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Come and learn to how to make your own pestos and curry paste and other kitchen goodies
This workshop will take place on Saturday the 1st November, 11am, at the Secret Herb Garden
The workshop will involve a talk and a practical part, where I will be making curry paste, pesto, flavoured oils and flavoured vinegars, using some delightful herbs from the Secret Herb Garden itself and encouraging you to do the same.
These will all make great and quite unique gifts this Christmas- there’s nothing nicer than receiving a handmade gift made with love from someone who has taken the time and care to make something that’s both unusual and unique. When you leave, you will hopefully be inspired to make your own Christmas gifts like these or make these for your own kitchen.
The morning will start at 11am with tea, coffee and freshly made cake, baked by Inside Out Chef
The workshop will start with me making these products (curry paste, pesto and so on), and then I will use the products made in some exciting recipes and you will then have an opportunity to taste the food I’ve made.
You will go home with a goodie bag containing the recipes and an oil / vinegar bottle to get you started with making your own handmade Christmas gifts.
The cost is a very reasonable £30 and we anticipate the event will run for around 2 hours.
If you wish to book a place please either leave me a message here/email wendy(at)wendypaterson(dot)com or call 0131 466 6279.
Charity Pudding Club
Charity Pudding Club for itsgood2give
Sunday 6 April, 1.30 pm
Price £25 per ticket. Book now – call 07950431463 or email wendy(at)wendypaterson.com to book.
We will have sixteen seats and all money will go to itsgood2give, a local children’s cancer charity. Mackies of Scotland are donating the ingredients. Reeltime bars will be donating a cocktail to start the event. Insideoutchef will be giving her time and providing the venue.
Menu
- Starter – trio of puddings
- 2nd course – apple crumble with jugs of custard
- 3rd course – pillow of pavlova
- 4th course – cheesecake
- Final course — make your own ice-cream sundaes
Tea, coffee and iced water will be served at your table — please feel free to bring your own wine, fizz or soft drinks of your choice.
Forthcoming Pudding Club – April 6th, 2014
Charity Pudding Club for itsgood2give
Mackies of Scotland are donating the ingredient costs and I will be donating my time and the venue. Reeltime Bar will be supplying delightful cocktails to start the event off.
You will also have a goodie bag to take home. We plan on having five courses of pudding, including a trio of individual deserts, apple crumble, pavlova, cheesecake and make-your-own ice-cream sundaes. Here are some pictures from last time around…
You can bid now for tickets, minimum bid is £25, by visiting https://surveymonkey.com/s/mackiespopuppuddingclub
All money raised will be going to itsgood2give; see http://www.itsgood2give.co.uk/
Crail Food Festival 2013
Crail Food Festival – weekend 2013
Back in February, I heard about the Crail Food Festival and decided I wanted to attend but did not want to drive back and forth from Edinburgh, so I booked the Honeypot Bed and Breakfast –http://www.honeypotcrail.co.uk – which is owned by one of the organisers of the event.
On Friday, a friend and I packed up my car and headed over the bridge to Fife, and on arrival in Crail, we were warmly welcomed by Graham and Edna of the Honeypot.
We had heard great things about a new restaurant in St Andrews – Forgans – http://www.forgans.co.uk – and so we booked dinner there on Friday night.
I started with haggis, neeps and tatties but there were at least three starters that I would have liked to try. For my main, I had crispy chicken with the most wonderful dauphinoise potatoes and green beans. We were full after our two courses and so opted for irish coffees to finish. I would highly recommend visiting Forgans if you are in St Andrews pop in for lunch or dinner and I will definitely be back there.
On Saturday we woke to a glorious sunny morning after breakfast and I headed out for a walk- Crail is a delightfully picturesque east neuk village and it was lovely to spend some time there.
The Village in Bloom committee arrange for displays of flowering tubs and hanging baskets and these give a real wow factor to the village.
The main advantage to staying in Crail was that we were able to walk to the venue. Saturday kicked off at 10.30am with an indoor food market, with lots of local producers displaying their goods- and most producers offered tasters.
In another hall, there were various cookery and food and drink related demonstrations. I must congratulate the organisers of the demonstrations — the chefs were on a raised platform with a television showing what the chefs were doing, so even if you were at the back of the hall, you could see what was happening. At the end of each demo, you were able to taste what the Chef had made.
The demonstrations started with Jenny Thomson from Courses for Cooks – http://www.coursesforcooks.com – taking on Breakfast with a twist.
Then we attended a demonstration by Edinburgh Gins – http://www.spencerfieldspirit.com – whisky and Gin nosing. I can highly recommend the Elderflower gin.
After a walk round the market and some purchases made, we headed back to our B&B and then made the decision on where to eat lunch — most of the cafes, bar and restaurants in Crail were offering specials for the event, and after a walk through the village, we settled on the Golf Hotel, where the special was a sea-food plate.
I headed back to the market after lunch, it was very busy now so I headed straight for the demo hall. Nichola Fletcher was cooking up a storm with game.
The final demo of the day was Craig Millar from 16 Westend – http://www.16westend.com
An impressive 1300 people came through the doors of the Saturday event.
The festival continued in the evening with a dinner and music back at the venue that had hosted the food market during the day.
I forgot to take a photo of the main course, which was lamb stew topped with a rosemary scone.
Pudding was beautifully presented carrot cake with a white chocolate sauce and a chocolate covered strawberry.
We awoke to a perfect summers morning on Sunday, so ensuring we had our bottle of water and our sun screen on, we headed for the harbour where todays events where taking place.
Some of the food stalls– decisions, decisions on what to have for lunch.
