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
Hockeys Simple Beef Casserole
A real 'Winter Warmer' and so easy to prepare and cook.. give it a try
Serves: 4 hearty appetites
Ingredients
500g (1lb) Hockeys Braising Steak Slices (Cubed)
1 onion (diced)
1 x Carrot (diced)
1 x Leek (diced)
2 x Celery Sticks (diced) 75g sliced Mushrooms olive oil 2 tbsp Plain Flour 3 sprigs of Thyme 750ml Beef stock (fresh, cube or concentrate) 2 tbsp Tomato PureeMethod
1.Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a large pan then add the onion, carrot, leek, celery and garlic, and cook gently for 5 minutes, do not brown. Add the mushrooms and cook everything for a further 5 minutes then remove from the pan. Heat a little more olive oil in the pan, add the beef and brown all over then stir the flour in well.
Return the veg to the pan and add the thyme, stock, purée and Worcestershire sauce. Season and mix well. Bring to a gentle simmer and cook covered for 1 1/2 hours until tender, stirring occasionally. Serve with jacket potatoes, rice, pasta or mash.
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.
