Posted by on February 22nd, 2010
Being asked to be a judge for Shropshire Council’s first Curry Chef of the Year awards is giving me the opportunity of making, tasting and eating lots of fantastic curries at home and in one of the county’s 70 curry houses. To get the juices going, here is a delicious recipe from spice maker Pataks.
Judging will take place at the end of March in a cook-off at Shrewsbury’s Radbrook College. See blog below for more information of comp!
Fruity Chicken Korma
Serves: 4
Preparation Time: 10 mins
Ingredients:
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 4 chicken breast fillets, diced
- 2 tbsp desiccated coconut (optional)
- 1 jar Patak’s Korma Cooking Sauce
- 3 tbsp raisins
- 50g dried mango, roughly chopped
- 2 tbsp toasted flaked almonds.
In a large pan or wok, heat the oil, add the chicken and stir fry for 6 – 8 minutes until pale golden. Add the coconut and stir fry for 2 minutes until the chicken and coconut are golden.
Pour over Patak’s Korma Cooking Sauce, add the raisins and mango. Stir well, cover and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Taste and adjust the seasoning if necessary and scatter over the almonds. Serve piping hot with fresh basmati rice.
Posted by on February 22nd, 2010
Wenlock Edge Farm, Longville, has been crowned as having the tastiest sausages in Shropshire after a meaty Sizzle Off competition.
Ten butchers took part in the Shropshire Sizzle Off of the West Midlands Tastiest Sausage Competition hosted by HEF, the regional food group in association with AGA. It was held at the AGA Shop in Ketley, Telford.
After a tough judging process Wenlock Edge Farm won the Tastiest Breakfast Sausage category with its ‘Proper Sausage’ and the Tastiest Speciality Sausage title with its pork, bacon and leek sausage. Wenlock Edge Farm also won the Breakfast category last year and went on to be placed as commended in the Grand Final.
Peter Themans of Wenlock Edge Farm said: “I’m absolutely delighted to have won. Winning both categories is fantastic, especially when there are such a lot of good butchers around.”
Highly commended in the Breakfast category was Shepleys Family Butchers, Market Drayton and commended went to Maynards Farm Bacon, Weston-under-Redcastle. Highly commended in the Speciality category was Ludlow Food Centre, Ludlow, with its Spanish hot spot sausage and commended went to Moor Farm Shop, Baschurch, with its Gloucester Old Spot with honey and mustard.
The winning sausages will now go through to the Grand Final on Thursday 28 January at the AGA store at the Mailbox, Birmingham where they will go head-to-head in their categories with the winners of the other five county Sizzle Offs – Staffordshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire and Birmingham and Black Country.
There is also a competition to find the West Midlands Tastiest Breakfast Juice and Tastiest Apple Juice – Cox variety. There is still time to enter this competition as the closing date is Thursday 21 January. Judging will take place alongside the other competitions on January 28.
For more information about the West Midlands Tastiest Sausage Competition visit www.heff.co.uk
Posted by on February 22nd, 2010
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Ludlow, Shropshire, England
Held every year in Ludlow, Shropshire, England, the small town with the large reputation for good food and drink – this year’s Festival wiil feature more than 130 top quality small independent food and drink producers from the Marches, the England-Wales border country.
www.foodfestival.co.uk
