Happy St. David’s Day! Celebrated all over the world on 1st March, St. David’s Day is dedicated to the patron Saint of Wales, St. David and is an important date in Welsh heritage.
To celebrate St. David’s Day today, I’ve teamed up with Food and Drink Wales to create my own Welsh inspired recipe, using Welsh ingredients to raise awareness of the fantastic food and drink produce available within Wales. At the very end of this blog post, you also have the chance to WIN a Welsh food and drink hamper worth £50! This forms part of the Welsh Government’s #ThisisWales #GwladGwlad #FoodDrinkWales campaign, which aims to showcase Wales and its quality produce on the patron’s saint day.
Inspired by Visit Wales’ vision of 2018 as the ‘Year of the Sea’ for Wales, and my recent experience of judging in the North East Wales Year of the Sea Food Challenge, I decided to develop a Welsh fish or seafood dish of my very own. I recently made the French scallops dish, coquilles St. Jacques for the first time and it went so well, it got me wondering whether I could put a Welsh twist on it for St. David’s Day. After pondering over which Welsh ingredients to use, the idea for coquilles St. David was born.
Aiming for a Welsh rarebit take on this classic French scallops recipe, I replaced the traditional white wine with Penlon Cottage Brewery’s Twin Ram India Pale Ale, which was kindly recommended to me for this dish by Wally’s Delicatessen in Cardiff’s Royal Arcade. I wanted to use a mellow pale ale that wouldn’t overpower the delicate taste of the scallops, and this worked a treat. I used fresh scallops bought the same day from E. Ashton Fishmonger’s in Cardiff Market.
While coquilles St. Jacques sees scallops topped with mushrooms, I used sliced Welsh leeks to concoct my coquilles St. David dish.
To further reinforce the Welsh rarebit theme, I topped the filled scallop shells with grated organic Welsh Hafod cheese from The Cheese Pantry in Cardiff Market, lightly coated in mustard powder. This mild, creamy cheese was ideal for this dish. It’s important not to overdo it with the mustard powder, as again, you don’t want the flavour to be too intense.
The finished result was just as delicious as coquilles St. Jacques – in fact, I think my version was even tastier, although I may be slightly biased 😉
Coquilles St. David
Ingredients
- 4 scallops with shells
- 1 large leek sliced
- 80 g unsalted butter
- 1 tbsp plain flour
- 1 egg yolk
- 125 ml Penlon Cottage Brewery Twin Ram India Pale Ale
- 200 ml double cream
- 1 onion diced
- 100 g organic Hafod cheese grated
- 1 tsp mustard powder
- 25 g breadcrumbs
- pinch salt and pepper
Instructions
- Pour 300ml water into a medium-sized saucepan and bring it to a simmer, then add the onion, salt and pepper to form a broth. When the water reaches boiling point, add the pale ale.
- Gently place the scallops into the broth and poach for 2-3 minutes.
- Remove the scallops from the broth, set aside and reduce the heat of the broth slightly.
- Melt 30g butter in a non-stick frying pan over a low heat, and sautée the leeks until soft.
- Add the scallops to the frying pan and toast for a minute or two each side, until golden brown. Remove from the heat and cover to keep warm.
- Meanwhile, melt 50g butter in a small saucepan and add the flour, mixing it to form a roux. Strain the broth through a sieve and pour it into pan, whisking it until silky smooth.
- Beat the egg yolk with the double cream, remove the sauce from the heat and add it to the sauce.
- Place each scallop back into its shell, top it with sliced leeks, and pour the sauce into the shell, right up to the brim.
- Put the grated cheese into a bowl and sprinkle the mustard powder over it, tossing it with your hands to ensure it coats the cheese. Sieve the mixture to remove any excess mustard powder.
- Sprinkle the grated cheese over the filled scallop shells, and sprinkle with golden breadcrumbs.
- Bake for 10 minutes in the oven on gas mark 7-8/180°C.
Notes
Nutrition
St. David’s Day giveaway
Fancy getting your hands on some of the best Welsh food and drink produce on offer? One lucky reader will win a Welsh food and drink hamper worth £50 from Food and Drink Wales. To enter, just follow the instructions on the Rafflecopter widget below.
So, what can you expect to find inside the hamper? The full contents include:
- 2 x Penderyn miniatures – Whisky and Gin
- Radnor Brecon Smoky Campfire Marmalade
- Radnor Brecon Pin Gin Marmalade
- Nom Nom Halen Mon Sea Salt Chocolate Bar
- Nom Nom Earl Grey Chocolate Bar
- 2 x Tregroes Toffee Waffles
- 2 x Tan Y Castell Welsh Cakes
- 2 x Welsh Brew Tea Bag Sample Packs
- Welsh apron
- Wicker hamper
I love traditional Welsh cakes with sultanas . What a lovely hamper with some great treat. Great selection of beverages and food. Mouth watering
Me too. You can’t beat some freshly baked Welsh cakes.
My favourite dish is Welsh Cawl – a warming delicious one pot dish. It helps me face any weather! I would like to win the hamper it has specialities that reminds me of great holidays.
I agree – great minds, eh?!
This Looks Great looks Yummy
Doesn’t it just! It tastes even better.
I would love to win to gift this to my hubby who loves Wales.
I bet he would love this hamper Tania! 🙂
I love Welsh butter, I always buy it whenever I see it along with Welsh cheese and milk!
