Roasting times
For beef, lamb & pork:-
Cook at gas mark 4-5, 180°C or 350°F, for approximate times below:-
Beef
Well done 30 mins per 450g (1lb) + 30 mins
Medium 25 mins per 450g (1lb) + 25 min
Rare 20 mins per 450g (1lb) + 20 mins Lamb
Well done 30 mins per 450g (1lb) + 30 mins
Medium 25 mins per 450g (1lb) + 25 mins Pork
Well done 35 mins per 450g (1lb) + 35 mins
Medium 30 mins per 450g (1lb) + 30 mins
Please note:- The above temperatures and times are for a guide only.
Recipe of the Month
GLAZED PORK LOIN STEAKS
GIVE IT A TRY!!
Serves: 4
Ingredients
4 x Hockeys Pork Loin Steaks
150ml (1/4 pint) Dry Cider
1 x Clove Garlic, finely chopped
Juice of 1 Lemon
4 tbsp Orange Marmalade 2 tbsp Clear Honey 4 tbsp Soy Sauce 1 tsp English Honey 2 tsps Balsamic Vinegar salt and freshly milled black pepperMethodPreheat the oven to 190°C (375°F) gas mark 5. Heat the ingredients for the glaze until boiling, continue to cook until the liquid is reduced by half, then keep warm. Lay each pork steak in a piece of foil, pour over a little of the glaze, gather up the foil like a parcel and bake in the oven for 18-20 minutes. Arrange the pork steaks on a serving dish, pour over the glaze and serve with an apple and watercress salad.
Most of our monthly recipes are taken from an old family cookbook dated 1746. The preface dedicates the book to:- Good wives, tender mothers and careful nurses.. We have obviously had to translate many of the recipes and cooking terms.
Sausages & burgers
When we make our sausages & we add an ingredient such as leeks for the pork & leek sausage, apple for the pork & apple burgers & so on, the ingredient we use is ‘the real thing’, fresh leeks, fresh apples etc... We do not add artificial ingredients.
Our sausages are sold in 1/2kg (1lb) packs with 8 sausages to the 1/2kg
Our chipolatas sausages are sold in 1/4kg (1/2lb) packs with 8 chipolatas to the 1/4kg
Our burgers are sold in 1/2kg (1lb) packs with 4 x 8oz burgers to the 1/2kg
Please be aware
When ordering the above items, please specify number of packs required. When you place an order please be aware that it is not always possible for us to get it ‘spot on’, the weights can vary by a few ounces.
Remember we hand make our sausages & burgers & we hand pack our produce thus we are not able to be as accurate as a supermarket for example.