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And the winners are….
We recently asked our Facebook fans to tell us which of Chef Leon’s recipes featuring our Tasty Lancashire cheese were their favourites, was it the Lancashire Pivithiers or the Lancashire Burger? The votes have now been counted and the Lancashire …
Fresh Sweet and Nutty Inglewhite Asparagus
Are you entertaining this weekend? Why not prepare this simple yet enjoyable starter, it takes literally minutes to prepare and is sure to impress your guests. The resplendently clean goats cheese partners perfectly with the unique characteristics of fresh asparagus. …
Wild Mushroom and Lancashire Cheese Pithiviers.
Thursday’s treat from Chef Leon are the rather fancy Lancashire Cheese Pithiviers! Used as the basis of a main course these tasty little parcels can be served with almost anything that takes your fancy. You will need… 8oz sliced …
Butlers Lancashire Burger
Over half of the week done! Why not take a night off from any regime you may be following and celebrate by treating yourself to a luxury burger? Topped off with Butlers Tasty Lancashire this burger let’s you know you’ve …
Steak and Blacksticks Blue Pie
With snow in late March and today being a bitter day up North, it’s seemingly still winter here in Blighty, which means hot, satisfying comfort food is still at the top of our agenda. So grab some stewing beef and …
An Evening Entrée for Everyone
The weather might not realise it’s springtime just yet but we’re ready and waiting. As such, this week we’re sharing a continental recipe; much more appropriate for the warmer evenings that should eventually come our way. Here we have Leon …
Spring
Spring has well and truly sprung here at Butlers and don’t we know it! It’s such an exciting time of year for both us and our farmers with lots of new arrivals. First of all -spring time marks the return …
National Pie Week
This week is British Pie Week, which means it’s a time to celebrate all the brilliant British pies available, from the humble pork pie, through to the local (Preston) delicacy of a butter pie and so on. Obviously, there are …
Pancakes but not as you know them….
Today’s Shrove Tuesday and as such we wanted to share a recipe that gives the humble pancake a true taste of the unexpected. Blueberry and cottage cheese pancakes may seem an unlikely combination, but when you pair these two ingredients …
Midweek Meal – Blacksticks Blue Vegetable Bake
It’s Wednesday, which means it’s time for our ‘Midweek Meal’ when we ask our fans to share their favourite quick, easy and delicious dinner recipes with us. This week’s comes via Facebook from Michele Currie and is for roast chicken …
An Englishman becomes the ‘big cheese’ in France
The French often pity the English and its culinary repertoire, believing all we eat is roast beef and fish and chips. However this week, we proved that we have the head and nose for the heights of fine dining, as Englishman …
Broccoli & Blacksticks Blue Soup
Christmas is over for another year and summer is on its way, however while we all wait for the sun to start shining and temperatures to warm up why not keep cosy with this delicious recipe for broccoli and Blacksticks …