It is lovely, I like salted butter. Such a treat.
Oh, definitely Welsh Cakes for me too!
I don’t know how anyone could not like Welsh cakes <3
I would love to win because I love Welsh cakes too. And wont say no to some other Welsh stuff…
It would be a fantastic prize to win!
Love Bara Brith, a friends Welsh mother used to make the most tasty one, but love Welsh Cakes as well
I made a lovely bara brith a few years ago. It really is quite simple to make.
Adore Welsh Cakes and there are some in this fab hamper!! Would love to win it.
I love Welsh cakes too. I had some lovely ones from Cardiff Bakestones in Cardiff Market recently.
I love Welsh cakes – yummytastic. Thanks for the chance xxx
You are most welcome Ruth. I love Welsh cakes too!
I love leek and potato soup x
Me too, it’s my favourite kind of soup.
The coquilles look amazing!
Thank you, I’m glad you think so 🙂
I’d love to win this prize for my Dad.
Awww, fingers crossed for you Sue. I bet he would love it.
It is not food but I do like my Penderyn Whisky and Gin
Penderyn Whiskey is lovely. Apparently if you visit them, you can have a tour of the site.
Love welsh lamb
Me too. I love it on a roast dinner with all the trimmings, yummy!
St Davids Day and Its the best cos we are all home in the warm!
Yes, I will always remember that it snowed on St. David’s Day!
would be an ideal opportunity to try some Welsh fare!
It would be lovely, wouldn’t it?
It would be great to try a whole range of new items.
It is a lovely selection of food and drink!
Oh, yum! And you can’t beat bakestones when they’re still hot 😀
Oh definitely, I’m drooling at the thought.
The products sound great so I would love to try them
It does look like a lovely hamper!
Has to be delicious welsh cakes !!!
Couldn’t agree more Annabel!
imiss welsh food i used to live on the english/wlesh border and would send my weekends in wales
I bet those weekends were fun!
What a hamper – and it includes my favourite Welsh cakes. Would love to win.
Fingers crossed for you Valerie.
Having picked Cockles, fresh, on the Gower as a child many years ago and caught Mackerel off the beach in the same place, I have to say Welsh sea food is awesome and the dishes made from it are mind blowing..This has been backed up recently after I had Salmon that had been caught in the River Teifi in Cardigan….simply stunning. Penderyn whisky takes some beating as well !
Fresh fish is delicious. I bet you have such fond memories of your childhood on the Gower!
I don’t think I eat any welsh foods as such but I would love to win the hamper because it’s full of lovely yummy food & drink
I bet you’d enjoy working your way through what’s inside!
I’d like to win this Welsh Food and Drink Hamper because it is full of delicious Welsh foods that I would love to try and share with my family x I love Welsh Rarebit!
Welsh rarebit is a lovely dish. I had a really great one recently at Madame Fromage in Cardiff.
I would love to try some Welsh produce
I hope you get to try some 🙂
I would love to win this to share with my lovely Welsh friend, she would be delighted to introduce me to some of her favourites!
Fingers crossed for you Elaine!
Marvellous selection of items, can’t wait to try them, yum!
It is a lovely hamper. I’m sure the winner will enjoy working their way through the contents 🙂
Got to be Welsh Cakes, they are yummy .x
I love them too, especially when they are fresh out of the oven.
welsh cakes and a cup of tea
Match made in heaven!
Have to say the Glamorgan Sausage, its absolutely delicious, so full of flavour
I love Glamorgan sausages 🙂
I love a big bowl of cawl, I can’t get enough of it! This hamper looks absolutely wonderful though!
Cawl is a real hearty Welsh dish! I love it.
I love Welsh cakes, that is my favourite treat with coffee on a Friday afternoon
Me too!
This looks like an amazing hamper I definitely want to try the toffee waffles and Welsh cake.
The toffee waffles would be my favourite thing in here too!
You can’t beat a leg of Welsh lamb and I would love to try the Penderyn miniatures!
I love Welsh lamb too, mmm!
Joes ice cream. Need to visit Swansea again so the boys can have some
It is lovely, isn’t it? I’m lucky we have a shop near my house.
I love the twist on traditional coquilles st jacques! Most of my family are Welsh but I’ve never actually tried any traditional Welsh food – this needs to change.
Why not try out my recipe? 🙂 I bet the family will love it.
Thank you – I’m glad you like it 🙂
Welsh cakes, lava bread and cockles – delicious.
I haven’t had cockles in years!
Love a slice of Bara Brith with a cup of tea
Me too. Such a treat!
Welsh lamb and leeks
That is a match made in heaven!
Would love to win and experience a taste of what Wales has to offer
I hope you are lucky, Joanne!
I would like the opportunity to try out some Welsh foodstuffs, as would my family and friends.
I bet you’d love this hamper Rachel!
i’ve not really tried any welsh food but the hamper sounds so yummy
I bet you’d love it!
I love welsh cakes, I bake them myself
Homemade Welsh cakes are the best.
I am a big fan of Welsh cakes.
Me too 🙂
never tried a Welsh Rarebit before looks nice x
It is the ultimate comfort food!
Has to be Welsh rarebit . The perfect winter warmer. Thanks for the chance to be your lucky winner
Excellent choice Deborah!
Would love to win would make me think about my Welsh relatives
Awww, finger’s crossed Linda.
