had by all. Thanks to Jules and Jonnie for making up the other half of… Continue reading Hot Barrels in Yorkshire
Totty Alert at Cereals (One for the Ladies)
Noooo – obviously not that kind of cereal – it just made us laugh as we pondered what townies must think goes on at Cereals. To be fair, if you’re not from a farming background, why would you know? It’s actually “the leading technical event for the UK arable industry” but, more importantly (ladies), it’s… Continue reading Totty Alert at Cereals (One for the Ladies)
Food to Share
From muddy dates to muddy mates, Mark Gilchrist of Game for Everything is back with another recipe; this time one that is great to share with your friends. Bear in mind that the rabbit needs to be prepared a few days in advance but, otherwise, this recipe is very quick and simple: Poached Rabbit and… Continue reading Food to Share