Venison stew made over the campfire while camping in the forest where the deer roamed
Eridge Park venison stew
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Camping recipes
Cath has devised a selection of delicious camping recipes for adults and children that are ideal for cooking and eating outdoors
How to cook pancakes on a campfire
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I cooked a big batch of small, fat American-style pancakes for breakfast in the woods. I used a muurikka, a large skillet on legs that sits over a hot campfire. The muurikka was new so it required seasoning with a hunk of pork fat. It is a large pan, so I could cook nearly all…
Cath’s campfire roast dinner: Lamb shoulder with aubergine and flat bread
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On a windy field in the Cotswolds, I roasted some lamb shoulder over a low campfire. The field was around the back of Abbey Home Farm with a view of the surrounding land, upon which the lamb in question had been organically reared. I have cooked lamb shoulder steaks on an open fire before. They…
Foraging and campfire cooking at Wowo
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Cath goes foraging for wild garlic at Wowo campsite and improvises a sausage stew
Just Pitched Dinners
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Camping requires a lot of planning and prep. Don’t leave the first meal to chance. After all that packing, travelling, unloading, and pitching, you deserve to eat something good in front of the perfectly pitched tent.
Just Pitched Veggie chilli
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I love veggie chilli, I serve it at home with wholemeal soft flour tortillas, pickled jalapenos and guacamole. What you take to camp is really what you can manage. Like many stews, chilli benefits from a day’s rest before eating so is perfect to heat up on a one ring stove. This recipe is more…
Just Pitched Chicken Pie
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Serves 4 I made two little pies with asparagus and chicken for our tea when we went to Glastonbury. As I burnt the first load of pastry, which I had bought, I had to then whip up another batch. So we had one pie with shop-bought and one with home-made, the home-made won the taste…
Just Pitched Spanish meatballs
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Serves 4 Prepare this at home and take it with you in two pots: one containing the sauce, and the other holding the meatballs. Once at camp, all you need is a one-ring cooker, (or two-ring if you are cooking rice or potatoes), a large, lidded saucepan and wooden spoon. Once pitched, all you need…
Just Pitched Spanish tortilla
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Serves 4 I have been making this tortilla for years, it is a real store cupboard recipe. Waxy potatoes are a must, floury ones like King Edwards will fall apart and leave you with just oniony mashed potatoes. Older new potatoes are ideal, as they are waxy, but less work than new potatoes because they…
Five-a-day barbecue
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For a carnivore, a barbeque can easily become too meaty: a sausage, a lamb chop, a chicken drumstick, oh and one of those minute steaks too – it all adds up. Ketchup does not count as one of the five-a-day. Here are my recommendations for vegetable dishes to cook on the barbecue to break up…
