Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), www.clitheroetoday.co.uk DISH OF THE WEEK


CREMA QUEMADA A LA CATALANA


(CATALAN CREME BRULEE) with Greig Barnes


TH E reputation for fine food at the Spread Eagle, in Sawley, is going from strength to strength and owners Nigel'and Ysanne Williams are always keen to try new and different innovations. The recent ^Spanish dinner


proves they are on the right track as it was a full house, with every­ one ready to try something out of the ordinary prepared .by their chef Greig Barnes. His menu consisted


of different food for the senoras and senors. Featured a couple of weeks ago was the starter for the senoras, a


salad of braised chickpeas and chorizo sausage, so this week here is the recipe for the dessert served to the senors.


With the cheese course.and the


dessert a.Rioja Reserva 1997 from the Don Jacobo Wines was served. Present at the dinner was the


managing director of Don Jacobo Wines, Javier Martinex Blanco, who was on a round-Britain trip promoting his wines. This particu­ lar wine had extraordinary quali­ ties developed harmoniously dur­ ing slow maturation in cask and bottle. The great fineness and warm colour, soft and vinous taste are an exception to its seductive bouquet, a rich, red velvety wine from Spain’s premier wine produc­


tion region of Rioja, and aged for 18 months in American oak. The


family-owned Bodega Corral is dedicated to continuing the-tradi­ tional maturation process which produces a smooth all-rounded wine with a warm oaky flavour for which Rioja is famous.


Ingredients (serves four to six)


® 1 litre whole milk ® 1 cinnamon stick # 1 peeled rind of lemon © 8 egg yolks ® 2 tbsp cornflour ® 300g icing sugar Method '


1. Bring 750ml of milk to the boil


with a cinnamon stick and lemon rindi Reduce heat and simmer for five minutes. ■ 2. Beat egg yolks with half the


remaining milk and the cornflour with the other half.


3. Strain the boiled milk into a


clean saucepan and quickly stir in the egg and cornflour mixture, adding 250g of the sugar. 4. Stir over a low heat until the


custard is the consistency of thick cream.


5. Pour the custard into


ramekins, cool and refrigerate. 6. When cold sprinkle with the


remaining sugar and place under a hot grill until caramelised.


Pictured are Nigel and Ysanne


Williams with Javier Martinex Blanco, (s)


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Your ability to sparkle in the spotlight will attract a stream of compliments, if not new admirers. You will be flirting, having fun. and trying to duck out of boring chores as much as possible. Loved ones and dose social mates have been getting more of your attention and affection of late, but you also want to be around more casual acquaintances or detached friends.You may find yourself spread a little thin but at least it won’t be boring. You need variety not forced to chose. Call my Aquarius lino to hear more.


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There will be nothing light hearted about your romantic life for a few weeks. With Venus now in the hidden area of your chart you want more drama than usual or paradoxically you could be shutting off your emotional needs altogether. Maybe you are wary that if you open up to what you really want it will feel uncomfortable.Try to stay with it. Most of the time the pressure of life pushes you into taking avoiding action. Realise that getting cash and emotional agreements sorted out is vital. Call my Scorpio line to hear more.


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Your heart will be in the right place, so you will be ironing out difficulties, soothing ruffled feathers and generally putting your best diplomatic foot forward. If you are trying to sell or recommend anything charm will be your greatest assct-Though you may be a touch sensitive about one close partner since this week’s Full Moon is the one which falls in your own sign, a once a year occurrence. Don’t leap


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Proposing a toast to the best champagne


A L L that glisters is not gold, so all that sparkles is not champagne. A t this time of year


there are weddings, and what better way to cele­ brate than with cham­ pagne. I f there are wed­ dings, then there must be wedding anniversaries, not to mention birthdays, perhaps a pending birth, Father’s Day or just something to celebrate, so you turn


to a glass of champagne for that extra lift it gives. I am of the opinion that cham­


pagne is not just an “occasion” drink but can be enjoyed through a meal, given the right style and body, but I may be in the minority. Champagne is made from a mix of


three grape varieties, chardonnay, pinot noir and pinot meunier (both black grape varieties with clean flesh). The long process of getting the “ fizz” into the wine comes from the secondary fermentation in the bottle and is both time consuming and labour intensive. Recently the governing body has


extended the minimum time bottles must spend in the cellars before release to 18 months; more often it is longer.


The individual styles are as varied


as the number of champagne houses, add to this a factor of different pro­ portions of the three grapes used by the houses and you could end up with wines as diverse as the number of growers in Champagne - thou­ sands!


