Recipe: Chicken Bake with Mustard Cream Sauce

Ingredients 1kg free range chicken cutlets 4 rashers pasture fed bacon, chopped 1 brown onion, diced 2 garlic cloves, crushed 250ml apple juice 1 tbsp mustard 500ml chicken broth 125ml cream 1 tbsp basil, rosemary or oregano, roughly chopped 20g butter 2 apples, cut into thin wedges and core removed Method Preheat...

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Hasselback Potatoes with Beef Mince

Ingredients 500g Grass Fed beef mince 2 tbsp of homemade taco seasoning 6 slices free range pasture fed bacon, diced 6 medium sized long potatoes.  Can also use sweet potatoe 6 tbsp butter 1 clove garlic, minced 1 cup cheese, grated 1/2 cup sour cream Chives to garnish Method Preheat the oven to 200°C. Prepare the...

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Recipe: Ham, Mushroom and Shallot Pasta

This was a pot luck pasta dish that came together as a result of some leftover pre-Christmas Ham and it was a hands down winner with everyone at the table. Ingredients: 400g pasta of your choice 1 onion, finely chopped 250g button mushrooms, thinly sliced 2 small garlic cloves, crushed 250 grams of ham, chopped in chunks 300ml...

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My Best Ever Pitch

Long-time readers would be aware that a butcher’s November newsletter is prime time for Christmas Ham talk. You know the lines… ‘Nearly Sold Out’, ‘Last Chance’, ‘Early Bird Catches the Worm’, blah, blah, blah. Well this newsletter won’t be like that…until towards the end. Which is soon, because this is a short newsletter,...

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WHO Said WHAT?!?!

If the recent findings from the World Health Organisation (WHO) are to be taken out of context (as much of the news reporting has done), we are all now vegetarians from fear alone. We have all known for some time that excessive meat consumption is not good for you, nor is the excessive intake of processed foods – meat...

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