Herby Wholemeal Scones

As I mentioned last time, this January is about resetting a few eating habits and trying to rebalance slightly away from ‘belly-enhancing’ and towards ‘nutritious’. To that end, here are some herby wholemeal scones. They’re dead simple, good for your digestive system and an easy fit for any number of healthy meals. They’re still nice…

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It’s 2017: Healthy Eating and Pie

While part of me knows that the point in our planet’s orbit around the sun that we have decided marks a new year is pretty arbitrary, midnight on December 31st still means something to me. There’s something enticing about a blank slate, a new opportunity. While I’m not big on the idea of new year’s…

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Christmas Leftovers: Deep Fried Stuffing Balls

Christmas leftovers – a one-day blessing, seven day curse. Boxing day: you’re quite looking forward to your turkey and stuffing sandwich. New year’s day: you’re wondering why on earth you consigned yourself to this endless leftover sandwich diet and when this food purgatory will end. Don’t worry, Yorkshire Grub has your back with these slightly…

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Pork Pie with Black Pudding, Just in Time for Christmas

“It is a great pity more raised pies are not made. They are not so difficult as they sound, they keep well, and are substantial and wholesome,” writes Dorothy Hartley in Food in England. She does, I must say, make me feel a bit bad that we’re inverting the method for this pork pie with black…

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Meat and Potato Pie with a Chunky Suet Crust

Meat and Potato Pie is a hearty Northern classic. If you’re cooking a meat and potato pie you’re looking to fill your belly, so we’re going all in here with a big thick suet crust. We need to talk about pie, though. I know that there are some cooks and eaters who are very militant…

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Vegetarian Scotch Egg with Stilton, Walnut and Apple

Yes, yes, this recipe has ‘Scotch’ in the title and it’s on a website called Yorkshire Grub. But, while this savoury treat’s origins are a bit murky, one thing that seems clear is that it’s unlikely to have actually originated in Scotland and Yorkshire is, in fact, a possible candidate. In any case, the idea for this…

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Quick Yorkshire Oatcakes (or Haverbread, if you prefer)

It’s taken a couple of months, but with these oatcakes we’ve finally got to a recipe that I can use as running fuel without lying to myself. In essence oatcakes are a slightly-leavened bread that you can cook in a pan without a quarter of the effort that goes into baking proper bread. Much as…

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Simple, Seasonal Apple Crackle Pudding

Apple Crackle Pudding doesn’t exactly have the crack that I was expecting from the name (nor does it have any snap or pop). It does, however, have more bite than you can expect from many apple-based Yorkshire dishes as there’s no stewing involved, which gives it a great texture. Apples are, of course, in season…

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Beetroot and Chili Ketchup from Grandma’s Garden

I’m getting quite into ketchup. I mean, I’ve been quite into ketchup since I discovered bacon sandwiches, but it wasn’t until I made my first BBQ sauce that I realised you can improve on the stuff you get in bottles from the supermarket. It wasn’t until Yorkshire Grub’s Blackberry Ketchup that I realised you could…

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