The British Larder Inspirational recipe diary

These two recipes are a must-have essential for any pub’s blackboard menu. I must say at first the thought of pickled eggs was slightly, well… off-putting! Well the challenge for me was to come up with a traditional and ultimate bar snack menu with a contemporary British Larder twist, and the long and short of it is that pickled eggs and pork scratchings are two quintessential snacks to compliment a well-kept glass of real ale.

There is a very true saying that all good things take time to create and nurture. Well these two recipes will certainly test your patience - and they did test mine! I’m a bit impatient and want everything to have happened yesterday. Well I had to wait two weeks for these pickled eggs to be pickled and the pork scratchings also need 5 days salting before anything else can be done with them.

To create and complete these two

Twinings has combined the wonderful aromas of White Earl Grey, Rose and Bergamont, to develop this amazing Royal Wedding Commemorative Blend. These flavours are as elegant as one would imagine the Royal Wedding to be.

I teamed up with Twinings Tea to bake these two delicious afternoon tea delights – Royal Wedding Blend of White Earl Grey & Rose Victoria Sponge, and Twinings Royal Wedding Blend of White Earl Grey and Rose, Rhubarb Cupcakes with a White Chocolate Frosting, to celebrate Kate and William’s special day.

These recipes are perfect if you plan to host a traditional British street party. Here at the British Larder Suffolk we will definitely be baking both recipes and will serve them with this delicious Royal Wedding Commemorative Blend. My objective was to create two interesting recipes using the Royal Wedding Tea Blend, combining it with a traditional recipe with a slight British Larder twist.

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Nothing beats a delicious fresh skate wing, pan-roasted with a crisp golden crusty outside and the flaky stringy flesh. We are spoilt rotten here at the British Larder. We have the best suppliers we possibly could find!! That is a fact! You can read a bit more about our loyal and local suppliers on our pub website britishlardersuffolk.co.uk.

We choose to only buy ingredients from people who care about food the same way we do. The guys and girls from Pinney’s in Orford do care and so does Chris from Maximus sustainable fishing. They both bluntly admit when there is no fish to catch and sell to us due to stock levels, but when it is there we are some of the very lucky few who actually manage to get our hands on this lovely fresh fish. I have never seen a whole skate ray before so when we asked Pinney’s to

Glorious rhubarb! It’s amazing how one’s tastes evolve, change and even develop as you get older. At first I thought if I do not like something then that is it, I will never like it, however I’m proven wrong. That fact comes with age…does that mean that I’m getting old?? Well finding a few gray hairs was a bit of a shock to the system – I thought I will never “grow up”, be responsible and like rhubarb! BUT I do now. If that is a sign of ageing then I do not mind it too much.

As a child and even in my twenties I would pull the ugliest faces when I was offered anything made with rhubarb, but now I think it’s “cool” and I’d even go as far as saying it’s delicious. Especially my infamous rhubarb and vanilla jam.

With that in mind I think tomorrow