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Sunday 27th March

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ASPARAGUS
TORTILLA

A twist on a classic
Spanish dish, A really
speedy dish ideal for a
quick family dinner.

Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes

You’ll need
• 1 bundle British asparagus
• 1 courgette thinly sliced
• 15g unsalted butter
• 2 cloves garlic crushed
• 200g Maris Piper potatoes,
peeled and diced
• 1 red onion sliced
• 6 medium eggs, beaten
• salt and pepper

What to do

Preheat the oven to 200°c, and
bring a pan of salted water to
the boil. Fill another dish with
iced water, large enough to fit the
asparagus.

Drop the asparagus into the Serves
boiling water, bring back to the 4
boil then cook for 2-3 minutes.
Remove the asparagus from the Place the asparagus into the pan, season the beaten
boiling water with a slotted spoon, eggs with salt and pepper and then add to the pan.
then plunge into the iced water to When the eggs have just set around the edges,
preserve the bright colour of the transfer to the preheated oven for around 6-8
asparagus. minutes or until the tortilla is set.
When cooked turn out onto a plate.
Meanwhile, in a non-stick pan fry the sliced Cut the tortilla into slices then serve with some
courgettes in the butter then add the garlic and cook dressed salad leaves.
over a medium heat for around 6-7 minutes until
almost sticky. www.british-asparagus.co.uk

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asparagus, parboil the potatoes and cut into cubes,
then add the potatoes and the onion to the pan and
cook until softened.

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We can also offer our pies unbaked for you to cook at your
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ASpArAguS
And peA
SprIng
MIneSTrOne
SOup

Give your soup a spring makeover –
this minestrone is filled with green,
spring vegetables and plenty of herbs!

Preparation time: 10 minutes Serves
Cooking time: 20 minutes 4

You’ll need
• 30g butter
• 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 1 medium-sized fennel bulb
trimmed and thinly sliced
• 3 small carrots trimmed, peeled and
cut into rounds
• 6 spring onions trimmed and cut
into 3
• 150ml dry white wine
• 500ml good vegetable stock
• 250g British asparagus tips
• 150g fresh peas (podded weight) or
frozen petit pois
• 5 tbsp finely chopped mixed herbs
to include mint, chives and parsley
• 100ml double cream
• A squeeze of lemon
• Sea salt and freshly ground pepper

What to do Add the vegetable stock and cook for a further
5 minutes on a low to moderate heat.
Melt the oil and butter in a large pan. Add the Add the asparagus and peas and cook for a further
fennel and carrots and stir over a gentle heat for 5 minutes until tender.
about 5-6 minutes being careful not to burn. Stir in the herbs and cream and season well with a
squeeze of lemon juice, sea salt and freshly ground
Add the spring onion and cook until softened. black pepper.

Pour in the white wine and reduce by half. www.britishasparagus.com

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Recipes: www.riverford.co.uk/recipes

CARROT MUFFINS with orange topping

Ingredients Serves: 4 / Prep time: 15min / Cooking time: 25min
25g unsalted butter, cut Based on a classic carrot cake recipe, these muffins are great for lunchboxes, picnics and
into small pieces; softened afternoon tea. They’re easy enough to get kids involved in the cooking. The orange icing
at room temperature is a nice, zingier twist on the traditional plain cream cheese.
125g soft brown sugar
2 eggs Step 1: Preheat oven to 180°C/Gas 4. Lightly grease a muffin tin or line
125g self raising flour, with muffin cases.
sifted Step 2: In a large bowl beat the butter and sugar together. Continue mixing
½ tsp nutmeg, grated and slowly add the eggs one at a time until fully combined.
½ tsp ground cinnamon Step 3: Gradually add the flour, nutmeg and cinnamon. Mix in the grated
150g carrot, grated carrot, walnuts and sultanas. Fill each muffin case full.
30g walnuts, chopped Step 4: Bake for 20-30 minutes until they have risen and bounce back when
30g sultanas lightly pressed. (If you insert a skewer it should come out clean). Cool on a
250g cream cheese wire rack.
125g icing sugar Step 5: For the topping mix the cream cheese, icing sugar, orange zest and
1 tsp orange zest juice in a bowl. Cool slightly before spreading over the top of each muffin.
1 tsp orange juice

