Celebrate the best of British

Celebrate the best of British

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Indulge in British food! Seek out in-season fruits and vegetables, quality British meat and some of our country's fabulous cheeses and dairy produce when you are out shopping and use these to create delicious meals at home. What about trying some of our most traditional dishes, such as Shepherd's Pie or Apple Crumble, and giving them a modern twist?!

If you have children, consider involving them in the preparation of the meal - British Food Fortnight is a great opportunity to teach them a few cooking skills as well as an appreciation of the pleasures and health benefits of eating good food.

There are lots of recipe ideas for you to try. Follow the Recipe menu options to find the one that tempts you most!

 
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This month The Sauce tests a recipe for Lamb with Goats Cheese - served with purple sprouting broccoli, potatoes and spring greens

  • How readily available were the ingredients?
    British spring lamb is plentiful at the moment and being just before Easter my local butcher had copious legs of lamb sourced from a local farm. Most lamb is sold on the bone but the butcher had a few legs already boned. British goats cheese is also readily available.  I didn't find British sun blush tomatoes so opted for Mediterranean ones. The potatoes and cabbage were from my farm box and British purple sprouting broccoli was from Sainsbury's.

  • How easy was it to make and how much time did it take?
    The goats cheese stuffing only took 5 minutes to make, as all I really needed to do was combine all the ingredients. I bought the knuckle end of the leg so there was a natural hole where the bone had been taken out. It would have been very awkward to open it up to roll, as the recipe said to do, so instead I just pushed the stuffing into the hole, therefore the total meat preparation time was very quick. Cooking the vegetables and bringing the meal together at the end took about half an hour.

  • What was the sum total cost of this meal
    £27.70. The lamb was £15.88 per kg which is fairly expensive but, for me, totally worth it because the quality of meat from the butcher is so fantastic. It is possible to buy cheaper British lamb, such as directly from the farmer.

  • How many people did it actually feed?
    Four

  • What did you do with leftovers?
    I bought 1.8kg of lamb (the total cost above is for 1.3kg as per the recipe) so I used the remaining cooked meat to make a traditional shepherds pie.

  • Is there anything you would have done differently?
    I would have bought meat that could be rolled more easily and spread the stuffing over the meat more evenly.

  • What did your guests think of the meal?
    They thought this deserved an 8.5 out of 10. Two of us who ate it were not expecting the combination of ingredients to work, but were pleasantly surprised. I am not a huge fan of sun blush tomatoes and am also a fairly traditional when it comes to lamb.  I didn't envisage that the goats cheese and sun blush tomatoes would enhance it, but they did. Everyone unanimously thought the stuffing provided a fantastic sharpness against the the lamb which was delicious and quite unusual. This would be great for entertaining or as a family meal.

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