Recipes

DELICIOUS RECIPES GUIDED BY THE SEASONS AND GATHERED FROM OUR KITCHENS OVER THE GROWING YEAR. FROM SEASONAL SALADS TO CELEBRATORY FEASTS, OUR RECIPES ARE DESIGNED TO NOURISH AND INSPIRE.

COMFORTING CHICKEN BROTH WITH PEARL BARLEY, GINGER & WATERCRESS

Steaming broth instantly comforts the airways, and high-quality chicken broth is esteemed globally as an antiviral remedy that supports the immune system.

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  1. 35 Day Dry Aged Steaks: How to Cook

    James Devonshire, our Head Tutor in the Daylesford Cookery School explains how to cook the perfect steak using a 35 day dry aged T-Bone from our new range of organic steaks. You can watch a video of him in action here.

    Read more about what dry ageing is, how and how and why we dry age our meat and the benefits of dry aged steak in our blog, All You Need To Know About Dry Aged Steaks.

     

  2. Creamed Gratin of Cavolo Nero

    Ideal as a side or main dish, this versatile gratin is packed with flavour and can be prepared in advance. Simply omit the pancetta to make a vegetarian version.

  3. Daylesford G&E

    Adding garnishes like juniper berries and cardamom pods add intriguing fruity, peppery, spicy notes. We serve this drink in our cafés using our organic fig leaf gin, which is hand-crafted and distilled using traditional methods.

  4. Roasted Red Kuri Squash

    With braised red onions, pickled chillies, rocket & yoghurt dressing.

    This vibrant seasonal dish packs enough flavour to be served as a standalone dish, or would make a great accompaniment to roast chicken or lamb. The pickled chillies give a peppery heat to the dish, balanced by the yogurt dressing.

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

  5. Winter Sprout Slaw

    This slaw is a wonderful way to make use of seasonal winter vegetables, turning them into a colourful raw salad that is packed with nutritional value. We love to serve this as an accompaniment to festive platters of cold meat and baked potatoes. It is also a fantastic recipe to have up your sleeve when entertaining guests over Christmas as you can prepare it completely in advance.

    If you can’t find candy or golden beetroot, traditional ruby red will work beautifully and do add your own favourite raw vegetables such as carrots or cabbage to make the recipe your own.

  6. Seasonal Fruit Cobbler

    A recipe from our tutors at the Cookery School to celebrate the seasons throughout the year.

    The scone-like topping works just as well with stewed cinnamon pears in winter or ripe stone fruit in summer. In the autumn months, chopped apples and blackberries are lovely and you could even swap the almonds for seasonal cobnuts.

  7. Thomas Straker's Roast Chicken with Squash, Beans & Cavolo Nero Pesto

    Perfect for hosting a deliciously warming seasonal supper or to bring a new twist to Sunday lunch - Chef Thomas Straker shares his roast chicken recipe using our truly free-range, organic whole chicken and fresh produce from our Market Garden. 

  8. Instant Tomato & Cannellini Bean Soup – a guest recipe by Amelia Freer

    Recipe from Simply Good For You by Amelia Freer.


    "This is an ‘instant’ soup. Simply blend the raw ingredients together in a decent blender, and it’s ready. No cooking required."

     

  9. Iced Tea with Grapefruit

    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.

  10. Comforting Chicken Broth with Pearl Barley, Ginger & Watercress

    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.

  11. Winter Vegetable Broth

    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.

  12. Rhubarb & Cheddar Tart - A Guest Recipe by Skye McAlpine

    It’s the Valentine’s sugar-pink of the rhubarb, blushing under a blanket of melted Cheddar, that makes this feel like romantic food for me; though it’s the flavour – rhubarb’s intense earthy sourness counterbalanced by rich buttery pastry and melting cheese – that makes me long to eat it. As much as you might associate rhubarb with puddings and nursery fare, don’t be fooled: this is very much a savoury business and also very much a ‘grown-up’ dish. I’ll be honest: the portions here are more than generous for two, but to make half a tart seems mean, and this is one of those dishes that everyone always eats more of than seems sensible, so I prefer to err on the side of plenty. And while it really does taste its very best warm straight from the oven, the cheese melting in your mouth, I nonetheless always look forward to leftovers.

    To go with it, you only need a salad: I can’t resist pairing this with a similarly pastel- hued salad of blush-pink radicchio rosa or dark red bitter chicory. Too much? Or just enough? One warning: this works best with long, thin, furiously pink rhubarb stems rather than the fatter ones, which take longer to cook and can taste a little too sharp.

    A Table Full of Love by Skye McAlpine is published by Bloomsbury, £26.

    Photography by Skye McAlpine

    Skye is hosting a supper club upstairs at Daylesford in Pimlico on Thursday 29th June 2023. Spaces are limited and booking is essential; last few places remaining. Find out more.

  13. Epic Tarragon Roast Chicken - A Guest Recipe From Julius Roberts

    There are recipes in this book that i love because they are interesting, there are those that I love for their simplicity, and there are those that I find myself making again and again. This is the latter, a great roast chicken, the heart of home cooking and one of life’s great pleasures. I relish the ritual, my family’s fight over the wings, the secret chef ’s treats of the oysters, the leftover sandwiches and bubbling stocks. There is no meal that makes me feel more at home. In my mind, there are three keys to a good roast chicken . . . juicy meat, brown salty skin and most importantly a ton of sauce. And it’s the sauce of this chicken that really sets it apart: handfuls of tarragon, lashings of cream and a proper dollop of mustard, which when combined with the cooking juices, garlic and wine creates a truly epic mouthful.

