Game cookery

Stalking a roe for its cuts

Chef José Souto knows how to present game. He can take a roebuck and make it look as appetising as any cut of meat gracing

Pigeon pluckers

David has bought a plucking machine to help him prepare chickens for the table. Cai Ap Bryn wants to try it out on pigeons, so

Game meat goes mass market

Stalker John Prince is setting up a massive game meat processing plant just off the M4 motorway. It’s called Oakland Park, it opens in August

How to make salt venison bagels

Cai Ap Bryn of Game & Flames is curing a venison haunch with Weschenfelder’s curing salts, then serving it up in delicious toasted bagels. Use

Cai creates venison kebabs

Forget sausages and burgers and try something different with your venison mince. Game cook Cai ap Bryn from Game & Flames has been given a

Brocock bruschetta

Johnny Muston puts the Brocock Commander XR through its paces on a rabbit hunt, and cooks up a delicious rabbit bruschetta afterwards over an open

Campfire popcorn – recipe

Ingredients: Popcorn kernels Oil or butter (in a tin or a pan) Metal sieve Tin foil All you are going to do is toast them

Eat Game Awards winners

The Eat Game Awards 2019 are out. They include best shop, chef, pub and famers’ market. Among them, judges from gunmaker Purdey and BASC’s Taste

Trout – catch and cook

Game chef Cai Ap Bryn is hauling in brown trout and cooking them on an open fire. He is on a hunting trip with his

Bone broth recipe

Ingredients 1.5kg venison bones 2 large onions 1 whole garlic bulb 4 celery stalks 3 carrots 2-inch piece of ginger 2-inch piece of turmeric 3

How to sell 30 million pheasants

Every gameshooting season in the UK, around 30 million pheasants are shot. Many go to supermarkets and the catering trade, and some go home with

Chorizo venison burger recipe

Chorizo venison burger recipe

  John Griffin gives us his recipe for chorizo venison burgers the way butchers do them on a larger scale. Using the trimmings he saves

Rabbit Meatballs

Here is a quick tutorial on how to cook wild rabbit and mozzarella meatballs, a delicious recipe to please all members of the family. Also,

Venison mince pies – recipe

Ingredients Diced onion 300g fruit 500g venison 1 heaped tbsp marmalade Generous glass of port 400ml venison or beef stock 1 heaped tsp cinnamon 1

How to Breast a Goose

Thorfinn Craigie on Orkney is one of the few butchers in the UK allowed to deal in wild greylags. He is an expert on breasting

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