Can’t beat Welshcakes! Went on holiday to Wales last year and couldn’t get enough of them!
I’m not surprised Ross 🙂 – they are so delicious!
Without a doubt my favourite is Welsh cakes. My best friends Welsh Mum used to make them and now my friend does and they are delicious. Although her whimberry pie was superb too.
Wow, the whimberry pie sounds too good – what did that consist of?
Lovely hamper, I love Welsh cakes.
Me too.
yes please would love to try this
Wouldn’t it be lovely? 🙂
Welsh Lamb is a favourite of mine but the hamper as a whole would look very inviting!
I am a big fan of Welsh lamb too.
Looks a fab hamper. Love leek soup
Me too! Homemade is best.
I have always loved Welsh cakes they’re lovely maybe that’s why I moved to Wales ??
Hehe 🙂 Sounds like a perfectly reasonable reason to move to Wales!
These look delicious would love to give them a try, I love scallops so love the sound of the St Jacques
If you love scallops, you’ll adore this dish.
I would love to win as im unfamiliar with Welsh food and im up for trying new things
I love trying new cuisines and dishes, too.
What a great idea as something different for St David’s Day! I absolutely love the sound of it and love that you have put a Welsh twist on it.
Thanks Sarah. It was really fun to come up with my own St. David’s Day recipe.
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Welsh cakes are a great choice Chris!
I’d never heard of these but they sound incredible, really delicious. We will be giving them a try x
Hope you love them!
Welsh Rarebit
Great choice Kim!
It’s Cheese. I love all cheese, it is the best food ever!
I am a big cheeselover too.
What a wonderful giveaway
Thank you Cynthia.
My perfect breakfast
Ooh – each to their own 🙂 It’s a tasty dish but I’m not sure I could stomach it for breakfast.
I knew very little about St. David’s Day. Thank you for posting this. Any holiday with seafood and I’m all in. 🙂
It doesn’t seem very widely known outside of Wales actually.
I’m a huge fan of double dragon ale – definitely recommend you try it if you haven’t 🙂
The hamper looks fab! Happy St Davids day 😀
Ooh, I’ll have to try that one. I’m not a huge ale fan, but sometimes I get a craving!
Would be welsh cheese for me,
That is a great choice Sarah!
Love Welsh cakes with butter. I visit North Wales on a regular basis as it’s only a couple of hours away.
That’s lovely. I hope to spend more time in North Wales this year actually.
I love trying new things and making new combinations of foods to keep my diet as varied as possible. I love Welsh cakes too.
You can’t beat freshly baked Welsh cakes 🙂
It looks amazing! I’ve always loved seafood like this. Also love your giveaway that’s packed with so many goodies to try!
Thank you. I have really gotten into seafood myself lately too.
It would be a fab St David’s day treat
Wouldn’t it just 🙂
Welsh cakes are delicious
Who wouldn’t want a hamper filled with all these luxurious beauties
Exactly 🙂 Such a lovely prize.
I’d love to win it because I haven’t tried any of these products before, and they look wonderful.
Always nice to try something new!
As soon as I saw your competition on Twitter I knew that I had to enter! I would love to win as I have never tried Welsh cuisine before and I would absolutely love to try the Welsh Cakes, Plus your coquilles recipe is beautifully crafted as well!
Hehe – that’s great to hear Ana! Fingers crossed for you – and glad you like the recipe!
l love the traditional Welsh cakes! you can never tire of those x
I think they would be my all time favourite Welsh food, too.
My favourite Welsh foods are definitely Welsh cakes and Bara Brith with lots of butter on.
I love Welsh cakes too – the fruitier, the better!
I’ve tried those toffee waffles and they are tasty. Love Welsh cakes too.
They are lovely with a hot cuppa, love placing them over the rim of the mug so the toffee starts melting!
We’ve always loved welsh cakes 🙂 x
I don’t know how anyone could possibly not like them 🙂
I love Welsh cakes,and what a fab Welsh hamper to win
Thanks Graham!
Welsh food is not something I’ve tried before, so it would be nice to give it a go!
I hope you get to try it Claire 🙂
Welsh lamb is a favourite, those toffee waffles sound nice!
I love Welsh lamb too. Roast lamb is the best!
I’ve never had welsh foods so would love to win this to try some quality products
Fingers crossed for you Tracy!
Oh yum, I love scallops and this looks like they are perfectly cooked as well!
Thank you! I do try 😉
Whenever I go home to visit my Mam in Wales, she always makes me cawl. It’s a brilliant way to use up all the leftovers and so easy to make. I make it myself on cold days like these. It warms the cockles and reminds me of home. Dydd Gwyl Dewi Sant x
I love traditional cawl. My mum has never made it but I’ve had a go a few times.
Happy St David’s day for yesterday! The scallop shells with cheese looks great x
Thank you Rhian. The scallops were tasty.
There are so many but I will pick Bara Brith and Leekjs
Bara brith would be among my favourites too.
Welsh cakes are my favourite because my wife has Welsh connections and introduced me to them when we got together. Yum, Yum.
Awww, that’s a lovely story.
I’d love to win this hamper because I’m curious what Welsh cakes taste like.
I hope you get to find out Lindsey 🙂
You had me at ‘Whisky and Gin’ everything else is a bonus.
Hehe 🙂 I like a bit of gin myself.
Bara Brith as it is so easy to make
I made one myself a few years ago and I was surprised at how easy it was.
would love to try something different
Finger’s crossed for you Claire.
