Recipes

We serve a version of this dish in the restaurants and on the food to go menus at Daylesford year-round. 

We’ve used our new peanut butter in this dressing but cashew butter is also excellent. Make extra and use the dressing to add punchy flavour to other dishes such as salads, grain bowls, noodles, fish and chicken.  

For the slaw, feel free to vary the ingredients depending on what’s in season, or what you have handy.  

Perfect enjoyed after a dinner party or with a cup of afternoon tea or coffee. 

The classic Bakewell Tart filling is almond frangipane with raspberry jam, but we’ve used our new gooseberry & elderflower jam here for a seasonal variation. Feel free to play with this base recipe - hazelnuts with plum jam would be delicious in the autumn, for example. 

Discover more recipes like this and pick up essential skills in the kitchen at our Cookery School's Cakes & Bakes course.

A juicy steak is the ultimate carnivorous treat when you are craving something meaty.

We have paired the perfectly cooked steak with a piquant, herb-rich sauce that combines elements of salsa verde and chimichurri, plus some beautiful wild garlic from our estate.

Elevate your culinary skills at our Cookery School's Steak Night and learn the all important techniques and secrets to cooking the perfect steak at home every time. 

A delicous seasonal alternative to classic eggs benedict.

In cookery, hollandaise is a ‘mother’ sauce and has many variants which will add to your repertoire, while knowing how to poach an egg is a key skill.

Discover more seasonal recipes and cooking skills at our Cookery School.

This creamy tart balances sweet, mellow leeks with the punch of our semi-soft Adlestrop cheese and the decadence of truffles.

This recipe is inspired by a dish served in our cafés. Discover more seasonal recipes and cooking skills at our Cookery School.

This delicious recipe offers a lighter take on traditional lamb dishes and is full of the delicate flavours of summer.

The combination of freshly picked organic strawberries, vanilla and cardamom in this recipe is both fragrant and irresistible.

This is an amalgamation of two classics: mayonnaise and salsa verde, the famous Italian green sauce, full of herbs with capers and anchovy.

This true favourite in The Legbar at our Cotswolds farm. We love ice cold and served with salted MARCONA ALMONDS and NOCELLARA OLIVES. 

“Wild salmon comes into season at the start of the summer, so this dish is based around pairing it with other seasonal ingredients."

Chorizo, fresh organic eggs and new season asparagus – a trio made even better when served with crispy chunks of sourdough too. 

"Our heroes are courgettes this time, but they could just as easily be grated carrot, beetroot, parsnips or cauliflower another day."

Romy Gill MBE will be joining us at our Summer Festival for a live cooking demonstration of recipes from her second book On The Himalayan Trail.

3:30pm, Sunday 18th June, Cookery School Tent

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Discover Romy's top tips for making flatbreads at home in our journal here.

Photos by Matt Inwood. 

A real centrepiece, this barbecued fillet of beef recipe is perfect for entertaining and makes an elegant and light summery dish.

A quick, filling and thoroughly easy dish for a vegetarian summer supper or as part of a delicious lunch, celebrating our heritage tomatoes. We grow over 40 varieties of tomato in our organic Market Garden and every year we are in awe of their colours, texture and unrivalled sweetness. Most of the time we tend to enjoy them raw but every now and then a glut calls for a little variation and this quick cooking technique brings out their wonderful flavour.

World renowned makeup artist, Wendy Rowe believes that the key to good skin is to feed it with the right nutrients.

This side dish makes the most of fresh, seasonal flavours. It is particularly good with lamb and makes a good addition to summer barbecues

"There is little more refreshing in the summer months than the cool clinking of ice cubes in a jugful of homemade elderflower cordial."

This salad s a great way to use up leftover chicken alongside baby gem lettuce, charred courgettes and a tarragon yoghurt dressing.

When it comes to the garden’s ingredients, spring is the most uplifting time of year with the arrival of asparagus and Jersey Royals.

This vibrant gazpacho showcases our favourite organic summer produce, straight from the Market Garden.

The contrasting colours of the punchy green tapenade and the rich reds, oranges and yellows of our heritage tomatoes are stunning. 

We believe that our organic approach produces beef that is exceptional to eat, ours is dry-aged for a minimum of 28 days for optimal flavour.

This iced tea recipe from Kirthanaa Naidu is so good we recommend having a jugful at hand to enjoy throughout the day. Kirthanaa has added our Daylesford Oxfordshire honey to make this iced tea not only delicious but free from refined sugars. It's simple to make, perfect for a hot day and easy to make in advance when hosting friends or family.

This recipe can be made in the oven or slow cooker.

An extract from Seed Magazine Volume 5, available to order now. 