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PORTOBELLO TOAD IN THE HOLE with red

onion gravy and squash mash Serves: 2 / Prep time: 10min / Cooking time: 1h 10 min

This is a vegetarian take on a Step 1: Preheat oven to 190°C/Gas Mark 5. Chop the squash in half
traditional sausage toad in the hole, lengthways, then each half into 6-8 fat wedges, scooping out and discarding
using portobello mushrooms. any seeds. Place on a baking tray and drizzle with a little oil. Pop in the oven
to roast for 20 minutes.
Ingredients Step 2: Meanwhile, peel and finely slice the onions. In a good sized saucepan
1 kabocha squash heat 1 tablespoon of oil with half the butter, the onions and a good pinch of
oil for roasting and frying, salt. Gently cook on a very low heat, stirring occasionally, until the onions are
e.g. sunflower or light olive soft and caramelising, about 20 minutes.
2 red onions Step 3: Meanwhile, wash and finely shred half the cabbage, removing the
50g butter tough core and thick ribs. Wipe the portobello mushrooms clean with a damp
½ cabbage piece of kitchen paper or clean cloth. Strip the leaves off the thyme sprigs.
4 Portobello mushrooms Make the batter: put the flour and a good pinch of salt in a large bowl.
3 fresh thyme sprigs Step 4: Crack in the egg. Whisk in a good 3 tablespoons (50ml) of milk to form
75g plain flour a thick paste, then another 100ml of milk, until you have a smooth batter. Stir
1 egg in the thyme leaves. Place the mushrooms in a baking dish, ideally one that fits
150ml milk them fairly snugly. Drizzle liberally with oil and season.
1 tbsp balsamic vinegar Step 5: Once the squash has cooked for 20 minutes, pop the mushrooms in too.
1 tsp light brown sugar Cook squash and mushrooms for 10 minutes. Once the onions are soft, add the
60ml red wine balsamic vinegar and sugar. Stir well. Add the red wine. Let it gently bubble
1 tsp yeast extract and reduce for about 2 minutes.
1 stalk fresh rosemary Step 6: Add the yeast extract, 1 sprig of rosemary and crumble in the stock
1 low salt vegetable stock cube cube. Add 400ml water, bring up to a low boil and bubble until the liquid
salt and pepper has reduced by about half. Season to taste once reduced. If the gravy is ready
before the toad (the battered mushrooms!), remove from the heat and warm
Cooks notes: Roasting squash in halves through to serve.
or wedges with the skin on is an easy way of Step 7: Once cooked, remove the squash from the oven and keep to one
preparing them. It’s particularly good for thick- side. Turn the oven up to 220°C/Gas 7. Add 2 tablespoons more oil to the
skinned squash, e.g. crown prince or kabocha. mushroom dish. Return it to the oven for 5 minutes. Use the time to scoop the
Our kabocha are either orange or green-skinned, flesh out of the squash.
but both have orange flesh. The trick to getting Step 8: Use a fork to coarsely mash it with the remaining butter. Keep it to one
a good, risen Yorkshire batter is to have your oil side and gently warm in a pan to serve. After 5 minutes the oil should be good
nice and hot. Don’t be tempted to open the oven and hot. Stir the batter and pour into the mushroom dish. Return the pan to
door too early; the sharp blast of cold air will the oven. Bake for 25-30 minutes, until risen and golden brown (see cook’s note
cause it to sink. on cooking batter).
Step 9: 5 minutes before the batter is ready, gently wilt the cabbage in a pan
with a splash of water. Once the mushrooms are cooked (the batter is crispy
and risen), remove from the oven. Serve with the warmed squash, cabbage and
onion gravy.

