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A cut above
Veal used to be a four-letter word because of the cruelty with which the animals were treated in the past. Now strict welfare rules are in place, and British rose veal, which comes from the calves of dairy cows, is one of the most sustainable meats you can buy. Coombe Farm’s calves are reared outside for around 10 months of the year and they eat grass as well as milk, which turns the meat pink – hence ‘rose’. The quality is outstanding: tender and flavoursome. A taster box costs £57 (500g short ribs, 1kg silverside joint, 2 x 225g rump steaks, 250g diced veal and 250g veal strips) – or buy individual cuts; coombefarmorganic.co.uk
“WE ALL NEED GOOD BREAD”
…So says teenager Kitty Tait, who found recovery from deep depression though baking (look out for her story in next month’s issue). The Orange Bakery in Watlington, Oxfordshire, run by Kitty and her dad, achieved instant fame for its bread and bakes – and now Kitty has developed no-knead bread mixes. You leave the dough to develop over 8-24 hours (depending on what kind of loaf you want) so you can time it to bake fresh for breakfast. The loaves I cooked were as good as if I’d taken a sunrise trip to the local artisan bakery. Use for pizza, flatbreads or focaccia too – Kitty has ideas and recipes online, and all profits go to fund Breaducation, which supplies free kits for schools. £7.50 (plus £4.50 p&p) for 5 x 500g kits; kittyskits.co.uk
King of pies
In tandem with chef and pie maestro Calum Franklin, Melton Mowbray grandee Dickinson & Morris has created a pie to celebrate the Coronation – and it’s a beauty, wi
