We went to the grand opening of Fielder's Farm shop on the Pangbourne Road near Theale on Saturday. It was very busy, lots of seasonal UK veg and meat, pies, cakes chutney etc from local and regional producers - I hope they do well. We picked up some partridges for our evening meal. They were delicious pot roasted with a honey, lemon juice and thyme baste.
To go with them we had Simon's Saffron Potatoes - I say they are Simon's but we can't remember where we got the recipe so apologies to any celebrity chef we may have ripped off. To make them, scrub but don't peel the potatoes, thinly slice and arrange in baking tray trying to keep in shape of the potatoes. (see photo). Add a good pinch of saffron, a crushed garlic clove and veg stock up to about 2/3 the height of the potatoes. sprinkle with olive oil and put in oven. They seem to work in whatever temperature oven you are using for the rest of your dinner, yesterday 200 in a fan oven and they took about half an hour - just keep an eye on them.
We also had green and purple beans from the veg bag. Boiled with a small amount of water and a knob of butter they were delicious. Sadly the purple ones go green when you cook them!
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