Heating 10l of milk A few weeks back I attended a Farmhouse Cheesemaking Course in Teagasc and was bitten by the cheesemaking bug ever since. I am also very lucky to have a dairy farmer down the road from me and he promised me some milk. As I don’t have the facilities (at the moment…
DetailsMy good friend Sofie gave me about 3 years ago some Jerusalem Artichokes tubers and we planted them…I almost forgot about them when a few months later I was able to harvest some amazing artichokes (or sunchokes as they are also known). The first time I tried themw as in Cafe Paradiso and it came…
DetailsI still have lots of leeks in my garden so have to come up with ideas to cook them – in the next few days I will add some recipes for different dishes where leek is the main ingredient. But here is the most easiest recipe I have ever cooked – leeks soup (forget the…
DetailsShournagh Valley Allotments are looking for new gardeners. They have a fabulous setup and Frances & Ken are always at hand with tips, tricks and help. Give Frances a call on 087 9088009 for more information. Now is the time to get organised with your kitchen garden – and if you don’t have a garden,…
DetailsMy herb garden has provided me with a lot more herb that I could use in my normal cooking (small tip – lemon balm has the habit of taking over – so either leave it in a pot or in its on bed) so I made my famous (yeap, my foodie friends know this salt…
DetailsHave you started to prepare your garden for the next season??? My raised beds are covered with black plastic after we have dug in some well rotten compost. And we started to plan our next steps already. I gave Mr T. a wonderful Christmas gift (very selflessly I may add) – and he is now…
DetailsDo you want to open your own food business but have no idea how? Bia Sásta in cooperation with the Useful Training & Development Company are organising an information day to give you the insight and expert advise to go and do it. We have lined up experts who have done the step or have…
DetailsAs a passionate cook – I try to cook as much from scratch as possible. That includes making stock. I really don’t like stock cubes at all – especially since the cube has never seen any real ingredients apart from salt. I am not squeamish about salt but I like to decide myself what I…
DetailsThis is my new blog where I will be posting more recipes. Dine & Wine Club Cork has run it’s course and it was time for it to retire. Bia Sásta is all about food again but with more focus. I will be posting recipes, videos (if I can get it to work) and all…
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