Celebrating the Lunar New Year

A return to our favourite meat this weekend in honour of the Lunar New Year … It may be the Year of the Dragon but we’ll be cooking a wide range of pork dishes to celebrate the Chinese New Year … the Chinese are, after all, the largest consumers of pork in the world.  They may eat …

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This Week’s Menu

Pickles with Rye (PB)Endive, Pear, Stichelton and Walnut Salad (V)Puntarelle Alla RomanaCream of Jerusalem Artichoke Soup (V/PB)Scratchings with Pickled MirabellesBrawn with Rye Melanzane Alle Parmigiana (V)Sri Lankan Celeriac Curry with Rice (PB)Roast Plaice, Charlottes and KaleCornish Monkfish with Bayonne Ham and Beluga LentilsMoules MarinieresCotswold Lion Chop, Beans and Cime di Rapa Worton PorkSzechuan Trotters with …

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This Week’s Menu

Pickles with RyeEndive, Pear, Stichelton and Walnut Salad (V)Puntarelle Alla RomanaMussel EscabecheCream of Jerusalem Artichoke Soup (V/PB)Scratchings with Pickled MirabellesBrawn with Rye Melanzane Alle Parmigiana (V)Sri Lankan Celeriac Curry with Rice (PB)Borlotti Beans with Polenta (V)Roast Plaice, Charlottes and KaleMoules MarinieresSmoked, Saddleback Bacon Chop and Lentils Cotswold “Lion” HoggetBarnsley Chops, Charlottes and CatalognaVindaloo with Rice18hr …

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Cotswold Lion for lunch anyone?

Something of a repeat this week but so many people thought that the Cotswold Lion on last week’s restaurant menu was a mis-spelling – surely it should have been “Loin”, they said – that I thought it worth clarifying… So a Cotswold Lion is a breed of sheep. Not just any sheep but, perhaps, once, …

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This Week’s Menu

Pickles with RyeEndive, Pear, Stichelton and Walnut Salad (V)Puntarelle Alla RomanaCream of Jerusalem Artichoke Soup (V/PB) Melanzane Alle Parmigiana (V)Sri Lankan Root Vegetable Curry with Rice (PB)Roast Plaice, Charlottes and KaleMussels with CiderMonk Fish, Bayonne Ham and LentilsThai Red Runner Duck CurryCoq au VinSpicy Sticky Longhorn Ribs Worton’s Pedigree SaddlebackScratchings with Pickled MirabellesBrawn with RyeSmoked …

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Refreshed, recharged and raring to go … We’re Back!

We are all really excited to be back after our mid-winter break.   Of course it’s wonderful to have time out, to eat and drink with our families and friends, to relax, to read, even, in my case, to spend a little time on the beach…but after a few weeks away, we are now back …

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This Week’s Menu

Artichoke with Hollandaise (V)Roast Tomato Bruschetta (PB)Home Cured GravadlaxEndive, Pear, Stichelton and Walnut Salad (V)Cream of Jerusalem Artichoke Soup (V/PB) Melanzane Alle Parmigiana (V)Coco Beans with Polenta (PB)Roast Plaice, Charlottes and KaleGoan Fish CurryThai Red Mucovy Duck Curry Worton’s Pedigree SaddlebackScratchings with Pickled MirabelleSmoked Bacon Chop and LentilsTuscan Fennel Sausages with Lentils18 Hour Roast Shoulder …

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The last and probably the strangest fruit of the year?

Perhaps the strangest of English fruits, certainly the most under-used!   Once one of the most common tree fruits it offered the only burst of sweetness in the darkest days of the year.  During the Middle Ages this relative of Apples, Quince and Roses, originating in Iran and brought to England by the Romans, was …

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This Week’s Menu

Artichoke with Hollandaise (V)Roast Tomato Bruschetta (PB)Endive, Pear, Stichelton and Walnut Salad (V)Cream of Jerusalem Artichoke Soup (V/PB) Melanzane Alle Parmigiana (V)Coco Beans with Polenta (PB)Roast Plaice, Charlottes and Green BeansCuttlefish with PolentaSzechuan Longhorn Beef with RiceHogget Chop with Chickpeas12Hr Roast Hogget with Rosehip and Crab Apple Jelly (Sun Only) Worton’s Pedigree SaddlebackScratchings with Pickled …

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The first day of Meteorological winter…

Definitely a Janus-like feel to the farm this week.  We are facing both ways – north and south – frost and warmth – winter and summer…   The immediate experience is of another night of hard frost as we prepare rib-tickling, warming dishes of Hogget, Pork, Coco Beans, and Cuttlefish to counter the cold.  On …

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