Seed magazine was founded on the belief that we need to live sustainably and consciously. Its philosophy is to lead by example: to gently inspire readers to make small changes with their own choices. 

The recipes in volume 05 demonstrate delicious ways we can reduce food waste and be more economical in the kitchen. This sticky beef brisket uses a cheaper cut of meat and an energy-saving slow cooker to help you feed more for less – without compromising on flavour. 

Steaming broth brings instant comfort to the airways, while quality chicken broth is revered as an antiviral remedy to support the immune system around the world.

There is something so lovely at this time of year about buying a big box of fragrant citrus fruit to make into marmalade.

This high protein overnight oats recipe is a great start to the day and will leave you feeling fuller for longer.

A recipe to celebrate the quintessential taste of spring: British asparagus. The perfect, fresh and seasonal supper from our Cookery School.

A crisp, sugary topping gives way to the soft, smooth dark chocolate filling, decadent and rich, these are very hard to resist.

The combination of fennel seeds, fresh rosemary and thyme in this recipe is the perfect complement to our pasture fed organic lamb.

This is a favourite of head chef Gaven Fuller: “A lovely, rustic, slow-cooked and warming stew that really showcases the lamb."

This thick, moreish dressing is a staple with all manner of leafy salads throughout the year at Daylesford.

This is a dish that can be enjoyed year-round. Quick to make, it creates minimal need for washing up and delivers on flavour.

This simple nourishing broth is full of minerals. The natural sweetness of leek and carrot balances and rounds out the flavours.

Nothing is more satisfying than a warming, nourishing bowl of broth on a winter’s day and this one is a celebration of winter vegetables from our organic market garden.

This vegetarian chili combines warming spices with chopped root vegetables and beans to make it satisfying and full of plant-based protein.

Make a big batch and package into jars or paper bags tied up with string for a wonderfully simple homemade gift.

With a thick, lightly salted date caramel and a textured nutty base of ALMONDS and GINGER BISCUITS, this is the perfect festive treat.

Made using our ORGANIC LIVING GREEN FORMULA, a plant-based daily supplement containing 36 nutrient-rich ingredients.

As the berry season begins, we turn to our good friend Alex Hely Hutchinson, founder of 26 GRAINS for some summer porridge inspiration. 

This brie and celeriac tartiflette is a twist on the classic French dish and the perfect recipe to showcase our soft, creamy penyston.

A light way to use up leftover turkey in the days after Christmas, a lovely combination of winter ingredients, it’s one of our favourites.

Recipe from Simply Good For You by Amelia Freer.

With parmesan cheese & parsley oil.

Risotto is one of the most comforting foods, especially during colder months. It is worth sourcing the different mushrooms stipulated in this recipe so you get a variety of textures and flavours in every bite. The mushroom purée adds a velvety creaminess while the parsley oil lifts the dish and adds colour.

This recipe is inspired by a dish served in our cafés. Discover more seasonal recipes and cooking skills at our Cookery School.

Every Shrove Tuesday we think, why don’t we make pancakes more often? Loved by children and adults, this delicious recipe proves why.

Taken from the brilliant cookbook ‘Land and Sea’ by ALEXANDRA DUDLEY this is just the dish for a hearty Meat Free Monday supper.

This delicious honey parfait recipe comes from our founder Carole Bamford’s new book NURTURE.

This bright smoothie with blackberry, mint and honey is full of flavour and equipped with soothing and nourishing benefits.

A Cookery School favourite, we love to serve this as a protein-rich breakfast, a first course at a dinner party or as a light spring lunch.

Bold enough to be served as a standalone lunch or supper dish, this recipe is also a great accompaniment to roast chicken, pork or lamb.

Everyone’s favourite comfort dish, a good mashed potato is always a winner at supper time. 

Brew a pot of your favourite tea, place the loaf in the middle of the table and let everyone pull it apart and share the soft, spiced bun. 

This buttermilk pancake recipe makes the most deliciously light and fluffy Scotch pancakes. 

An unleavened, gluten free loaf with aromatic toasty flavours, this bread is packed with energy and nutritional value.

A guest recipe from Amelia Freer.

"a grown-up brownie, almost savoury, thanks to the beetroot and tahini. Good for dessert with a dollop of sour crème fraîche as contrast.”

This recipe is one we have served at Daylesford for many years, full of flavour and a firm favourite on our winter menus.

Vibrant, bright and full of the flavours of spring, this quick risotto is made with nourishing ancient grains and plenty of greens.

Though it may look as though this recipe requires a number of steps, it is incredibly easy and provides a fresh approach to the Sunday roast.

An extract from Donna Hay’s book Basics to Brilliance using the basic Asian-style poached chicken recipe Here.