Venus will only be around for a few weeks at your mid heaven bringing invitations to atl tho best places. If you have creative talents you should be making the effort to get them out on display to best advantage.You can turn your dreams into reality but you will have to discipline yourself. But give yourself time also to tuck yourself out o f sight in familiar surroundings and be indulgcd.Your busy schedule will not allow you to play truant for long, but you must take a break along the way otherwise you will get over stretched. Call my Virgo line to hear more.


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Over the next few weeks adding elegant touches to your intimate surroundings will be a top priority. Having beauty around will make you feel happier. Then you can indulge and entertain to your heart's content. Though with the Full Moon filling across your mid heaven, you will have to find a better balance between your head and your heart. You cannot find all your satisfaction in your intimate


environment. So you will need to get your thinking cap on. Call my Pisces line to hear more.


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FORMER cricketer Jonathan Agnew is now a respected com­ mentator.


In 1997 he published his first


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Reviewed by Rebecca Smith 4SI V (£ . " - The basic styles are brut zero -


bone dry - followed by brut with 1- 15 grams of sugar per litre, to extra dry with 12-20g. Sec has 17-35g with demi sec around 33-50g. The last style is doux-sweet, with


over 50g of sugar per litre. The last three are rela­


tively sweet by compari­ son to the first. Each of these can be produced in the styles of non-vintage, rose, blanc de blanc (chardonnay), blanc de noir (made from one or either of the two black grapes, vintage (the crop of grapes from one year’s harvest) or as a prestige


cuvee. These are the most expensive and “ best” champagnes, like La Belle Epoque, Dom Perignon or Cristal.


If a champagne spends a long time


on its yeasty cells, the lees, it adds an extra dimension of flavour often referred to as being biscuity or yeasty. Like fresh-baked bread, a good champagne should have a bal­ ance of fruit, citrus or floral with that biscuit or brioche flavour and a creamy mousse - the effect of bub­ bles on the palate. Older champagnes take on more


complex aromas of dried nuts and fruit with vanilla, more opulent. My money goes on wine from


three of the above styles. LOUIS ROEDERER VINTAGE 1996 is a stunningly complex wine of length and depth of flavour, around £38.50. Next is the generous brioche flavours of BILLECART-SALMON BLANC DE BLANC 1997, combining the yeasty flavours with citrus overtones and such persistent length. For sheer value for money,


GEORGES GARDET CUVEE SAINT FLAVY BRUT is classic champagne for a modest £12.69; recently dis­ gorged from the yeast cells there is


some of the classic toasty nose and good fruit. All from D. Byrne and Son and other good wine merchants.


Weekendpliis With MARCIA MORRIS


Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, June 12th, 2003 15


what’s on in the Ribble Valley compiled by Marcia Morris


All entries for inclusion to be on a listings form, available from the Tourist Information Centre in Market Place, Clitheroe, and handed in by the 10th of the month prior to the event


THE Platform Gallery is exhibit­ ing Caitrin Howell's ceramics from tomorrow until July 26th. Although her work has been exhibited


in numerous group shows in Europe and America, this is her first solo exhibition. Since Catrin graduated in 1992, she has won several prizes including the Fletcher Challenge in 1994 and the Craft Gold Medal of the National Eisteddfod of Wales in 1998. She creates animal forms founded on


legend, myth and fantasy, and has built a growing reputation for her portrayal of lean, quivering beasts often formally arranged into idiosyncratic compositions. Catrin was brought up and still lives on


a farm in West Wales where she spends time observing and sketching the animals which feature in her sculptures. In her foreword to the exhibition cata­


logue, Jan Morris describes Catrin Howell as having two recognisable traits in her work "...the instinct for an organic, earthy relationship with the creatures she por­ trays with such fascinating beauty, and a transcendental, unearthly insight into the deeper messages the animals, birds and fishes bring to us out of the unknown." Platform Gallery is open from 10 a.m.


to 4-30 p.m., Monday to Saturday, and admission is free.


EVENTS-JUNE 13th TO 19lh Braillc-It, a group to learn Braille,


meets Thursdays, 9-30 a.m. to noon in the IT Learning Centre, old Co-op building, Henthorn Road. Inquiries, tel. 01200 426063. Platform Gallery, A Ruthin Craft Cen­


tre touring exhibition of Catrin Howell’s ceramic creatures.


June to July 12th - Blackburn Museum


and Art Gallery, four new exhibitions, open Tuesday to Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4- 45 p.m. Admission free. 13th - Community Centre, Langho, a mock auction in aid of St Leonard’s Scout


Group. Viewing from 6-30 p.m. bidding from 7 p.m. 14th — Clitheroe Naturalists’ Society,


meet at Clitheroe Interchange at 9-30 a.m. for Kirkby Lonsdale, with loader Bernard Warren. To book tel. 01200 428117.


