EL Magazine MAY-JUN 2018

Leisure
Roasted Stuffed Cauliflower
1 trimmed cauliflower
5 tbsp olive oil
4 tbsp fresh bread crumbs
For the stuffing
250g kale, chopped
1 tbsp milled linseed
1 onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, chopped
sage & rosemary leaves, chopped
180g cooked chopped chestnuts
zest of 2 lemons
Good grating of nutmeg
Method
1. Turn cauliflower upside-down,
cut out stalk and core with a knife,
leaving a cavity, ensuring florets
hold together.
2. Cook the cauliflower for 7 mins in
a pan of salted water, steam dry.
3. Cook kale until wilted, cool under
cold water, squeeze out excess
liquid and roughly chop.
4. Mix ground linseed with 3 tbsp
water and leave until gluey.
5. Cook onion until softened,
add and cook remaining stuffing
ingredients and kale. Season, put
in a blender with 150ml water and
linseed, blitz to a thick purée.
6. Put into piping bag and stuff
mixture into the cauliflower -
bottom first, filling holes, turn
cauliflower over onto the baking
tray lined with parchment and
squeeze between florets.
7. Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas
6. Mix remaining chestnuts with the
breadcrumbs and season. Spoon
oil over cauliflower, pat on the
breadcrumb chestnut mix. Roast
for 45 mins until golden brown
and tender (crisp-up under grill if
required).
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A Mill With History
The oldest existing stone building
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and is just over 200 years old,
although the 1086 Domesday Book
also shows records of a mill. The
mill was powered by water and
ground corn into flour and mixed
animal feed. It’s possibly the only
water mill in Northamptonshire
with a working turbine.
The machinery was powered by
water drawn from the River Tove
via a leat. Following a fire on 14
September, 1911, the Mill was
completely gutted and left derelict
for many years. In 1996 Phoenix
VLSI Consultants Limited renovated
the buildings and machinery
rotated once again under water
power.
The current brick-built mill is a
grade II listed building, built in
the early twentieth century, while
the taller building extension is
thought to date to the 1930s. When
Towcester Mill Brewery moved from
their base in Whittlebury to the mill
in 2013, it had been over hundred
years since a commercial brewer
existed in Towcester. They now
create some of the finest local beers
by experimenting with ingredients,
tastes and styles, mixing in a little
imagination and a big dose of
passion.
To try one of the delicious beers or
to book a brewery tour to find out
more about the brewing process,
pop along to Towcester Mill
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