Something Special

The idea for a holiday in Cornwall with a little something special added is starting to come together. I’ve had lots of lovely people contacting me offering their talents for our new page on our web site, (link on the left) At the moment we are going to be able to offer our guests an…

Chilli Con Carne

I’ve been making this for years, I’m sure we all have our own versions, but I thought it worth sharing and would be really interested to hear about how you do yours. I’ll apologise now because some of the amounts I just can’t give! It’s a bit of this, a bit of that, and will…

Stargazy Pie

Mousehole a traditional fishing village where men go out in small boats to catch Sardines, Herring and Mackerel. A long time ago, there was a famine in the west country and no one had any thing to eat. It had been too rough to go out fishing, but a brave man called Tom Bawcock defied…

Cornish Fairing Biscuits

100g plain flour pinch of salt 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda 1 teaspoon ground ginger 1/2 teaspoon mixed spice 40g golden caster sugar 50g unsalted butter, chilled and diced 1 tablespoon of mixed peel, very finely chopped 3 tablespoons of golden syrup (in cold weather, warm the syrup before adding to…

Supermarket Rant

First, I have to ask myself, why on earth I bothered having a shower before walking the dogs, I may as well have taken the shampoo with me. No stop there, that would be a disastrous ‘Miranda’ moment. Moving swiftly on, miracle of miracles, I’m still in shock, my two dogs spied a jogger today…

My favourite Cornish Pasty Recipe

02MondayJul 2012 Posted by holidaycornishcottages in Recipes ≈ Leave a Comment [Edit] Pasty: 450g plain flour 2tsp baking powder 1tsp salt unsalted butter 2 egg yolks 125ml cold water Filling: 450g potato, finely diced 150g swede, finely diced 150g onion, finely chopped 300g beef skirt, finely chopped Salt and black pepper 1tbsp plain flour 40g butter 1 egg, beaten Method To…

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