14th - Knowle Green Village Hall, jew­


ellery-making workshop from 9-30 a.m. to 3-30 p.m. Must be pre-booked.


14lh - Lancashire Countryside Events,


Beacon Fell close-up in summer, a stroll through woods and moorland. Meet Bow- land Visitor Centre at 2 p.m.


15th — Clitheroe Ramblers’ Association, meet Chester Avenue car park at 9-30


a.m. for Gearstones and Wold Fell (Rib- blehead), 11 miles. 15th - Clitheroe Sunday Market with


the theme “Cloth Cap and Clogs” . 17th — Clitheroe Ramblers’ Association, meet Chester Avenue car park at 10 a.m.


for Spring Wood, Under Pendle and Sab- den Valley.


17th - Pendleton Village Hall, WI


meeting with guest John Zamorski on “Living with 10,000 Bees”. Competition for a honey recipe and flower stall. 17th - Knowle Green Village Hall, line


dancing at 8 p.m. 18th - Clitheroe Ramblers’ Association,


meet 7 p.m. Sabden. 18th - Knowle Green Village Hall,


sequence dancing at 8 p.m. 18th - Quarry Bank House, Chatbum,


coffee evening in aid of East Lancs Hos­ pice, at 7 p.m. 19th - Clitheroe Mountaineering Club


indoor meeting in Clitheroe Cricket Club at 8 p.m.


19th - Friends of Gawthorpe Hall,


items from the Rachel K. Shuttleworth collections on display and talk at 2 p.m. in the Estate Block at the hall. FORTHCOMING EVENTS-JUNE 20TH TO 26TH


21sl - Clitheroe Ramblers' Association,


meet 9-30 a.m. car park at Settle. 21sl - Lancashire Countryside Events,


midsummer countryside day with tradi­ tional country crafts and displays, morn­ ing and afternoon guided walks and strawberry cream teas in the cafe. All at Beacon Fell Country Park, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.


22nd - Re-opening of Knowle Green


Village Hall at 2-30 p.m. by Lord Alton. 22nd - Clitheroe Mountaineering Club


meeting in the Peak District. Leaving RVBC car park at 8 a.m. Inquiries, tel 01200 425884.


2-ilh - Knowle Green Village Hall, line


dancing at 8 p.m. 25th - Whalley Village Hall, rag rug


workshop from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Limited places. 25th - Knowle Green Village Hall,


sequence dancing at 8 p.m. 25th - Clitheroe Ramblers' Association,


meet 7 p.m. Waddington. 25th-29th - Ribchester festival, for


details tel 01254 878881. 26th-28(h - Trinity Drama Group pre­


sents "Too Soon for Daisies" a comedy thriller by William Dinner and William Morum at 7-30 p.m. in the Trinity Methodist Church hall. Admission by programme available from F.A. Allen and Sons, 1 Wesleyan Row, Parson Lane, tel. 01200 422446 or Michael Britcliffe, tel. 01200 424328 or any member of the drama group. ® Further details of some of the above


events can be found in adjacent "Lifestyle” advertisements. © A booking service for the theatres


and events throughout the region is avail­ able from the Tourist Information Centre, Market Place, Clitheroe, tel. 01200 425566.


what’s on in the North-West compiled by John Tbrner


theatre A LITTLE LOCAL DIF­


FICULTY. Oldham Colise­ um. Until Saturday. Box office: 0161624 2829. STEEL MAGNOLIAS.


Bolton Octagon. Until June 28th. Box office: 01204 520661 SAILOR BEWARE. Blackpool Grand Theatre. Until Saturday. Box office: 01253 290190. DR PHIL HAMMOND.


Comedy. Burnley Mechan­ ics. Tomorrow. Box office: 01282 664400. IF I WAS A GIANT. For


three to five-year-olds. Octagon Theatre, Bolton. Saturday. Box office: 01204 520661. I ’LL BE BACK BEFORE


MIDNIGHT. Oldham Coli­ seum. June 19th to July 12th. Box office: 0161 624 2829. THE PRINCESS AND


THE PEA. For those aged three and over. Octagon Theatre, Bolton. June 21st. Box office: 01204 520661. BRIEF ENCOUNTER.


Quays Theatre, Salford Quays. June 24th to June 28th. Box office: 0870 111 2000. TOP RANK GROOVY.


taineer- ing and he has climbed widely from Greenland to Antarctica over the years.


