Absolutely, particularly if the water temperature is high. Like us, fish require oxygen to survive. They get this oxygen from the water, which is absorbed across the gill filaments. The…
Recipes
A recipe for humble pie by Tim Maddams
Recipe for humble pie Ingredients For the filling: 1 large onion, very finely chopped A good sprig of fresh thyme 4 cloves of garlic, peeled and chopped 4 fresh bay…
A squirrel recipe – from the author of the River Cottage Game Cookery Book
It surprises me how often people turn up their nose at eating squirrel. Hardened pheasant Guns dismiss them as flying rats — as if eating rat were in some way…
Bev’s homemade dog biscuits
Bev’s Homemade Dog Biscuits Ingredients 2 cups rolled oats 1 cup peanut butter 2 bananas Method Place in food processor until combined Roll out and cut out biscuits (preferably with…
Easy recipe for pigeon pâte´
Pigeon pâté is the ideal way to use up those extra pigeon breasts and makes a change from casseroles or roasted pigeon. This easy recipe for pigeon pâté makes for a…
Pheasant Thai Curry recipe
Start by making the Thai paste. Thai paste Ingredients · 2 lemongrass stalks, outer stalks removed & chopped · A handful of unsalted peanuts · 2 tablespoons of fish sauce, sesame…
Woodpigeon sausage rolls
Here’s a woodpigeon recipe for sausage rolls that are a little bit different and dare we say it, a little bit more sophisticated than the straightforward pork version. They’re supremely…
Two new pheasant recipes from Rose Prince
Rose Prince writes: Pheasant meat has a truly interesting flavour, with notes of its foraged diet and corn, which, when the birds are at their plumpest, lends a lovely colour…
Spatchcock partridge with chargrilled sweet potato
Game recipe: Spatchcock Partridge with Chargrilled Sweet Potato: Top chef Mark prepares a seasonal, no nonsense dish using partridge that can either be cooked on the BBQ (weather permitting!) or…
Easy-to-make recipe for a partridge pot roast
Now the partridge season is well underway there’s going to be some delicious young birds coming your way. Well hopefully. The partridge is smaller than the pheasant but has a…
Recipe for venison loin steaks with cabbage and bacon
Recipe for venison loin steaks served with cabbage & bacon by Byron Hayter, Ashdown Park Hotel Ingredients: Venison loin steaks 4 venison steaks, each weighing 120g 100ml rapeseed oil salt…
It’s time to make sloe gin – and here’s our recipe
Sloe gin: There's nothing like a mid-moring slug of homemade sloe gin - but there are other options too if you know what to do, where to look and when.
How to make fast sloe gin – that’s ready in a fortnight
After perfecting a method of producting superb sloe gin in a matter of days, Bill Harriman is happy to share his groundbreaking secret concoction
Pheasant roadkill recipe by Rose Prince
Drive down any lane in the heady days of summer and there will be a pheasant, rabbit or something less edible that has taken a knock from a car. It…
Recipe for squirrel nuggets with wild garlic mayonnaise
Few things irritate me more than wastefulness and I get a great deal of pleasure from making the most of what I shoot. It just so happens that the meat…
How to make your own meat smoker
Cold smoked food is smoked and not cooked Hot smoked food is smoked then cooked, or cooked while it is smoking The flavour comes from the preparation You need an…
A delicious recipe for Roast Venison and Beetroot with Poached Pears
Ingredients For the Roast Venison: 6 x 100g deboned loin of venison 25g of unsalted butter salt and pepper For the Red Wine Sauce: 1 tbsp of olive oil 1…
The perfect recipe for rabbit pie
Ingredients: For the pastry: 200ml water 170g lard 450g PLAIN flour 1tsp salt For the filling: A little oil 1 onion, sliced 3 cloves of garlic, crushed 500g pork mince…
A recipe for Pigeon Wellington
Ingredients 30g spinach salt and pepper 30g chanterelle mushrooms, cleaned 1 knob of butter 1 spritz of lemon juice 1 pigeon breast 1 slice of Parma ham 1 sheet of…
Roast pheasant – simply delicious
Sometimes the most simple way to cook a gamebird is the best — here is a mouthwatering recipe for roast pheasant – whole pheasants are seared in a pan before…