Apley Cookery Club – the revival of great British food

Harlech cheddar cheese with horseradish & parsley

Gilly Clayton, Apley Cookery Club

Rhubarb in Apley Walled Garden

Harlech cheddar with horseradish & parsley

Suitably at the same time as the Apley Food Fayre this Saturday 2 May, Gilly Clayton will lead the Apley Cookery Club 10.30-12.30pm.

This month, Gilly is exploring the revival of great British food, looking at how to make the best use of good food available to us. She will be discussing cooking with asparagus & demonstrating summer pea soup, which will then be part of the buffet lunch at 12.30pm.” £20 per person includes a buffet lunch. To book your place, please email gillabella@aol.com or call Gilly on 07837 83 58 54. Click here for more details.

Rhubarb crumble cake

Whilst on foodie subjects (when are we ever not discussing food at Apley!?), our Cheese of the Week is Harlech cheddar with horseradish & parsley & Cake of the Week is Rhubarb Crumble Cake (photo just coming) from the BBC’s Good Food website. Great news for rhubarb crumble lovers, it is totally delicious & she is of course using Apley Walled Garden rhubarb ! Here’s (photo above) the rhubarb in the garden.

And here is what they say about the Harlech cheese: “Harlech takes its name from the famous Welsh warriors of the middle ages. It’s a creamy cheddar flavoured with fresh horseradish & presented in an attractive orange wax. Harlech has a unique character with a smooth texture that successfully blends the intense flavour of horseradish & the fresh parsley taste. It’s tangy & zesty with a nice edge of heat”.  Sounds fabulous !

Craig Whitehouse, our new (returned in fact !) in-house butcher is making a variety of handmade sausages: pork & apple, pork & sweet chilli, pork & tomato, pok & leek, plain pork (thick & thin), extra lean pork & even (whilst venison is available) venison sausages !