I love Welsh Cakes with loads of fruit in
Me too!
love the bara brith cake x
You can’t beat a good bit of bara brith.
That sounds utterly delicious! I do love scallops, and to combine them with cheese like this – heaven!
Glad you like the recipe. It is so indulgent, yet so nice!
Welsh lamb is the best!
It is indeed!
Welsh cheese is the best Snowdonia Black Bomber say no more
Ooh the black bomber cheese are delicious!
the lamb is defo the favorite here
I love Welsh lamb.
I love trying new things
Same here 🙂
I like the Welsh waffles, over a hot cup of coffee, yum!
I like those too – by Tregroes I think 🙂
It’s simple and it’s a classic. Buttered slow cooked leeks, my favourite welsh dish. My welsh granny used to make a fab barabrith for breakfast which would be my favourite if she was still alive to cook it. This hamper looks great and features some tastes I have not tried before.
Ooh, I love buttered leeks too and the bara brith sounds amazing.
Welsh cakes served warm and laden with sugar are my absolute favourite! Being Welsh, I’m very proud of the fantastic local produce that we’ve got to offer.
Oh yes, a sprinkling of sugar definitely adds something to Welsh cakes!
I would love to try those Welsch cakes too! They all makes me hungry and drooling haha
I could do with a few Welsh cakes right now!
Great post kacie and lovely giveaway x
Thank you Jemma!
Ooo that actually does look so tasty, I’m not a fan of seafood, but I think you’ve just convinced me otherwise.
It is a really delicious dish. So indulgent and creamy!
Such a delicious Welsh recipe, I would love to try it as it looks so tasty!
Thank you, I’m glad you like it!
Welsh lamb, and anything with leeks and cheese in it. And I love trying out new foods so would love the hamper.
Leeks and cheese are a delicious combination!
Welsh Lamb is lovely and I adore Welsh Cakes.
Welsh cakes are one of my favourite Welsh foods too, and I also adore Welsh lamb
Looks really tasty! Going to have to try this out! That hamper also looks AMAZING!
Thanks Leanne 🙂 Hope you enjoy the dish if you decide to give the recipe a go.
I love a nice leg of Welsh lamb roasted to perfectio & my mum would love to try the marmalade in this hamper
You can’t beat roast lamb! I’m having it for dinner tomorrow.
Regarding the St David’s day recipe above, can you suggest a vegetarian alternative? Apart from scallops it looks really nice.
The dish is traditionally served in a scallop shell, but you could use a ramekin dish and try using some very thinly sliced potato (might have to fry it for a few mins to soften it) in place of the scallops. I would try to layer it with the leeks.
I’d love to win this hamper to share with my welsh friend so she can enjoy showing me how super all the contents are!
Aww, I bet you’d enjoy polishing off the contents together 🙂
I love Caerphilly cheese it’s delicious!
I agree. One of my favourite cheeses
I love Welsh cakes. This is a lovely hamper.
I love Welsh cakes too!
Love the Welsh twist on this recipe, it looks absolutely yummy and the competition looks impressive too
Thank you! I hope you get lucky if you decide to enter.
I’d love to win this hamper so I can try some traditional Welsh fare!
Good luck to you 🙂
I love Welsh cakes. Only had them a couple of times though
They are delicious – a real treat!
I love cawl
Me too.
My Mum makes delicious welsh cakes! Looks an amazing hamper
You can’t beat freshly baked Welsh cakes!
I think I’d like to try the Penderyn miniatures. I’d share a tipple with my dad.
Sounds like a lovely idea 🙂
I have never actually tried these, not sure I would want to but the cheese makes them temping.
Hehe, they’re not to everyone’s liking. It all depends how much you like scallops.
love welsh cake and love the look of the Tregroes Toffee Waffles never had them but sure they would be great with a coffee
They are delicious. Place them over the rim of the mug for a minute or two to soften up the caramel!
would love to win a taste of Wales x
Good luck Michelle!
Traditional Welsh cakes are a staple at Christmas in our house. But no one can make them as well as my Nanna can..!
My nan used to make delicious ones too! 🙂
To be honest, I am not sure if I have ever tasted any Welsh food at all. But, I would really love to.
Hopefully you’ll get to try it some day – it is so tasty, you won’t be disappointed!
id love to try it as we love trying new and different things!
I bet you’d love this.
I’ve never associated Wales with seafood but of course we are an island here! Looks yummy 🙂
Haha, that’s mad – Wales has a huge coastline! So it is naturally known for seafood 😉 In fact, laverbread (fine seaweed) is a real Welsh delicacy.
I fancy those toffee waffles
Me too!!
I have never tried loads of the foods in there so would love to give them a try! 🙂
I love the look of the toffee waffles myself.
Love Bara Brith,- nothing like it
Me too, the fruiter the better!
Oooh, these look delish! I usually prefer scallops on their own, but this is literally making my mouth water. x
It is a lovely dish if you’re a scallop lover. I also love the traditional version, Coquilles St. Jacques.
I would love to win this to share with my girlfriend! The welshcakes look lush!
Shout-out for you replying to each comment! Dedication
Thanks Andy. It really has made my day that you noticed that I reply to all my comments. It is hard work but I try to keep to a routine and do it daily across my blog and all my social media accounts! Although I believe I am a couple of days behind with your comment – apologies 🙂 Good luck!
