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Welsh recipes

Easy Welsh Glamorgan Sausages With Piccalilli

Glamorgan sausages in a cast iron frying pan, placed on top of a teatowel on a wooden table. In the background, you can see Dragon Piccalilli Pickle and grated Dragon cheese on a chopping board.

A quick and easy vegetarian recipe for traditional Welsh Glamorgan sausages, made using Dragon’s Handcrafted Cavern Emerald leek-blended Cheddar cheese to save time on cleaning, cutting and cooking leeks. On the table in just one hour, and delicious served with Dragon’s Piccalilli Pickle! Despite having written about Welsh food for the best part of 13 […] Read more…

How To Make Welsh Rissoles: Authentic Welsh Rissole Recipe

All you need to know about traditional Welsh, chip shop-style corned beef rissoles, including an authentic, quick and easy Welsh rissole recipe. One of my most nostalgic childhood memories takes me back to Friday evenings after school, when I’d go to my local Brownies group for an hour and, on the way home, my Mum […] Read more…

Crempog or Crempogau (Traditional Welsh Pancakes)

Welsh crempog/crempogau on a bakestone/planc

With St. David’s Day and Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day) falling on the same day this year, there’s no better time to discover crempog, or crempogau – traditional Welsh pancakes, also known as ‘ffroes’. Thicker than the traditional British pancake or French crepe, and bigger than a Scotch pancake or pikelet, Welsh ‘crempog’ or ‘crempogau’ pancakes […] Read more…

Welsh Porc Faggot Recipe with Sage & Onion Gravy

Welsh porc faggots served with gravy, peas and mash, topped with crispy sage leaves

To celebrate Porc from Wales Week (24th-30th January 2022), I’m teaming up with Porc Blasus (‘Delicious Pork’) to share my Welsh porc faggot recipe – classic British meatballs packed with belly porc, porc liver, breadcrumbs, herbs and spices, in a rich sage and onion gravy. When I was a child, no outing to town (a.k.a […] Read more…