14th October

Here at Sutton Mawr Farm we've been very busy with our groups.

On Friday we decided to mix things up and made lamb koftas for our guests, which everyone seemed to enjoy!

We've been busy making crumbles.

We made a new cordial using fruit we picked from our hedgerows. We are calling it 'Hedgerow Cordial' and it is made with blackberries, elderberries and crab apples. The colour is amazing!

We also had a great group of stags stay with us this weekend.

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Mini Breaks

Had some great mini breaks this summer that we would thoroughly reccomend:

Buen vino, Spain - the best place to eat well and chill with friends 
http://fincabuenvino.com/

Orion, St Paul de Vence (20 minutes up from Nice) - fabulous treehouses and the best wild swimming pool ever!
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And of course the gorgeous villa - http://www.villacabritas.co.uk/activities.html

Recipe Requests

Pavalova:

20 egg whites
1.25kg Caster Sugar
1 tsp cornflour
1tsp Vanilla extract
1 tbsp white wine vinegar

Method - Preheat the oven to 130C. Whisk the egg whites until thick then whisk in the sugar gradually. Finally, whisk in the cornflour and the white wine vinegar. Place mixture on a baking tray, making a slightly raised rim around the edges and put into the oven for an hour.

Once ready, spread whipped cream on top of the meringue and decorate with any berries you have at home. Enjoy!

Spinach and Parmesan Tart:

Filling
125g Parmesan
450g Spinach
45g Butter
2 Eggs and 3 extra yolks
150ml Double Cream
125g Mascarpone cheese

Pastry
225g Plain Flour or Spelt flour
Pinch of salt
125g unsalted butter
2 Egg Yolks

Method - Sift the flour into a mixing bowl and add a pinch of salt. Dice the butter (must be cold), add to the flour and rub together. Whisk the egg yolks with 3.5 tablespoons of cold water. Add half of the egg mixture to the flour mixture and work together quickly. Cling film the mixture and allow to rest in the fridge for an hour. Preheat the oven to 200C.
Line the pastry case. Beat the eggs, extra yolks, cream and mascarpone together into a smooth custard. Spoon into the tart, layer spinach on top and sprinkle with parmesan and black pepper. Repeat this process until the tart is full finishing with a gloss of the custard.
Bake on a baking sheet in the oven for 20-25 minutes, until set. Scatter some more parmesan on top of the tart before serving if needed.

27th August

A lot has happened at Sutton Mawr Farm since we last blogged.

Tours are in full swing and we are enjoying the warm, balmy nights on the lawn and in the courtyard.

Food seems to be going down well!

Glyn has been doing really well in the veggie garden, producing plenty of lettuce, strawberries, blackcurrants, spring onions, frnech beans, figs, mangetout, sugar snaps, tomatoes, basil, cariander, parsley, pak choy, swiss chard, radish, spinach, courgettes and cucumbers. At the moment, we are having to eat cucumbers and courgettes every day as we have so many!

Finally we have figs!

More homemade meringues!

Yesterday, we all went wild swimming in waterfalls in the Brecon Beacons. It was incredible, can't believe we hadn't done it before now!

13th July 2013

Guest enjoying a relaxed breakfast out in the sunshining. Adrien is getting married on the 13th of july in 2013, and after 13 years of being with his partner. Good luck!

12th July 2013

We had a pre wedding dining in the courtyard last night. Most of the guest are from France so they felt very at home. They stayed up into the early hour, enjoying so fine red wine.

It was a record day, with tempertures reaching 31 Degrees for the first time this year. We had some guests dining on the lawn, and loving the heat, and fresh air.

Our daughter, finished cookery school at the Grange and we popped down to pick her up. They had prepared a feast for us which was fantastic. She now going to help Vicci in the kitchen, this summer.

12th July 2013

We have had some a great week of weather.

All the guest were loving the outdoor eating. We set up tables in the courtyard and enjoyed the evening heat.

We had a few kids to stay so we got out Splat the Rat! It was great fun, you got to hit the rat ( a stuffed sock) as it come out the bottom of the pipe. The rat was quite safe!

12th June 2013

We have finally been able to plant the lettuces outside. Unfortunately the birds are rather keen on our young green leaves, so...

                We have had to put up a Scarecrow. He is called Bert. So far he is doing a good job!

With the dry weather, we have pulled out all the bulbs and dried them in the sun. They will be then stored in a dark dry place till we replant them later on in the year.

8th June 2013

Full house this weekend at Sutton Mawr.

We had Becky and her Land Girls.

They were on a mission impossible!   Cardiff on a saturday night good luck!

Then we were visited by some lovely guests, who have been travelling around the British Island

They had there farewell dinner on the lawn. Marvellous evening.

3rd June 2013

                            Today was moving pigs. This can either go really well or really badly!

We started with the Gloucester Old Spots. They were so pleased to be out. They wanted to have a good look around.

                                Glyn got very possessive about his potatos. Pigs love potatos.

                                         They said hello to all the other animals on the farm.

                                             We eventually got them into the holding pen.

The other two Large Welsh Whites, just followed Glyn all the way to their new home.  He is now a natural pig handler!

2nd June 2013

                                   Woke up this morning to a beautiful day

                     Most of the guest decided to have breakfast out in the courtyard

                                                         Fantastic!

31st May 2013

                       Whats happened to the weather, the sun keeps shining!

We set out the banquet on the lawn, for the guests farewell diner. They loved it.

25th May 2013

We had a lovely bunch of hens to stay this weekend, and the weather was fantastic, so we arranged a massive afternoon tea party for them.. Great fun



26th May 2013

The weather was so good that we took the brave move to put all the tables out on the lawn.

                                             It was like Hampton Court

They all seem to love it, even if it did get a little chilly. Denise did sortout some blankets.

24th May 2013

We had a very special visitor to Sutton Mawr, Nigel the Koala Bear. he has been doing a tour of the UK and Europe, with his owner Leanne from Australia

19th May 2013

It was a lovely day at Sutton Mawr and the guests enjoyed the evening. They feed the animals and collected all the eggs.

                          Then gathered round the fire in the courtyard

18th May 2013

Laura picked a cracking weekend for Adele's Hen Party.

They are off to experience Cardiff's nightlife. Good luck

17th May 2013

We had a great crowd in tonight. They really enjoyed Vicci's homemade lamb hotpot and rhubarb crumple. It was a lovely evening, so they had plenty of time to look round the farm and gardens. One of the guest even help me round up some lost sheep. Thanks Bruce!

11th May 2013

Everything has been set up and ready  for Claire and Carl's Wedding

The sun came out just as the lovely couple arrived

They all settled down to a long lunch of slow cooked Sutton Mawr pork

In the evening they danced the night away.

It was a memorable evening under the stars  

5th May 2013

What a fantastic day. Sun shining and Dora is having a lovely sunbath.

We have planted our potatos for the summer, we estimate we will have 550kilos if we are lucky

pictures from the garden.

3rd May 2013

We had the largest group visit us at Sutton Mawr today. They were all charming.

We did a farm tour where they feed the pigs, collected the eggs and even held the chickens.

After they all eat Vicci Shepherd's pie and Apple and raspberry crumble, they all gathered round the fire for a team photo. Steen the team director, is the one in the front