Would love to share this yummy hamper with my family
I bet you would all enjoy tucking in to all the tasty Welsh food and drink!
You’ve pretty much rounded all my favourite things up and plonked them in a basket!
That’s great to hear. Good luck Elizabeth!
A lovely hamper – thanks for the chance to try these welsh products. Many would be new for me and they look delicious
I love hampers. It’s great to have a selection of food and drink to enjoy at home.
I think I need to try a toffee waffle!
Everyone needs to try those waffles, they are heavenly!
I’d love to win to sample some Welsh goodies – especially the Penderyn which I think my husband would enjoy. I’ve always wanted to try Laver bread too so perhaps I’ll think about making some this month.
Laverbread is an interesting one. It’s usually eaten rolled up with oats and fried, but I’m not a huge fan of it done this way. Recently, I had a Welsh breakfast at a local Cardiff cafe, Pettigrew Tearooms and they served me a laverbread scone in place of toast, which was delicious.
id love to win to get the chance to try all the welsh things i havent tried before!! 🙂
Fingers crossed for you Amanda!
don’t know much about welsh food but I’d love to try
I think you’d fall in love with it Janet!
Has to be Welsh cakes
That is an excellent choice!
Welsh cakes are delicious but not always available where I shop!
That’s a shame – have you ever thought about making your own?
I’d love to win this as I’ve not tried many Welsh foods before
It will be lovely for you to sample some Welsh food and drink if you win!
I haven’t really tried any welsh food of what I know of, the hamper sounds interesting though, first time for everything
Fingers crossed for you Julie!
would have to be Welsh Lamb, although I do like a slice of bara brith cake
I adore Welsh lamb too. I love it cooked so that it’s still a little pink in the middle – yummy!
Would love to try some Welsh foods, I don’t know a lot about the country’s cuisine.
I think of it as a hearty, comforting cuisine founded upon traditional, classic dishes 🙂
I like the Welsh butter for baking cakes & toasts!!
Yes, it can make a real difference. I love Welsh salted butter on toast – ooh, now that’s lovely!
I would love to win this hamper! Trying out all these goodies would be a real treat! My favourite welsh food is Welsh Cakes!
That is an excellent choice Kristyn!
I’d love to win this hamper because it has some of my favourite things in 🙂 Hard to say what my favourite Welsh food is because there are so many yummy ones, but I am partial to a Welsh Cake!
I love the look of those scallops!
I adore Welsh cakes. I don’t think I know of a single person who doesn’t love them. The scallops were delicious! 🙂
Another vote for Caerphilly cheese. When I lived in Nottingham I would buy Wensleydale, but we are now in Ruthin so Caerphilly is the only choice really.
I am a big fan of Caerphilly cheese! I also love Y Fenni cheese, with mustard seeds, originally from Abergavenny.
Would love to try this looks amazing
It is one of the nicest dishes I’ve made in a while.
oh my Mum makes the most amazing welshcakes ever! Proper lush they are 🙂
I love them packed with loads of sultanas – makes me drool just thinking about it!
its GOT to be the Barabryth!
Ooh yes, bara brith is delicious – especially with a hot cup of tea!
It looks fab but I wouldn’t know where to buy Welsh food.
Where are you based? You can find Welsh foods online, try Discover Delicious and Ocado’s Welsh shop is great too.
love welsh rarebit! best thing I ever tasted!
Me too. Definitely one of my favourite Welsh dishes!
would love to win as i havent actually tried any welsh food, i have been to wales to visit friends in carmarthen but didnt try any local food
I’m actually off to Carmarthenshire today!
my family live in wales, so I get to indulge in welsh cakes often
Lucky you 🙂
Welsh cakes are a favourite of mine, and I’d like to try Earl Grey chocolate!
I love the look of that chocolate too!
I like cakes.
I LOVE cakes!
I love Welsh rarebit! My mum used to make it when I was little and it always brings back nice memories 🙂
I love it when a particular food brings back such fond memories!
Fab hamper. I love st David’s day, and love making welsh cakes to celebrate!
Sounds like a great way to celebrate!
I love leeks, especially slow cooked until malty and silken!
I love them sauteed in butter – mmm!
I love them sauteed with butter
Not tried many Welsh foods so I would love to win this for that reason!
I hope you are lucky Joanna 🙂
I love the variety of goodies in this hamper, brilliant.
Fingers crossed you’ll get to taste them for yourself 🙂
hope you get to sample them for yourself 🙂
I love roast Welsh lamb on a Sunday. It reminds me of visits to my grandparents house
Me too! I had some yesterday in fact.
I LOVE welsh cheese! And kippers! I’ve only ever had kippers for breakfast in wales!
My dad loves to eat kippers for breakfast. I’m not such a fan, I find them quite bony.
I just love Welsh cakes. They are so very yummy.
Me too. The fruitier, the better!
Would love to win the hamper to try some Welsh food as have never visited
Fingers crossed for you Rebecca!
My best friend is Welsh and whenever she goes back home i always get her to bring me back a couple of packs of Welshcakes. So delicious hot with lots of butter spread on them.
She sounds like a great friend to have, Jo!
Oooh that looks amazing, I bet it smelt amazing while cooking! *drool*
It did indeed! I had to keep having tasters as I went along!
I’ve never tried the Welsh cuisine, so I’m interested.
