The current situation definitely has the effect of focusing minds and thoughts on what is close to hand when it comes to cooking. We have been blessed with such warm dry weather, which has brought on the plants in the kitchen garden almost instantaneously. In the herb bed, chives are a really hardy, versatile addition,... Continue Reading →
Preserved lemons – a January pick me up
This dark, murky time of year, when the promise of Christmas has passed calls for something bright, and fresh that can be packed away to mature and be ready for eating with your meals in the weeks and months ahead. I have long been a fan of Ottolenghi’s recipe for preserved lemons. These little taste... Continue Reading →
N e w | C l a s s | S c h e d u l e
We are excited to announce our new class schedule between now and May 2020. The new schedule also includes some Easter themed baking classes, and for the first time, we will be taking part in foraging fortnight during May, details for which are to follow. We can put together Christmas or birthday gift vouchers for... Continue Reading →
Autumn / Winter 2019/20 Sourdough class schedule
Schedule of baking classes Autumn / Winter 2019/2020 Email: hello@lochaberfarm.com Full course in one day - £80 9am - 4pm, Sunday 27th October (3 places available) The class covers the following topics: How to make a sourdough starter, how to make a leaven,mixing your dough, the process of bulk fermentation, shaping your dough, proving... Continue Reading →
Thursday bakery door sale
*please note we are closed this week and there is therefore no bakery door sale on Thursday 8th August* We open our bakery door weekly on a Thursday between 10-4pm. Come along and see our bakery, find out a little bit about how our bread is produced and take home a loaf. Full loaves =... Continue Reading →
Introduction to Sourdough class -Sunday 19th May
We have had a lot of requests to hold a sourdough class at the farm - and so have booked in a date for the first class. If you would like to find out how to turn a bowl of liquid starter into a finished loaf of bread, book you place to come and learn... Continue Reading →
Dukkah
Often, but particularly during weather like the storm that battered us last week, I find myself day dreaming about time I spent in Australia back in 2005. One of the things I loved about Australia was the truly fantastic food on offer - particularly so in Melbourne, which was my favourite city. One of my... Continue Reading →
September – a month of transition
For me, September is a month of transition, I feel an urge to desperately cling on to the remains of summer, but am also looking forward to Autumn’s harvest which promises to be extra abundant this year - the wild bounty of autumn berries and fruits have been much enhanced by the hot summer and... Continue Reading →
Fresh Raspberry Jelly recipe
Ingredients: Flavourless oil, such as groundnut, for greasing jelly mould 5/6 Gelatin leaves (depending on size, you need enough for 600ml if liquid) 500g Fresh Raspberries (or whatever you want to use) 140g of caster sugar juice 1 lemon Whole berries and mint leaves for garnishing ice cream or cream for serving Method: Lightly grease... Continue Reading →
A piece of family history put to use
My mum keeps everything... I often tease her about it, but a couple of years ago she unearthed a vintage jelly mould that had belonged to her grandmother. It is beautifully old fashioned, like something you would expect to see in an illustration from Bramley hedge. This beautiful piece of family history inspired me to... Continue Reading →