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Recipe: Crispy Pork Shank (Knuckle)

Written by Alison Clinch on October 18, 2017. Posted in Cooking Tips, Free Range Pasture Fed Pork, Recipes. Leave a Comment

Ingredients: 2 pork knuckles 2 tbsps caraway seeds 6 cloves garlic salt and pepper Method: Boil pork shanks in a pot of water with caraway seeds, garlic, salt and pepper, covered for one hour. Use just enough water to submerge the shank in the pot you are using, and season water sufficiently so you don’t need...

Recipe: Pork Sausages with Bacon and Apple Sauerkraut

Written by Alison Clinch on October 18, 2017. Posted in Miscellaneous. Leave a Comment

Ingredients: 150g pasture fed bacon 1 packet Pork Gourmet Sausages 1/4 cup oil 1 large onion, coarsely chopped 2 tbsp dry white wine (Riesling) 1 large sweet apple (Gala or Fuji) peeled, cored and cut into chunky pieces 12 juniper berries or caraway seeds or rosemary sprigs 4 bay leaves 1/2 tsp sugar salt and pepper 1...

Recipe: Beer, Bacon and Cheddar Bread

Written by Alison Clinch on October 18, 2017. Posted in Cooking Tips, Free Range Pasture Fed Pork, Recipes. Leave a Comment

Ingredients: 3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour 1 1/2 tbsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 3 tbsp honey 1 egg 1 stubbie of your favourite beer (340ml) 3 rashes of pasture fed bacon 3/4 cup of grated cheddar cheese Method: Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Thoroughly grease a bread/loaf pan. Cook the bacon in a frying pan over...

Menu Planning

Written by Michele Lyons on October 10, 2017. Posted in Cooking Tips, Recipes. Leave a Comment

It’s a universal fact that the question of ‘What’s for dinner?‘ sends a shiver up the spine of the designated cook in every household. Just a little simple planning can mean stress free shopping, saving money and an easier time when it comes to the cooking. My biggest tip is to keep it simple....

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: Caramelised Pork Stir Fry

Written by Michele Lyons on October 5, 2017. Posted in Free Range Pasture Fed Pork, Recipes. Leave a Comment

This is a great way to do something different with mince meat. Works best with pork or turkey mince. Ingredients: 500g pasture fed pork mince 1 1/2 tbsp peanut oil 1 onion, finely diced 2 tsp grated fresh ginger 1 tsp grated fresh turmeric 2 large cloves garlic, crushed 1 stalk lemongrass, finely chopped 1 small thai...

When Trash Becomes Treasure (re-using egg shells!)

Written by Michele Lyons on October 3, 2017. Posted in Health and Wellbeing, Miscellaneous. Leave a Comment

You know we don’t like to waste anything here at The Free Range Butcher so we’ve compiled a short list of things you can do to reuse your egg shells. First though, a few facts: An egg shell is made of calcium carbonate, which means that each medium sized egg shell has 750-800 mgs of calcium. The shell makes up 9-12%...

How to Roast a Whole Duck

Written by Michele Lyons on September 7, 2017. Posted in Cooking Tips, Recipes. Leave a Comment

Any kind of roast is easy and delicious but I think a roast duck is something to get excited about. Duck has a stronger flavour than chicken, which means you can keep your sides nice and simple to not compete with the flavour of the duck. Here’s few tips to help you get the perfect roast duck. Method: The night...

Together We are One

Written by Michele Lyons on August 27, 2017. Posted in Cooking Tips, Free Range Poultry, Health and Wellbeing. Leave a Comment

When you work in a small team like us here at The Free Range Butcher it makes a positive difference to be surrounded by like minded people who share the same values as you and who are not afraid to pitch in and help out. It’s always all hands on deck no matter what needs to be done around here. Our management...

Recipe: Crispy Pork Shank (Knuckle)

Recipe: Pork Sausages with Bacon and Apple Sauerkraut

Recipe: Beer, Bacon and Cheddar Bread

Menu Planning

Jersey Dairy Milk… It’s just better!

Recipe: Caramelised Pork Stir Fry

When Trash Becomes Treasure (re-using egg shells!)

How to Roast a Whole Duck

Together We are One

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