FOOD NOTES PREMIUM PRESERVES
A generous spoonful of a piquant gooseberry chutney or a zingy redcurrant jelly is just the thing to liven up all sorts of meals from salads and sandwiches to cheeseboards, cold meats and even fish (the sharpness of gooseberry pairs beautifully with oily fish like mackerel). Both gooseberry chutney and redcurrant jelly are included in Swinton Estate’s beguiling range of top-quality preserves. All of them are made from produce that was grown by Dame Susan Cunliffe-Lister in Swinton Park’s fabulous fouracre walled garden and expertly prepared by Swinton Cookery School’s talented chefs. You can buy Swinton Estate preserves from the Swinton Estate shop (swintonestateshop. com) just outside Swinton’s Country Club & Spa.
FRUITY FUN
Autumn means apples galore – and what better way to celebrate this splendid seasonal bounty than to pop along to Ripon Walled Garden’s Apple Day between 10am and 4pm on Saturday 9th October? If you’ve got apple trees of your own, you can bring your fruit with you and have them pressed into fabulous fresh juice. There’ll also be children’s games, a barbecue, drinks, ice creams, craft stalls and plenty of delicious homemade baked goods. Visit the Walled Garden’s orchard to marvel at the Victorian apple and pear trees, and stop by at the tearoom to enjoy a delicious ‘plot to plate’ meal. To keep up to date with events at the Walled Garden, follow Ripon Community Link on Facebook or Twitter.
UNIQUE ALE
BRILLIANT BEEF
Beef Shorthorn is a traditional and very sturdy breed of cattle, well suited to spending the majority of the year grazing the airy pastures at Greensley Bank, high in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Slow to mature when reared naturally, Beef Shorthorns produce well marbled and especially tasty beef. Autumn, after each animal has had a full summer out at grass, is the optimum time for flavour. You can buy 10kg or 15kg boxes containing a selection of cuts of this mouthwatering local delicacy directly from Greensley Bank. Email paulchambers@ greensleybank.co.uk or call 07775 813242. For information about Greensley Bank’s other products visit greensleybank.co.uk
If you enjoy eating Yorkshire puddings with your Sunday roasts then quite possibly you’ll enjoy drinking them too, because, believe it or not, there’s now a Yorkshire Pudding Beer! And yes, it really is made by fermenting Yorkshire puddings – apparently there’s a quarter of a pud’s worth in every bottle. Brewed by the Yorkshire Pudding Beer Brewery in a listed Victorian building on the banks of the River Derwent in Malton, it’s a light and easy-to-drink pale ale. “You’ll try it once for the novelty, then buy it again because you like it!” they tell us. Readers keen to put this claim to the test can buy Yorkshire Pudding Beer from Campbells of Leyburn, campbellsofleyburn.co.uk Dales Life | AUTUMN 2021 |
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