I am sure you wouldn’t be disappointed 🙂
I just love welsh cakes or fresh donuts from porthcawl seafront
Yummy! I used to holiday at Trecco Bay as a child, so I’ve probably scoffed a few of those doughnuts in my time.
Welsh spring lamb.
But I think I need to try Welsh cakes the way everyone is raving about them.
Thanks
You definitely do 🙂 Welsh cakes are the ultimate Welsh food.
I’d love to win this hamper for my Welsh born hubby for his 52nd Birthday
Awww, that is such a lovely thought Eleanor. I hope you are lucky and happy birthday to your hubby from me!
I’m not sure if I’ve tried Welsh food.
Have you ever been to Wales? Sadly, Welsh food isn’t very widely known outside of the country.
I love Welsh bara brith, sliced with butter
Yummy. I haven’t tried it with butter before, but it sounds tasty
I love welshcakes. The thought of them is making me so hungry.
Same here, especially when they are freshly baked and still warm.
I would love to try the smoky campfire marmalade.
Me too. I was really drawn to the sound of that.
Fabulous hamper xx
Hope you get the chance to try some of what’s inside, Jan 🙂
oh my – most definitely lamb!
It is delicious isn’t it?!
Welsh butter…living on the border to Wales I very often go on the hunt for butter
I don’t blame you Kathryn – it’s certainly worth the journey!
I would love to try all the delicious food that Wales has to offer
I’m sure you’d love working your way through it all.
I have never had a welsh cake and I would love to try one
Oh, really? They are delicious!
Bara brith
I love bara brith too. I made some once and it turned out very well.
welsh lamb tastes amazing
It does indeed. Can’t get enough myself!
so tasty
You can say that again!
Did I just see the words ‘gin’ and ‘marmalade’ next to each other? Two of my favourite things in one! I’d love to win this hamper. (Angela Kelly)
Hehe – it’s a beautiful combo, right?!
i love leeks wrapped in ham and then baked in a cheese sauce
Ooh, I’ve never tried that before but it sounds heavenly.
I have a soft spot for Welsh cakes
Me too 🙂 They are lovely.
Has to be welsh roast lamb with mint sauce
Great choice!
I love welsh cakes. Would love this! x
It does look like a lovely hamper.
I love Welsh butter
Me too, it’s so good.
I would love to win because I like to try new things
I love trying new foods too 🙂
Would love some goodies thankyou
Fingers crossed Melissa!
i dnt know much about welsh food but i do love welsh lamb and welsh cakes
They are among the best Welsh foods that I know of!
Police Welsh cakes warm oozing with butter
Yes, sometimes they’re just so good that they should come with a warning 😉
I love welsh cakes. My uncle lives in Tenby and he always brought them with him when he came to visit when I was growing up x
Oh wow! I was in Tenby only yesterday. I had fish and chips in my favourite ever fish and chip shop – Park Road.
I love Welsh cakes, tried them for the first time last year and now I can’t get enough!
Once I start eating Welsh cakes, I can’t stop! Haha.
Looooooove Welsh cakes! Especially how my Nana used to make them…..delish & I would give anything to try them again.
Nan’s make the best Welsh cakes, don’t they?!
welsh cake would be my favorite, I don’t think I’ve tried many welsh foods though.
I hope you are lucky in this giveaway so you can sample more of the Welsh cuisine!
I’m torn between saying how much I like Welsh Lamb and how much I love Welsh Cakes. A perfect meal would be both! Great competition thanks for the chance to win such a delicious hamper.
Thank you and you’re welcome 🙂
Bara brith, especially the one my mum makes.
I make a good bara brith too. It’s surprisingly easy to make.
Welsh Cakes for me too
Great minds – my favourite too!
The last time our family was in Wales, we found a small bakery that had the most amazing Welsh Cakes. We made several visits to this bakery!! I have never been able to find another Welsh Cake like it since.
I love the sound of this bakery – where was it?
Welsh cakes, smothered in butter and Jam
I’ve never heard of people having them with butter or jam before, but now I want to taste it for myself.
I love Welsh Tea
It is lovely!
I love Welsh cakes I live in wales
They are scrumptious. Whereabouts in Wales do you live? I am Cardiff-based.
Love a good welsh roast lamb dinner with buttery leeks as a side
Buttery leeks are a must! <3
ive just started dating a welsh chap would love to share this with him x
Ooh, you should get him to cook you up some hearty Welsh food 🙂
The best lamb in the world is Welsh – I love it.
You can’t beat Welsh lamb, I agree!
I love kippers my family don’t feel the same rho ha
Haha, my dad loved kippers and he used to stink out the house whenever he cooked them!
we spent a week in Wales last summer and had Welsh cakes for the first time, oh my goodness they were delicious, we have already booked to go on the same campsite this year and that cafe with those Welsh cakes will be the first port of call, cant wait, we tried the supermarket ones when we came home but they are nothing like the freshly made ‘real’ ones
Definitely, fresh Welshcakes taste so much better than shop-bought varieties.
I must admit I am not overly clued up about Welsh food although this recipe looks divine
I don’t think the cuisine is very widely known outside Wales, which is a real shame, as it is delicious. Things do seem to be improving though.
I love Welsh cheese! absolutely delicious!
It is gorgeous. I love it with some crackers and grapes.
Welsh Cakes and Bara Brith are our favourites for a teatime treat x
Lovely washed down with a hot cup of tea!