Cardinal Newman College Limelights Theatre Com­ pany. Preston Charter Theatre. June 26th. Box office: 01772 258858. THE LAST TRAIN. Old­


ham Coliseum. June 23rd to June 24th. Box office: 0161624 2829. GRIMM TALES. For


those aged seven and over. Williamson Park, Lancast­ er. July 4th to August 9th. Box office: 01524 598500. MEN IN COATS. The


Lowry. June 22nd. Box office: 0870 111 2000. WHY THE WHALES


CAME. For eight to 13- year-olds Quays Theatre, Salford. June 18th-21st.


Box office: 0870 111 2000. AMDRAM SLAM. Blackpool Grand Theatre. June 25th to 27th. Box office: 01253 743232.


musicals GUYS AND DOLLS.


Salford Musical Theatre. Quays Theatre, Salford Quays. Until Saturday. Box office: 0870 111 2000. OLIVER. Blackpool and Fylde Light Opera. June


18th to 21st. Box office: 01253 290190. FAME by Preston Col­


lege Academy of Visual and Performing Arts, Pre­ ston Charter Theatre. June 19th and 20th. Box office: 01772 258858. THE LADYBOYS OF BANKOK. Lowry Plaza,


Salford Quays. June 20th to July 6th. Box office: 0870 111 2000. SUMMER HOLIDAY.


Lyric Theatre, Salford Quays. June 23rd to June 28th. Box office: 0870 111 2000.


music ARTS IN THE PARK


2003. Corporation Park, Blackburn. With Liberty X and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. July 12th and 13th. HALLE SUMMER


CLASSICS. Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. Satur­ day. Box office: 0161 907 9000. BIG BAND IN THE


BARN. CRGS Swing Band. The Great Barn, Gawthorpe Hall. Saturday. ROCKIN’ ON HEAV­


EN’S DOOR. Blackpool Grand Theatre. Sunday. Box office: 01253 290190. HALLE SUMMER


POPS. Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. Sunday. Box office: 0161907 9000. JUDITH DURHAM.


Manchester Opera House. Sunday. Box office: 0870 4016000. THE HOGI4TON


WEAVERS. Preston Char­ ter Theatre. Sunday. Box office: 01772258858. THE WATERBOYS.


Bridgewater Hall, Man­ chester. June 17th. Box office: 0161907 9000. HALLE SUMMER


CLASSICS. Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. June 19th, 21st and 26th. Box office: 0161907 9000. SYD LAWRENCE


ORCHESTRA. Blackpool Grand Theatre. June 22nd. Box office: 01253 290190. THE HALLE. Preston


Guild Hall. June 24th. Box office: 01772 258858. ROYAL NORTHERN


COLLEGE OF MUSIC SYMPHONY ORCHES­ TRA. Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. June 27th. Box office: 0161907 9000. HALLE SUMMER


POPS. Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. June 28th, 29th and July 3rd, 5th.


Box office: 0161 907 9000. RNCM SYMPHONY


ORCHESTRA. Bridgewa­ ter Hall, Manchester. June


27th. Box office: 0161 907 9000.


S U M M E R SONG.


Bridgewater Hall, Man­ chester. June 30th. Box office: 0161 907 9000. ELIADES OCHOA.


Bridgewater Hall, Man­ chester. July 2nd. Box office: 0161907 9000. CHETHAM’S SINFO-


NIA. Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. July 4th. Box office: 0161 907 9000. CHETHAM’S SYM­


PHONY ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS. Bridgewa­ ter Hall, Manchester. July 4th. Box office: 0161 907 9000. MANCHESTER BOYS’


CHOIR. Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. July 6th. Box office: 0161 907 9000. T O N Y B EN N ET T .


Bridgewater Hall, Man­ chester. July 7th. Box office: 0161907 9000.


dance SLEEPING BEAUTY.


Birmingham Royal Ballet. Lyric Theatre, Salford Quays. June 17th-21st. Box office: 0870 111 2000. THE SLEEPING BEAU­


TY. English Youth Ballet. Royal Court Theatre, Liv­ erpool. June 20th and 21st. Box office: 01517094321. RUSSIAN COSSACK


STATE DANCE COMPA­ NY. Blackpool Grand The­ atre. June 23rd. Box office: 01253 743232 THE TEMPEST. Pre­


ston Charter Theatre. June 28th. Box office: 01772258858. DANCE SHOW by Pen-


wortham Dance Centre. Preston Charter Theatre. July 5th. Box office: 01772 258858.


exhibitions BEATING RETREAT


Fulwood Barracks, Pre­ ston. June 21st. THE JERWOOD


DRAWING PRIZE; The Lowry, Salford Quays. Until 22nd June. Box office: 08701112000. LOWRY’S TRAVELS.


The Lowry, Salford Quays. Until July 6th. Box office: 08701112000. GREG LOCK. The


Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester. July 20th to August 17th. PREDATORS. The


Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester. June 23rd to September 7th.


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