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Why Eat Game Meat? A Guide to Wild Meat & Ethical Shooting

Why Eat Game Meat? A Guide to Wild Meat & Ethical Shooting

By Valentine Warner 8 min read

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Cook the November Specials
Featherblade with Anchovies & Red Wine
STEAK RECIPES

Featherblade with Anchovies & Red Wine

Serves:2BBQ or braise. See recipe for timings

A bowl of Balkan bean čorba stew served with a spoon, showing tender beans, ham hock, and sour cabbage in a rich paprika broth
PORK RECIPES

A Bean Corba

Serves:6-8Prep:20 minsCook time:2h 30 mins

Val’s Venison Pad Krapow
VENISON RECIPES

Val’s Venison Pad Krapow

Serves:2Prep:15 minsCook time:10 mins

Featured Recipe
Ox cheeks, turnips and flagolet beans braised in sauce, inside a high-sided, white cast iron pan, viewed from above. Dark tea towel around half the perimeter of the pan to the left, cutlery beneath, two pale blue empty bowls top right.
BEEF RECIPES

Braised Ox Cheek with Flageolet Beans & Turnip

By Valentine Warner Serves: 6 • Cook time: 4h

Valentine Warner’s ox cheeks, slowly braised in red wine with flageolet beans, turnips and shallots. Rich French farmhouse cooking for colder days.

Full Recipe
November Cooking Guides
Overhead shot of two raw ox cheeks.
01

How to Cook Ox Cheek

6 min readGeorge Ryle

How to Cook a Cumberland Sausage
02

How to Cook a Cumberland Sausage

6 min readJorge 'The Butcher' Thomas

Oven-ready whole raw pheasant on a wooden board, prepared for cooking
03

How to Cook a Whole Pheasant

5 min readGeorge Ryle

The Swaledale Chefs Collective
Valentine Warner

Valentine Warner

Henry Harris

Henry Harris

Anna Ansari

Anna Ansari

The Rangoon Sisters

The Rangoon Sisters

Myles Donaldson

Myles Donaldson

Melissa Thompson

Melissa Thompson

Jonathan Jones

Jonathan Jones

Sam Nixon

Sam Nixon

Selin Kiazim

Selin Kiazim

Rosie Healey

Rosie Healey

Dave Gingell

Dave Gingell

Lulu Cox

Lulu Cox

Jason Hartley

Jason Hartley

Karl Goward

Karl Goward

Mark Dobbie

Mark Dobbie

Jorge Thomas

Jorge Thomas

Irina Janakievska

Irina Janakievska

James Ferguson

James Ferguson

Andy Oliver

Andy Oliver

John Chantarasak

John Chantarasak

Sebby Holmes

Sebby Holmes

George Ryle

George Ryle

Brent Hulena

Brent Hulena

Tim Siadatan

Tim Siadatan

Jacob Kenedy

Jacob Kenedy

Nick Molyviatis

Nick Molyviatis

Anna Tobias

Anna Tobias

More Recipes for November
A plated dish of roast partridge with smoked lardons, caramelised apples, and a glossy brandy sauce
GAME BIRD RECIPES

Partridge with Smoked Lardons, Apples & Brandy

Serves:2Prep:20 minsCook time:1h 10 mins

Roast wild mallard served on an oval plate with poached quince, roasted endive and orange
GAME BIRD RECIPES

Wild Mallard with Poached Quince, Roasted Endive & Orange

Serves:2Prep:25 minsCook time:40 mins

Breaded pheasant schnitzel topped with a fried egg, anchovy butter, capers and pickled walnuts on a serving plate
GAME BIRD RECIPES

Val’s Crispy Pheasant Schnitzel

Serves:2Prep:20 minsCook time:15 mins

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