I love all the Welsh treats in this hamper especially the Welsh cakes !
I would be going straight for the Tregroes toffee waffles if I won this hamper.
I don’t think I’ve ever tried anything Welsh so it’d be lovely to get a taste of this hamper! x
Shame you didn’t win Jade, but keep an eye on my blog as I’ll be giving away a French food hamper soon.
This looks delicious!
Thank you – glad you think so 🙂
I love Welsh griddle cakes. I bake them on the top of my logburner and the smell and taste is amazing x
Oh wow – you’re making me drool!
I used to live in Wales and I remember how nice the local produce was especially Welsh cheese and Bara Brith.
Welsh cheese is so good. I love Caerphilly and Y Fenni cheese.
I would love to win this for my Mum as she is Welsh
Sorry you didn’t win Jennifer – keep your eye on my blog as I’ll be giving away a French food hamper very soon!
I can remember my great uncle baking me bara brith when i was a child on our visits to his farm in Anglesey. I’m sure many of the foods in the hamper would remind me of those lovely days of my childhood
I am yet to visit Anglesey but I have always wanted to – the local food and drink scene really appeals to me.
Bara Brith – My Mum’s friend was visiting from Wales when I was a teen and taught me how to make it, it’s a family fave now x
It’s lovely, isn’t it? I made it a few years ago and it was delicious – must make it again soon!
I really love Welsh Rarebit. Think I might make it for lunch .
I’m going to have it for lunch one day this week actually, can’t wait!
I love hampers , they’re always full of lovely things. I’d like to win to share with my mum x
I love them too – I love having a selection of goodies to munch on!
welsh lamb yummy my fave
Excellent choice, Claire!
It all sounds so yummy ???
I would love to get my hands on it myself, haha!
I love Welsh rarebit & Welsh cakes, two of my favourite foods! I would love to win for my mum & dad 🙂 They have a lot of friends in Wales and spend nearly every weekend there….I don’t blame them, it’s so beautiful. This hamper would remind them of Wales when they can’t be there.
I love Welsh rarebit too. You should tell your mum and dad that if they are ever visiting Cardiff, they should pop to Madame Fromage in Castle Arcade and try the Welsh rarebit there – it’s amazing!
A good roast welsh lamb and welsh cakes
Welsh lamb and Welsh cakes are definitely among my top Welsh foods too!
I would love to win this hamper for my partner Claire who is Welsh. It would be a lovely surprise for her.
Pity you didn’t win this time Adrian, but keep an eye on my blog because I’ll be running a giveaway for a French food hamper soon! Maybe you can win that for Claire 🙂
Bara brith 🙂
I love it too! So easy to make.
i love y fenni cheese!
Me too, it’s one of my favourite cheeses! When my family visited St. Fagan’s Museum when I was younger, we would always buy Y Fenni cheese from the cheesemonger.
Got to love some welsh cakes with a bit of jam on them!
They sell them like that in Cardiff Market!
My husband is Dutch and has yet to discover the wonders of welsh food 🙂 I’m hoping this hamper will help in my welsh food exposure!
Ooh, I bet that means you get to eat lots of lovely Dutch food!
I love and would love to win for my mum and my family for a treat
Shame you weren’t lucky this time Stephanie, but keep an eye on my blog because soon, I’ll be running a giveaway for a French food hamper.
You can’t beat welsh rarebit as a snack :@)
I agree. I have got some lovely Welsh rarebit sauce by Rhondda Rarebit in the fridge to try out this week – can’t wait!
Welsh cakes are lush and i like the Leek.
Welsh cakes never get old! I love leeks too, such a tasty veg.
I love welsh cakes with a cup of tea
Me too, can’t beat it!
You cannot beat Welsh Lamb for Sunday roast – with a tot a Penderyn whisky after the meal 🙂
I love a bit of Welsh lamb too!
Would love to win this because there’s so many things in it I’ve never tried. The waffles would probably be my favourite, never had a Welsh cake (how I don’t know!) and smokey marmalade sounds gorgeous.
I had some of these waffles last week while staying at Bluestone and they were delicious.
Would love to win to try Welsh food, I think as a british country, Wales gets overlooked quite a bit as far as culinary delicacies go!
I know what you mean, although I feel like things are starting to improve in terms of putting Welsh food on the map.
i love Bara Brith, oh and welsh cakes too, yummy
Welsh cakes are very popular! And Bara brith is delicious too.
I’ve never tried any of them but I want to ???❤️
It all looks so good.
Love Welsh honey
It is so good.
My fiancé is Welsh so keeps banging on about Welsh Cakes (but I don’t like dried fruit lol). I’d rather have a leg of Welsh lamb with oodles of mint sauce!
I love the sound of the leg of Welsh lamb. Maybe you could try Welsh cakes with chocolate chips in instead?
Aoh, I know it’s ridiculously predictable, but Welsh cakes, my grandma always used to cook them so I grew up eating them warm from the griddle. She passed away 20 years ago now, I keep meaning to try them out myself, but always end up just buying them when I get the urge.
They are so lovely. Sometimes the simplest of foods are the best.
There looks to be some yummy goodies in the hamper. Never had Welsh cakes, would love to try
Oh wow, I bet you’ll love them!
Has to be Cawl especially on days like this ?
I couldn’t agree more!
Has to be Bara Brith for me, absolutely love it. Thanks for letting me enter xx
You are more than welcome Sue.
