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SLOW FOOD EVENTS in Herefordshire,
Worcestershire, Shropshire and the Marches
Terra Madre Dinner – Served at Lower Buckton
Country House
Saturday 17 November 2007
Menu devised and cooked by Terra Madre Chef, Carolyn Chesshire
Fizz – served with Tyrrells’ mixed roots and Clunbury Hall
organic smoked salmon on Swift’s Shropshire Brown bread with
Dairyhouse un-salted butter
Starter – San Daniele air-dried ham from Italy and kindly
donated by Slow Food International served with Liz Lloyd’s
special spiced plums
Bread - Lower Buckton’s soda bread and Swift’s organic sunflower
and seed
Inter-course – Indian spiced butternut soup with horseradish
cream (made to Lesley Mackley’s recipe)
Mains – Squire Farm, Chapel Lawn mutton with pearl barley –
based on a recipe by Ben Weatherall who’s a Slow Food member and
founder member of the Mutton Renaissance. Other ingredients
are:- Buckton field potatoes, Lower Buckton’s onions, leeks and
garlic, Worcestershire celeriac and swede.
Vegetables – Lower Buckton’s pumpkin, chilli & garlic roasted
with Shropshire Oil’s rapeseed and Presidium Jiloca saffron from
Spain; steamed curly kale and carrot mash
Pre-pudding – Butford Farm Presidium Perry Jelly set with Lower
Buckton blackberries and Tillington Court autumn raspberries
served with Pixley Court blackcurrant ice cream – based on
recipes by Mark Hix
Cheese – Mousetrap Cheese’s unpasturised cows’ milk Monkland,
Neals Yard Creamery Ragstone and a selection of Mrs Temple’s
cheeses from Norfolk (donated by Stephen and Catherine Temple)
all served with Lower Buckton’s homemade dill oatcakes, quince
jelly and hazelnuts plus Ludlow walnuts
Pudding – Herefordshire pear and ginger upside down tart and
poached pears in quince Welsh vodka and Presidium Mananara
vanilla from Madagascar with Dairyhouse organic Jersey cream and
Lower Buckton red fruit syrup
Savoury – Handmade petite pate de Pezenas. Based on the special
little pies sold in the bakeries of Pezenas, south west France
where Clive of India lived for a while and reputedly is cooks
invented them.
Coffee and Tea – Lavazza ground coffee, Yorkshire leaf tea and
Teme river-mint infusion ~ Mawley Town Farm Milk, Ludlow –
non-homogenised!
Sweetmeats – Ginger, chocolate and fruit meringues scented with
Lower Buckton’s lavender.
The wines –
Broadfield Court Sparkling
Frentano Montepulgiano D’abruzzo D.O.C (red)
Conviviale Pinot Grigio (white) |
Just a few Slow Food Events on the
Herefordshire/Shropshire/Worcestershire borders
Slow Food Ludlow Marches
Saturday 23rd February - Colliers Hill Conference Centre, near Cleobury
Mortimer
Pork and Perry Dinner - a gastronomic feast cooked by Jackie Miller
Contact:- 01299 832247
Slow Food Worcestershire
Thursday 27th March - Top Barn, near Holt, Worcester
TERRA MADRE TALK & TASTE with Carolyn Chesshire
Contact:- 01886 812 808
INVITATION TO VISIT OUR SLOW FOOD FRIENDS IN COLOMBIERES, FRANCE - 19 to
26 April
Following the success of last year's trip, another opportunity to
discover French food and producers with Chris and Therese at the Chateau
sur Colombieres in south west France. email
carolyn@lowerbuckton.co.uk
for details
Slow Food Ludlow Marches MAGNALONGA 2008 - Sunday 22 June. The
mouth-watering walk. Featured in Guardian "Travel" 16.02.08. Details are
currently being worked on for this year's event - will update soon.
SALONE DEL GUSTO, TURIN - The International Slow Food Festival, October
2008
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"Watch out for Herefordshire-bred
edible snails!"
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Slow Food Ludlow Marches
Annual General Meeting
Thursday 1st March
The Bull Hotel
Ludlow
Slow Food Ludlow Marches
Cookery Demonstration by Lesley Mackley, well-known Food
Writer and Demonstrator assisted by Carolyn Chesshire
May/June - Date and Venue to be confirmed.
Slow Food Herefordshire
Pork, Hats and Pheasant
Monday 5th March
The Hat Shop Restaurant
Presteigne
An evening of sensationally smoked foods.
Slow Food Herefordshire
Eggs at The Hop Pocket
Bishops Frome near Bromyard
Wednesday 4th April
An eggceptionally interesting evening.
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Slow Brunch at Ludford House. On Sunday 3
September over 100 members and guests of the Slow Food Ludlow
Marches convivium enjoyed a delicious and leisurely brunch at tables
laid out in the gardens of Ludford House. A lavish choice of food
and drink included bacon and sausages, kedgeree, salads of seasonal
vegetables, apple juices and plums, all sourced from local
producers. As well as taking the chance to look round the grounds
many visitors, especially the children, also tried their hand at
traditional garden games like archery and croquet.
The event was organised by Slow Food committee member Carolyn
Chesshire, who also did most of the cooking. Carolyn, from Lower
Buckton Country House, a member of the ‘Local to Ludlow’ Bed and
Breakfast group, believes passionately in using local produce and
spreading the word to others about the quality and variety of what
is available in the Marches
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Carolyn was honoured to be one of 30 Cooks
representing the UK at Slow Food International's Terra Madre which was
held in conjunction with Slow Food International's Salone del Gusto in
Turin in October 2006.
In Turin at the Slow Food Terra Madre's
"Cooks in Food Systems" assembly on Sunday 29th October,
London-based Italian chef and wild-foods expert forager, Claudio
Bincoletto and Swedish chef, Sofia Gulliksson called upon the
world's cooks and chefs to unite on one day to promote the knowledge
and to spread the values of Slow Food to others who may not be aware
of its objectives. They called upon 11th November to be SLOW FOOD
IN ACTION DAY
In response to this challenge Henry and Carolyn served the following
seven course dinner to that weekend's House
Party............................
Osmin Olives' anti pasta
Tyrrells' Hand-fried Parsnip Chips
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Lower Buckton's Home-grown Pumpkin and Apple Soup
Swifts' Bakery cheese and herb crusty bread
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Soufflé of local Trout with Neals Yard Creamery Goat's Cheese
Mixed salad leaves from Lower Buckton
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Shoulder of Lower Buckton's free-range, rare-breed Berkshire Pork
Gravy of pan juices with sage, onion and apple juice
Bashed potatoes with Herefordshire butter and Herefordshire Cream
Steamed black cabbage
Baked carrots
Roast Beetroot with coriander, garlic and shallots
Leeks with cheesey crumbed topping
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Buckton apple custard with Dairyhouse organic Jersey Cream
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Neals Yard Dorstone from the Herefordshire Creamery
The Mousetrap's Monkland Cheese
Homemade Oat Cakes using Bacheldre Mill's Flours
Lower Buckton's Quince Jelly
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Lavassa Coffee with Homemade Chocolates
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