Recipes

Village Life
A blog about life at The Village Green Cafe

Christmas Dinner Ideas

Every year we buy a turkey crown from Ginger Butchers in Bakewell - last year I brined it for the first time.

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Village Green News - July 2024

As I write this, I’m sitting on a train en route to Oxford Uni and my first experience of the Oxford Food Symposium...

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Treacle Soda Bread

Ingredients 500g flour (a mix of 350g plain and 150g wholemeal is nice) 1 teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda 1 teaspoon of seasalt 50g...

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Village Green Flapjack

Ingredients 12oz porridge oats Whole pack of salted butter 6oz Fairtrade demerera sugar 3oz golden syrup A handful of your favourite...

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Easy New Potato & Onion Frittata

Ingredients 2 medium onions, sliced finely Olive oil 350g baby new potatoes 6 free range eggs 1/4 cup of cream Seal salt & pepper Fresh...

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Pea & Mint Soup

Pea and mint soup recipe from The Village Green Cafe - no better soup flavour and no better soup colour!

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