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Portugese Tarts

 

Portuguese Tarts

Portuguese Tarts (Pastéis de nata) date back to pre 18th century and the monks at the Jerónimos Monastery in the parish of Santa Maria de Belém in Lisbon. At that time, convents and monasteries used large quantities of […]

December 20th, 2024|News|Comments Off on Portugese Tarts|
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    Double award recognition for The Lakes with environmental and innovation awards

Double award recognition for The Lakes with environmental and innovation awards

The Lakes Free Range Egg Company (The Lakes) was presented with two awards at the British Free Range Egg Producers Association (BFREPA) annual awards. The first in recognition of their strong environmental sustainability record, and the second in the […]

December 17th, 2024|News|Comments Off on Double award recognition for The Lakes with environmental and innovation awards|

Nana’s Xmas Pud

 

Nana’s Xmas Pudding

 Stir up Sunday is at the end of November and is THE day in the year you are supposed to make your Christmas Puddings – giving them time to mature before the big day.You will need a […]

November 24th, 2024|Recipes|Comments Off on Nana’s Xmas Pud|

Genoise Cake

 

Genoise Layer Cake

A super light cake that was much used in the 1970’s and was used on Great British Bake Off as a showstopper theme. We used strawberries but any berries would work – as would tinned fruit like […]

November 13th, 2024|Recipes|Comments Off on Genoise Cake|

Slimmers Apple Betty

 

Slimmers Apple Betty

We tried this Slimming World recipe and it was very tasty, but you can make it without using sweetener and supplementing with sugar – we think brown sugar would be delicious. We’ve served with fat free fromage […]

October 15th, 2024|Recipes|Comments Off on Slimmers Apple Betty|

Environmental Champion of The Year

The Lakes Free Range Egg Co. (The Lakes) becomes Environmental Champion of the Year. They were awarded the Farmers Weekly Environmental Champion Award from a shortlist nominated by the category judges.

The 20th Anniversary year of the Farmers Weekly Awards was celebrated […]

October 7th, 2024|News|Comments Off on Environmental Champion of The Year|

RASE Farm of the Future Award

The Lakes Free Range Egg Co. presented with the RASE Farm of the Future Award

David Brass, Chief Executive Officer at The Lakes Free Range Egg Company (The Lakes) was awarded the RASE Farm of the Future Award. David and […]

September 24th, 2024|News|Comments Off on RASE Farm of the Future Award|

£2M investment to produce clean energy

The Lakes Free Range Egg Company (The Lakes), has maximised opportunities to create their own clean energy with a £2 million investment enabling them to become a self-sustaining electrical island.

The Lakes reached carbon neutral (Scope 1 and 2 […]

August 20th, 2024|News|Comments Off on £2M investment to produce clean energy|

Raspberry Bakewell

 

Raspberry Bakewell Tart

This recipe from Hawkshead Relish includes fresh raspberries – along with their Raspberry & Vanilla jam. We tried the jam and it’s gorgeous – perfect with scones and jam too.

For the pastry200 g plain flour2 tablespoons icing […]

August 15th, 2024|Recipes|Comments Off on Raspberry Bakewell|

Great Taste Award for Laid With Love eggs

It’s official – Laid With Love eggs have a Great Taste Award. 
The Lakes Free Range Egg Company (The Lakes) has won a Great Taste Award for the Laid With Love brand of free-range eggs.

The Great Taste Awards […]

July 31st, 2024|News|Comments Off on Great Taste Award for Laid With Love eggs|