Will Roberts, Author at The Yarn by The Free Range Butcher

Jersey Dairy Milk… It’s just better!

Written by Will Roberts on October 9, 2017. Posted in Cooking Tips, Health and Wellbeing. Leave a Comment

The Over the Moon range of milk reflects the passion and commitment founders Karl and Cathie Johnson have to providing fresh Johnson’s Farmgate produce to their customers. Much of our milk can be traced to the Williams families dairy operations at “Creebank” in the Hunter Valley. The Williams families...

Recipe: Beef Loin Roast

Written by Will Roberts on June 30, 2016. Posted in Cooking Tips, Grass Fed Beef, Grass Fed Meat, Recipes. Leave a Comment

Total Cooking Time: 45 – 50mins Serves: 6 Ingredients: 1.0kg Grass Fed Beef Loin Roast 1 Brown Onion, roughly sliced 1/2 cup Beef Stock 1 Heaped Tbsp Hot English Mustard Salt & Pepper Method: Remove Beef from the Cryovac packaging and sit covered out of the fridge for 30mins Place the Onions in the bottom...

Recipe: Chicken Cutlets One Pot Roast

Written by Will Roberts on June 6, 2016. Posted in Cooking Tips, Free Range Poultry, Recipes. Leave a Comment

Serves: 6 – 8 Total Cooking Time: 1 hour and 5 minutes Ingredients: 1kg Chicken Cutlets 8-10 Medium sized New Potatoes 1/2 Punnet Cherry Tomatoes 2 Carrots 2 Cloves Garlic 1 litre Chicken Stock 1 tsp Lemon Thyme 1 tsp Paprika Method: Preheat your oven to 180 degrees. Place Chicken skin side up into a deep baking...

Roast Rack of Lamb

Written by Will Roberts on May 23, 2016. Posted in Cooking Tips, Grass Fed Meat, Pasture Fed Lamb, Recipes. Leave a Comment

A rack of lamb usually feeds 2 to 3 people so this is a perfect dinner option for a couple celebrating something nice or to just treat yourselves. A little tip to ensure you get a beautiful blushing rack of lamb is to remove the lamb from the fridge at least 30 minutes before cooking. Your roast needs to be at room...

Spanish Ox Tail Stew

Written by Will Roberts on May 5, 2016. Posted in Cooking Tips, Grass Fed Beef, Grass Fed Meat, Recipes. Leave a Comment

Ingredients: 1 kg grass fed Ox Tail 4 carrots, diced half celery root, diced 2 onions, diced 5 garlic cloves, minced 6 tbsp olive oil 3 bay leaves 4 tomatoes, diced 1 litre beef stock 500 ml dry red wine 6 tbsp balsamic vinegar 1 tbsp sugar 1 tbsp dry thyme salt and pepper Method: Brown the Ox Tail on all sides in...

Recipe: Free Range Chicken Stock

Written by Will Roberts on May 2, 2016. Posted in Free Range Poultry, Miscellaneous, Recipes. Leave a Comment

Ingredients: 2 Free Range Chicken Frames 1 large Onion, quartered 4 Carrots, peeled and cut in half 4 stalks of Celery, cut in half A handful of fresh Thyme A handful of fresh Basil 2 Bay leaves 2 whole cloves of Garlic 9 cups of water or enough to cover all ingredients Method: Place all ingredients in large stockpot...

Recipe: Slow Cooker Rosemary & Lemon Chicken

Written by Will Roberts on April 28, 2016. Posted in Free Range Poultry, Recipes. Leave a Comment

Ingredients: 1 Whole Chicken 5 cloves of Garlic 3 Sprigs of Rosemary 1 Lemon, cut in half 3 cups of water 2 Onions, quartered 1 cup of Celery, cut into chunks 1-2 carrots, cut into chunks Method: Rinse and pat dry chicken then add salt & pepper. Add lemon, a couple sprigs of rosemary & garlic cloves to the...