Feast Administration Portal
Find a Recipe
Season

 

Our recipes are linked to the DIRECTORY of Producers and Retailers to help you find where to buy your ingredients, we also have included some foodie titbits for extra information and some handy tips on shopping and cooking.


 

recipes


Seasonal Recipes
Rhubarb Fool
Serves: 2
Regional Speciality: Yorkshire Rhubarb
Notes: Supplied by Michael Hjort of Meltons Restaurants in York
Rhubarb Fool

Read more and get recipe...
Pan Fried Chicken Breasts with Rhubarb Chutney
Serves: 4
Regional Speciality: Seasonal Yorkshire Rhubarb
Notes: The recipes is from Michael Hjort from Meltons Restaurants in York. Michael delighted the audience by his cookery demonstration at Spring Feast Food Festival  and he also runs the York Festival of Food & Drink and is a FEAST friend.
Pan Fried Chicken Breasts with Rhubarb Chutney

Read more and get recipe...
Purple Sprouting Broccoli with Sage and Tomato
Serves: 6
Regional Speciality:
Notes:
Purple Sprouting Broccoli with Sage and Tomato

Read more and get recipe...
Nettle Soup
Serves: 6
Regional Speciality:
Notes: Nettle is one of the first plants to show up in spring. It contains many valuable nutrients including vitamin C. It is a widespread weed growing practically everywhere people allow it to grow. The best for soups and salads are the youngest upper two or four leaves. Do not make this soup after June as nettles then start to form oxalic acid and can cause tummy ache.
Nettle Soup

Read more and get recipe...
Watercress, Spinach and Rocket PESTO
Serves: 6-8
Regional Speciality:
Notes:
Watercress, Spinach and Rocket PESTO

Read more and get recipe...
Posh Potato Salad - use any new potatoes fresh from your region
Serves: 4 - 6
Regional Speciality: Jersey
Notes:
Top Tip - You could replace the cream with soured cream or natural yogurt for a healthier option.
 
Posh Potato Salad - use any new potatoes fresh from your region

Read more and get recipe...
Elderflower Cheesecake
Serves: 8
Regional Speciality: Mediaeval Recipe!
Notes:
Elderflower Cheesecake

Read more and get recipe...
Chicken, pea & pasta broth
Serves: 2
Regional Speciality:
Notes: A speedy midweek meal - ready in 15 mins!
Chicken, pea & pasta broth

Read more and get recipe...
Savoy Cabbage with Bacon, Stilton and Walnuts
Serves: 4
Regional Speciality:
Notes: Excellent on its own or served with mash potato or sausages.
Savoy Cabbage with Bacon, Stilton and Walnuts

Read more and get recipe...
Sizzling Greens with Crispy Beef
Serves: 2
Regional Speciality:
Notes: Shredded cabbage is so quick to cook simply steamed or tossed with a bit of butter. It’s also delicious stir-fried, and in this Chinese inspired recipe it is perfect – slightly crunchy and toasted at the edges.
Sizzling Greens with Crispy Beef

Read more and get recipe...
Lamb and Beetroot Casserole
Serves: 4
Regional Speciality:
Notes: The sweetness of the beetroot goes well with lamb. Beetroot is known to have a great nutritional content and is also reckoned to be a good detoxifier.

 
Lamb and Beetroot Casserole

Read more and get recipe...
Chantenay Carrots in Cumin and Coriander Butter
Serves: 2
Regional Speciality:
Notes: These wonderfully sweet carrots go beautifully with the cumin!
Chantenay Carrots in Cumin and Coriander Butter

Read more and get recipe...
Aubergine and Cashew Curry
Serves: 4
Regional Speciality:
Notes: A quick vegetarian curry ideal for weekday meals.
Aubergine and Cashew Curry

Read more and get recipe...
Leek & sage risotto with crisp bacon
Serves: 1
Regional Speciality:
Notes: A quick risotto and leave out the bacon to make it veggie!
Leek & sage risotto with crisp bacon

Read more and get recipe...
Roast Leg of Lamb with Garlic and Lemon Potatoes
Serves: 6-8
Regional Speciality:
Notes:

A wonderful way to enjoy the Best of British Lamb!
Roast Leg of Lamb with Garlic and Lemon Potatoes

Read more and get recipe...
Mushroom and Bacon Tarts with Creamy Goat's Cheese
Serves: 4
Regional Speciality:
Notes:

These quick and easy tarts are drizzled with a creamy goat’s cheese sauce and make a simple, but flavour-packed, light lunch or supper.
Mushroom and Bacon Tarts with Creamy Goat's Cheese

Read more and get recipe...
Frog Soup
Serves: 2-4
Regional Speciality:
Notes: Not real frogs but a really vibrant green!
Frog Soup

Read more and get recipe...

What is in Season now SPRING is here?

MARCH

Purple Sprouting Broccoli, Natures first sprouts of Wild garlic and Nettles, Radishes, end of Leeks and Kale

Rhubarb forced

Scallops, Wild Salmon, Mussels

 

APRIL

New Potatoes, Spring Greens, Morel Mushrooms, Watercress

Rhubarb outdoor

Wood Pigeon

Sea Trout, Wild Salmon, Oysters


MAY

 

Asparagus (yipee!), Radishes, Rocket, Sorrel, Broad Beans

Elderflowers

New Season Lamb

Brown Crab