Caerphilly Cheese……because I just love cheese!
That’s one of my favourite Welsh cheeses.
Ny favourite Welsh food is crempogs… in a plenty covered in lemon curd!
Lemon is such a lovely match for crempogs!
lovely i love welsh cakes
Me too 🙂
Ooh lots of lovely things in this hamper!
Wish I could enter myself!
I love welsh cakes! My favourite treat when visiting Wales! This would be a lovely surprise!
It would be rude to visit Wales without scoffing lots of Welsh cakes 🙂
I don’t have any welsh favourites just like all lovely things. This is so luxurious would just love to try all the goodies perfectly seasonal with easter just around the corner.
It would be lovely to win, wouldn’t it 🙂
I adore Welsh cakes – nothing compares to Freshly baked Welsh cakes
I love eating them whilst still warm, with a sprinkling of sugar on top!
Ive never actually tried any welsh food 🙁 maybe I need to look in to doing this.
You totally should – it’s delicious.
Love Welsh cakes everyone in our family enjoys them they are so tasty
They go down so well with everyone!
laverbread.
Lovely – how do you like to eat yours?
I’m welsh and proud! I absolutely love welsh cakes x x x
Glad to hear it Jennifer 🙂
My Auntie Mary made the best Welsh cakes ever. Sadly she is no longer with us and she never passed the recipe on to me so i would love to try some
I wish I could taste your Auntie Mary’s Welsh cakes too – I bet they were scrumptious.
This looks amazing! I’m sure my husband would love to try??
I bet he would love all the stuff in this hamper!
Love Welsh Cakes! ❤️❤️
Me too, what a great choice!
Welsh Rarebit – the finest Welsh meal all day round 🙂
It’s definitely one of my faves too!
love crempog with butter and caramel syrup
Yummy. I love them for breakfast Zoe!
what a lovely prize to win and share
Thanks Sue – and good luck!
gwych!! Id love the Welsh hamper – perfectly picked produce -a wonderful treat for my family x
Fingers crossed that you win, Shelley.
Welsh lamb
Definitely one of the tastiest Welsh foods!
love welsh cakes
Me too!
I would love to win because all the products look delicious. Also, because my parents are going to visit me for the first time since I have move to England and I would love to treat them with such delicatessen 🙂
That is such a kind thought Ioana – fingers crossed for you!
I have always liked Welsh Cakes (got to be covered in fresh butter though)
oh, I’ve never heard of covering Welsh cakes in butter before, although I know some people spread butter onto bara brith.
i just love welsh cakes!
We have been living in st athan for the past 2 years, hubby is military and we are due to be on the move again soon. ill miss wales so much!
I bet. I love living in Wales! St. Athan’s is lovely.
I’ve only ever tried welsh cakes and they were delicious so I would love to win to try more welsh foods
It would be great to be able to sample what else this fantastic cuisine has to offer, wouldn’t it?
Welsh cake absolutely gorgeous
They are definitely among my favourite Welsh foods.
I love cawl and laverbread – not at the same time, but my mother used to make cawl, and I always make it when I want some comfort food.
I think a good Welsh lamb cawl is the ultimate comfort food for me!
Coming to Wales in April, this would be a perfect start to our cottage break
Ooh, wouldn’t it just!
Our family love Welsh lamb, & cheese, in fact so many lovely Welsh favourites. I’d love to win, it would bring back happy memories of many wonderful holidays spent in both North & South Wales over the years.
What a lovely thought. I love it when particular foods can conjure up such fond memories.
I would love to win to give to my mother-in-law
Aww, that’s very kind Debbie.
I love Welsh Lava Bread
Ah yes, laverbread is a real Welsh delicacy!
I would love to try some Welsh food
I bet you’d love it.
The smell of gorgeous Bara Brith cooking reminds me of a lovely Welsh lady I lodged with many years ago. It can’t be beat!
Sounds like you had a fantastic stay there!
me and my kids love making welsh cakes. When we were last in wales we loved eating freshly made pasties and sausage rolls – although not technically welsh food they bring happy memories of our time in wales
I love a good pastie, too! If you’re ever in Cardiff, the Cornish Bakehouse is well worth a visit.
Bara Brith is so yummy
I couldn’t agree more!
I absolutely love welshcakes! It’d be great to share this prize with my family!
It’s always nice to share – if you can bear to 😉
I love the Welsh cakes and have to fend the kids off to get a look in 😀
Haha, I bet they don’t last long.
There are some things in here that I haven’t tried before, so it would be great to win.
It’s great to try new things, isn’t it?
I’d love to win this for my mum, she loves Welsh cakes!
She has good taste!
I love welsh cakes and they are great to take to work on nights
I bet they are a real treat to see you through your shift.
Welsh lamb is my favourite
That seems like a popular Welsh food, by reading some of these answers.
I love Welsh cakes, and the other items in the hamper also sound nice, especially the marmalades
I was really drawn to the marmalade too – it sounds so good!
I’d love to try this
Fingers crossed for you Liv!
Hamper looks amazing, would love to win to sample all of the goodies x
I bet you’d love it Helen!
I would love to win this as I grew up in Wales and really miss the food!
Aww, I bet you do Lia!
I love Welsh rarebit and welsh cakes I love to try new things
Welsh rarebit is definitely one of my personal faves!
Welsh cakes x
Great answer!