Take advantage of our special May rate of £295.00 for two nights including dinner on one night and breakfast each morning – available from Sunday to Thursday. £350.00 for three nights.

Celeriac soup with stilton croutons

Mussels steamed in Aspall cyder, smoked bacon, crusty bread

Game terrine, red onion jam, toasted brioche

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Wild mushroom cannelloni, radish salad, truffle vinaigrette

Pan-fried cod, lemon crushed potatoes, potted shrimps, purple sprouting broccolli

Slow braised Beckbred lamb, honey glazed carrots, minted leeks, Jerusalem artichoke crumble

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Rhubarb and white chocolate pannacotta

Lemon meringue pie, raspberry sorbet

Blood oranges, pistachio cake, geranium yoghurt

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Three courses for two £60.00 including, a glass of prosecco, coffee and petit fours

Why not stay the night at a special rate of £100.00 to include full English breakfast the following morning?

Plan a two night stay over the weekend and enjoy two nights with dinner on one night for £270.00.

Top tip – Sylvia Guillem is dancing at Snape on the Friday and Saturday night  - buy two tickets to create a really amazing treat

The price of £500.00 for two includes an overnight stay here at The Old Rectory on Friday 25th January with a wonderful three course dinner and a hearty Suffolk breakfast the following morning before heading off to The British Larder for your amazing day.

Friday 16th November to Saturday 24th November

  We will also be open to non-residents, so they too can enjoy her fabulous cooking.

Delicious dishes include; wild mushroom cannelloni, roasted duck breast with beetroot and Jerusalem artichoke crumble and pistachio cake with rose scented ice cream.

Three courses are £35.00

Book early! We look forward to seeing you during this exciting week.

Now is the time to make this stunning cake with the Orange Blossom in full bloom, filling the garden with amazing scent. The flowers are creamy and delicate and make a wonderful decoration for this gluten free fragrant cake.

250g Unsalted Butter (softened to room temperature)

250g Caster Sugar

3 Eggs

150g Polenta

200g Ground Almonds

1 Tsp Baking Powder

Zest of two Oranges

2 Tbsp of Orange Blossom Honey

 Line the base of a cake tin with silicone liner or greaseproof – diameter of tin – 20cm- Oven Temperature 180 oc

Cream together the butter and sugar until a pale cream colour. Whisk the three eggs in a bowl and slowly mix into the mixture, then stir in the other ingredients except the honey. Pour into the cake tin and cook for approximately 50 minutes, until a skewer inserted in comes out clean.

Leave in tin and poke several holes in top of the cake with a skewer. Mix the honey with 4 Tbsp of boiling water and pour over cake, it will seep in. Leave until cold to remove from the tin.

Delicious with greek yogurt or cream!

 Recipe

275g  dark 70% chocolate

250g dark muscavado sugar

3 free range eggs

100ml buttermilk

40ml sunflower oil

1 medium sized cooked beetroot, grated

100g Plain Flour

1tsp of baking  powder and 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

Cream Cheese Icing

300g Icing sugar

50g unsalted soft butter

125g Cream cheese

Mascarpone Orange Cream

This is a super cream to serve if you are offering the cake as a dessert

500ml Mascarpone

Grated zest of 2 oranges and juice of one

Line a 23cm  baking tin with silicone paper for one larger cakes  or use cup cake cases. I find the silicone muffin cases work really well for this mixture.

Heat oven to 180c

Melt chocolate in a bowl over simmering water.

Whilst chocolate melts cream the dark sugar and eggs together until light and thoroughly mixed.

Pour in buttermilk, oil and melted chocolate. Stir in grated beetroot.

Sieve in flour, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda and fold gently in.

Bake in oven for approx 45mins, until a metal skewer inserted into the mixture comes out clean. Cupcakes will take apprx 25 mins.

Allow to cool before icing  or serve with the mascarpone cream- decorate with garden flowers, I used violas.

Wednesday 16th and Wednesday 23rd May.

Hannah and I  have just finalised the menu for the first date which is now sold out. So if you like the look of it book for the 23rd!

Menu

Rhubarb and Rose Water Blini with Olives and  Herby Hummus

A Sampler of Sorrel Soup

Asparagus Risotto with Parmesan Crisp

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 A Trio of Salads – Lemon Quinoa, Cucumber and Peanut Salad and Shaved Fennel, Kohlrabi, Courgette and Dill

Rhubarb Sorbet and Soya Yoghurt Ice Cream with Rosemary Madeleines

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 Beetroot and Chocolate Cake with whipped Mascarpone

Garden Orange Mint Tea or Coffee

These first two lunches are £15.00 per person.

HEMLIG IS READY TO BOOK, ENJOY A MINIMUM OF A THREE NIGHT BREAK FOR AS LITTLE AS £300.00! CALL FOR AVAILABILTY, EIGHT WEEKS HAVE BEEN BOOKED AND WE ONLY FINISHED IT AT THE END OF FEBRUARY!

The cottage is very nearly ready! After weeks of builders,plumbers,electricians and carpenters the cottage is almost complete! Located in Brook Street in Woodbridge, it really is in the very centre of the town, tucked down a quiet unknown road just minutes from the river, the shops and restaurants. There are two bedrooms, one double and one with a super king wrought iron bed, a fabulous new kitchen, new central heating, wifi etc etc. More pictures to follow next week.