Spiced Pears with Ginger Wine
A wonderfully rich and warmly spiced dish of pears poached in ginger wine. Definitely hygge food. Apart from the pears we sell everything you need, including Rochester’s Ginger Wine (non-alcoholic), lemons and all the spices, even saffron. Serve with vanilla ice cream or cream – or both! Recipe tried, tasted and approved by Holly, […]
Pumpkin Soup
Recipe for another autumn favourite from GreenCity Wholefoods, a workers’ co-operative who bring us welcome supplies of delicious food from Glasgow every second Monday. If you wish to spice it up try adding a teaspoon full of Mr Vikki’s North Indian curry paste which is available in the shop. Recipe tried, tasted and approved by GreenCity […]
Date and Ginger Cake
Perfect for fireside fare, this ginger cake recipe is an old favourite from GreenCity Wholefoods, a workers’ co-operative who bring us welcome supplies of delicious food from Glasgow every second Monday. You can buy all the ingredients you’ll need at Alston Wholefoods. If you are in the mood for warming ginger, we sell it in many forms: […]
Spinach Stuffed Pancakes with Cheese Sauce
I’ve had this many times and this is delicious any time of year, not just pancake day. This is a Delia Smith recipe. We sell everything you need, including the gorgeous Demeter Natural Cool frozen leaf spinach. Our nutmegs come from Indonesia and are wonderfully fragrant. You can choose from a range of our good cheddars; Barber’s […]
Glamorgan Sausages: cheese and herb sausages
This is a Delia Smith recipe. She writes: “This is adapted from a traditional Welsh recipe called Glamorgan Sausages. They really are lovely”. Jim thinks they go well with tomatoes halved, dusted with oregano, drizzled with olive oil and roasted in a moderate oven for approximately 20 minutes. We always have local free-range eggs and […]
Apple Cream Made with ‘Codlin’ Apples
It’s apple season and we have five fine varieties of northern apples for sale in the shop, both cookers and eaters. Read more about their special qualities here. Here’s a recipe for one of the varieties of cooking apple that we have for sale: EMNETH EARLY (£1.50/kg) the best of the early codlins E.A. Bunyard, A Handbook of […]
Chicken with Thyme, Olives and Garlic
This recipe is from Simple French Cuisine by Jenny Baker. It is ready in less than an hour and is absolutely delicious. It’s very easy and takes only minutes to prepare. We sell a wide range of seasoned olives, several different olive oils and salts, including Maldon. In the summer months we have growing herb plants, including thyme. Throughout […]