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THE HERITAGE
TRUST SUPPORTS
COMMUNITY
CHARTER

The Totnes Heritage Trust supports the move by sign up to it and how vigorously it is then used by
the Totnes Town Council to create a Community that community in addressing the future planning
Charter for Totnes, following in the footsteps of our town. It is intended to use the St Ives charter
of St Ives in Cornwall, Falkirk in Scotland and as template. You can find it here: https://www.
Ryedale in Yorkshire. stivesclt.org.uk/news/st-ives-community-charter/

Representatives of the Trust attended a meeting Quote from St Ives Charter: “This Charter
at the end of January in the Seven Stars ballroom pertains to any development…which impacts
to find out more and ask questions about being on our Cultural Heritage and, as this Charter is a
involved and part of making the charter. The direct expression from the people, it must be a
intention is to create a broad coalition of Totnes material consideration in the planning process
organisations that can get involved in the charter- and decision making..”
making day that is taking place on Saturday 19
March in the Civic Hall. The Totnes Town Council will be the ‘holder’ of the
charter on behalf of the community.
The Community Charter will be a document that
establishes the rights and responsibilities of a As a former director of the Community Chartering
community that wants to determine its economic Network that helped communities create the first
future and take care of its heritage and environment. community charters, and a resident of Totnes the
The making of the Charter brings people from Town Council has asked Isabel Carlisle to help them
all walks of life and backgrounds together to talk in this process.
about their shared values and the assets that the
community wants to protect. These can range from Everyone in Totnes and Bridgetown will receive an
our heritage buildings to our reputation as a town. invite to the charter-making day to be held on Saturday
19 March at the Civic Hall. Please come along with
The Charter is not a legal document and instead your friends and neighbours and be involved in the
gains its power from the number of people that creation of the Totnes Community Charter.

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PET CARE

Everything you need to know before
microchipping your cat

With an aim to help reunite lost or stray How do I register my cat’s microchip?
cats with their owners, the UK Government
recently announced plans to introduce “Once the chip has been placed, the number will need to
mandatory microchipping for cats. be registered along with your information (name, address,
phone numbers, email address, pet’s details, and an
Under these new rules, all cat owners must ensure their additional emergency contact or two) on a government
puss is microchipped before they reach the age of 20 approved central database. The professional that
weeks, and their contact details correctly registered on a microchips your cat will give you all the details on how to
pet microchipping database. Owners found not to have do this.
microchipped their furry friend will be given 21 days to “You can use www.checkachip.com to confirm which
organise the procedure, or may face fines of up to £500. microchip database your furry family member is
PDSA Vet Nurse Nina Downing said: “With thousands of registered with. There are various microchip databases in
lost or stray pets every year, this is a welcome initiative the UK, so it’s really important that you make sure your
which animal lovers and vets will support, which will pet is registered with one that is approved by the UK
help reunite pets and their owners across the UK. Here’s government.
everything you need to know before getting your cat “If your furry friend becomes lost or stolen, contact your
microchipped. microchip database company to let them know as soon
as possible, so they can change your pet’s status to lost
When should I get my cat microchipped? or stolen. This will alert anyone who may have found and
scanned them to the situation, hopefully speeding up the
“Microchipping your puss will help ensure that if they process so you’re reunited as quickly as possible.
ever become lost, stolen, or injured then they have
the best possible chance of being reunited with you as How long do microchips last?
quickly as possible. I’d always recommend that all cats
are microchipped before they start going outside, just to “Microchips are hardwearing and should last for your
be safe. Kittens can be microchipped at the same time as four-legged friend’s lifetime. It’s extremely rare for them
they have their vaccination. Alternatively, as cats can be to become faulty, but in the unlikely case one fails, the
neutered from 4 months of age, this provides a perfect chip manufacturer will provide a replacement chip. There
opportunity to have them microchipped at the same time, is no need to remove the faulty chip, your vet can simply
so they won’t even know it’s been done. place the new chip alongside it.”

Does microchipping hurt? PDSA is the UK’s largest vet charity. We’re on a mission to improve
pet wellbeing through prevention, education and treatment.
“Your cat’s microchip is implanted under their skin Support from players of People’s Postcode Lottery helps us reach
between their shoulder blades. Just like any injection, even more pet owners with vital advice and information. Your
microchipping can sometimes cause a small amount of support is vital for poorly pets – find out how you can help us give
discomfort at the time, but fortunately it’s a very quick pets a fighting chance at www.pdsa.org.uk/pdsa-chance  
procedure that takes just a few seconds. Microchips are
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“Microchips can only be implanted by professionals,
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four-legged friends to get microchipped at their vet, but if
you do go elsewhere such as a rescue centre or grooming
parlour, it’s important to do checks beforehand to make
sure the person chipping your puss is qualified to carry out
the procedure.

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