Notes on the Recipes
General
The main text of the recipe is in
normal type and the ingredients listed will generally produce two good
servings.
* To make enough for four servings just double the quantities where the symbol * appears next to them.
Measurement systems were designed to confuse cosmopolitan cooks. Don’t get out your calculator to check the equivalence of metric/Imperial quantities in the recipes. We have a section dealing with conversion, which includes a table based on the ‘near enough’ principle, and lists of factors to eight or more decimal places for the purists and masochists.
Text in italics in the body of the recipe is used to indicate alternatives or optional ingredients. Cooking is not an exact science, and it is this flexibility with recipes which allows each chef to put his/her individual stamp on a dish.
We have produced recipes which we enjoy but recognise that everyone is different and have indicated areas which can be modified to suit individual tastes.
Where preparation and cooking times are indicated these are approximate and not to be followed slavishly. They will be affected by your individual cooking methods and the equipment in your kitchen. If a recipe suggests cooking for an hour and you notice smoke rising after 45 minutes it would not be wise to wait another 15 minutes. Likewise if a recipe suggests cooking meat for 45 minutes, and it is clearly not cooked through at that time, then extend the cooking period until it is properly done to your liking.
Note for those lucky enough to live in West Sussex
Each recipe page shows the beer which is included in that recipe. You can top up your supplies of bottled Adur Brewery beers at the Farmers’ Markets at Steyning (first Saturday of the month), Shoreham (second Saturday of the month) and Broadwater (Worthing, fourth Saturday morning). For the latest position on other retail outlets check the breweries main website at www.adurbrewery.com
If you do attend the local markets, you will also be able to stock up with other items, as most of the people listed in our Sussex Suppliers section have a stall at the markets. You will soon find what a difference it makes to your beer cooking when you use top-class fresh ingredients (and you will also get a warm feeling from helping to save the planet by buying locally produced food.)
Note for those living in the rest of the world
Each recipe page shows the beer which is included in that recipe. If you live in a deprived area where you can’t get the appropriate Adur Brewery beer, we’re very sorry for you, but take heart, you can substitute the same quantity of a similar beer, and it will be almost as good. But keep an eye on the brewery’s website www.adurbrewery.com , as it is hoped to develop internet sales soon