We had signed up for the Fife diets – http://www.fifediet.co.uk – foraging walk led by Mark William from Mark wild foods – http://www.gallowaywildfoods.com
We were also joined by Paul Wedgwood, chef from Wedgwood in the Cannon gate in Edinburgh who uses foraged food in his recipes – http://www.wedgwoodtherestaurant.co.uk
We found lots of things to forage…
We then headed back to the harbour for lunch– things had got very busy and I heard nearly 3000 people visited the event on Sunday.
Some of what I brought home to share with my family.
Thank you to all the organisers and suppliers, we had a great foodie weekend. Looking forward to booking up for next year once the dates are announced.
Pastry Schools Tuesday 18th or Monday 24th June 7pm-9pm
Pastry School
I am offering 2 evenings for you learn how to make Shortcrust pastry. We will make pastry, bake the pastry tart case and produce a finished tart.
All equipment and ingredients are included in the cost £30 you will leave with a new/improved skill the recipe, a ball of uncooked pastry, a baked tart shell, a finish savoury tart and/or a sweet tart.
The evening starters at 7pm sharp and we should be finish around 9pm. While your tarts bake we will have time for tea.
The classes are small – only 4 people.
To book either email wendy(at)wendypaterson(dot)com Telephone 07950431463
Scone School – 17th June or 25th June 7pm-9pm
Scone School
I am offering 2 evening for you learn how to make scones. We will make different both sweet and savoury scones.
All equipment and ingredients are included in the cost £20 you will leave with a new/improved skill the recipe and a bag of wonderful freshly baked scones.
The evening starters at 7pm sharp and we should be finish around 9pm. While your scone bake we will have time for tea and scones.
The classes are small – only 4 people.
To book either email wendy(at)wendypaterson(dot)com Telephone 07950431463
From Scone School to BBQ – my week in food 20/5/13
From Scone school to BBQ – my week in food 20/05/13
I began this week with a Scone School. It was a full class, a mother and daughter and a couple of friends. What did they want out of the class? All wanted to learn how to make big fluffy scones- one of the women was following a gluten-free diet and want to make some gluten-free scones, as the ones she had made herself before the class she said had been a bit like eating cardboard.
Room already to go. An enjoyable evening was had by all, and they all went home with a bag of scones from these beauties.
On Wednesday, I heading out for dinner with friends at The Pantry, somewhere I had wanted to try since it opened. While we waited for everyone to arrive, we got some lovely bread and butter to munch on, while deciding on what we were going to eat. I chose 2 starters;
Chicken liver pate with rhubarb and micro herbs
Followed by:
Black pudding and apple salad
The choice for pudding was a beautiful chocolate giraffe tart or cheese- I chose the cheese:
We had a wonderful evening, the food and service were excellent and I look forward to heading back soon to The Pantry for breakfast or lunch.
Thursday nights dinner I made from this:
and turned it into this:
on the plate chicken and chorizo rice
The sun came out on Saturday, so we decided to have a barbecue, consisting of chicken, sausages and veggie burgers
…. also some seasonal asparagus with lemon and olive oil
and lots of salads
The sun was still out on Sunday – so we packed the car with our beach tent, chairs, rug and a picnic hamper filled with goodies — I had picked up some lovely bread from Breadshare at St Mary’s market on Saturday…
We had a really enjoyable day relaxing on St Andrews West Sands.
When we got home we had chicken nachos for dinner
from this
to this
My week in food
My week in food and Pictures
This week started with a visit to The Haven for breakfast, which consisted of a great bacon and black pudding roll washed down with Lemongrass and ginger tea.
While at The Haven I noticed some beautiful sketches on the wall, on investigation I discovered they where the work of the Edinburgh Sketcher, http://edinburghsketcher.com
I am now planning to get the Edinburgh Sketcher to work his magic on this photo.
Later this year, I hope to make postcard/leaflet from the sketch, watch this space.
On Wednesday I did a fridge raid and found lots of veg, chicken and noodles –
Chicken Noodle soup
from this
to this
My son set off on Friday to complete his first night hike with Scouts; we dropped him off at Flotterstone at 8pm and picked him up at 11.45pm back at the church about 6 miles cross-country.
So the next day I treated him to pancake, bacon and maple syrup
The weather over the weekend was rather disappointing, so I decided to make something to lift our spirits for Sunday dinner.
I decided on chicken satay, homemade flat breads and radish and mint salad – clean empty plates, so I think everyone enjoyed it.
Visit to The Haven
Yesterday morning, I headed to the other side of Edinburgh for breakfast and a catch-up with a friend.
The Haven has a great selection of options for breakfast, lunch and cake breaks, all freshly made.
I opted for a bacon and black pudding roll, washed down with ginger and lemongrass tea and my friend opted for the bacon and pancakes with a mug of tea.
While we waited for our food, we enjoyed the artwork on the wall by The Edinburgh Sketcher.
We sampled a piece of the Elvis cake – it was very good, though sadly I don’t have a photo to show.
The Haven is well worth a visit, whether you are down at Ocean Terminal or just want great, freshly made food for a reasonable price with free parking just outside.
The Haven
9 Anchorfield
Newhaven
Edinburgh
Scone School Monday 20th May 2013
Scone School – Monday 20th May 2013
Come and learn to bake both sweet and savoury scones. Classes are small maximum 4 persons.
All ingredients and equipment is included in the cost £20. At the end of the class you will take home and selection of scones that we have baked.
If you would like to book a place please email me : wendy@wendypaterson.com, call me 07950431463 or tweet me @insideoutchef