    Extracted from The Farm Table by Julius Roberts (Ebury Press, £27). Photography by Elena Heatherwick.
  14. Warm Panzanella Salad with Daylesford Heritage Tomatoes

    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.

  15. Salsa Verde Mayonnaise

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

  16. Woodland Mushroom & Thyme Risotto

    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.

  17. Roast Salmon with Peas, Bacon & Braised Little Gem

    “Wild salmon comes into season at the start of the summer, so this dish is based around pairing it with other seasonal ingredients. The accompaniment is a twist on the classic French dish, ‘petit pois à la française’, something I’m quite partial to, in which peas and lettuce are braised in stock and butter. My husband likes the addition of the bacon, but you could happily leave it out to make it a meat-free dish.”

    Carole Bamford

     

  18. Pink Gooseberry & Elderflower Bakewell Tart

    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.

     

  19. Asian-inspired Slaw with Peanut Butter, Soy & Lime Dressing

    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.  

     

     

  20. Pumpkin Pappardelle - a guest recipe by Wild by Tart

    Slow roasted pumpkin, smoky pancetta and pappardelle with pickled walnut and crispy sage.

    Inspired by places and people they love, Jemima Jones and Lucy Carr-Ellison, founders of Tart London and Wild by Tart, cook food with big flavours and seasonal ingredients, sustainably sourced where possible.

    We absolutely love pasta – our Achilles’ heel! Pumpkin is so delicious at the moment, and Delica is our favourite – we wanted to make something vibrant, comforting and luxurious and came up with this recipe – we loved it so much we have put it on our restaurant menu!

  21. Carrot & Ginger Soup

    This is one of the first dishes we served when Daylesford first opened 20 years ago. The recipe is so popular we also sell pouches of carrot and ginger soup in our farmshops and online. Made in small batches on the farm with organic ingredients, the pouches are ready for customers to take home and gently heat through – easy, convenient and delicious.

  22. Creamed Brussels Sprouts

    This is a really indulgent recipe, perfect for Christmas Day and warming suppers on cold winter evenings. It’s also great for entertaining because you can prepare it in advance and simply popping in the oven to finish when your guests arrive.

  23. Baked plums with honey and juniper

    We like to serve these baked plums with organic yoghurt and local honey for breakfast or a light dessert. They also make a delicious accompaniment to lean venison or seasonal game – spoon the juices through rich gravy for a little sweetness and colour.

    Try alongside our recipe for Loin of Venison with Celeriac Purée.

  24. Salmon Ceviche with Bergamot Lemon & Pink Peppercorn Dressing

    This simple yet sophisticated dish would be ideal for a celebratory dinner party or as part of a festive spread. The fresh herb and citrus flavours in the crème fraiche and dressing complement the omega-3 rich salmon beautifully and you can impress your guests by carving slices from the whole side of salmon to serve at the table.

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

  25. Blood Orange, Pink Peppercorn, & Bay Leaf Shrub

    A delicious, hydrating and nourishing non-alcoholic drink created by our resident nutritionist Rhaya Jordan. Originally a way to preserve ripe fruit, the traditional recipe simply muddles together equal parts of fruit, sugar and vinegar (choose a live vinegar for gut-friendly probiotics) to create a thick syrup that can be diluted with still or sparkling water. Shrubs are also a wonderful way of avoiding waste and using up scraps such as citrus peels and overripe fruit. 

  26. Simple Pickled Vegetables

    We love these pickled vegetables alongside the likes of seared mackerel, they also make beautiful garnishes for canapés and light salads.

    To master the art of preserving, join the Cookery School for their Pickles, Preserves & Ferments course and learn how to fill your larder with intresting and delicious jars to turn to at any time.

    Discover more about this course HERE.

  27. Dukkah Cauliflower 'Steak' with Green Tahini, Spinach, Curd & Capers – a guest recipe by Eve Kalinik

    You could say that this is as 'meaty' as it gets for your microbiome, due to the feast of fibre the cauliflower provides. The curd or cheese is a natural fermented source of bacteria that is beneficial for our gut health, and a punchy green dressing delights the eyes as well as the taste buds.

    Taken from Happy Gut, Happy Mind by Eve Kalinik. Photo by Nassima Rothacker.

    Read more about the gut-brain connection by Eve Kalinik here.

     

  28. Pan Seared Mackerel With Pickled Rhubarb & Land Cress

    This piquant rhubarb pickle is the perfect complement to rich, oily mackerel. It is also lovely served alongside creamy soft cheese or smoked fish and will keep happily for a week or so in your fridge. Quick to make and pleasing to the eye, this is a dish The Cookery School often teaches on their Seasonal Dinner Party courses.

  29. Beetroot, Tahini & Almond Brownies – a Guest Recipe by Kathy Slack

    Recipe from From the Veg Patch by Kathy Slack.


    “When I worked at Daylesford Organic Farm, the bakery made chocolate brownies that were out of this world. They were dark, fudgy and flecked with nuggets of white chocolate. I would buy one at the end of my shift in the kitchen garden, unable to resist tucking in straight away despite my mud-engrained fingers. They have been my brownie benchmark ever since, and so when I came to this recipe (beetroot and chocolate, after all, being a classic combination I could not omit), I knew mine too must be broodingly dark and have those signature morsels of solid chocolate hidden within. The result is a grown-up brownie, almost savoury, thanks to the beetroot and tahini. Good for dessert with a dollop of sour crème fraîche as contrast.”

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