Old-fashioned bread pud
Launched by the Real Bread Campaign in 2010, #RealBreadWeek is the annual, international celebration of Real Bread and the people who make it. To encourage you to bake at home, with your family or friends, we thought we’d share one of our favourite bread and butter recipes with you. It’s taken from the book Just…
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Buttermere biscuits
We’ve all been absorbed in The Lake District in Recipes & Photographs by Tess Baxter, a book that tours the Lake District’s food, scenery and history. Wordsworth, Beatrix Potter, the West Indian spice trade and the Roman Empire are just some of the people and areas explored. Tess also tackles a fundamental question – what…
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Stick the kettle on!
With the weather being fairly bleak this time of year, we often don’t want to venture outside. Sometimes there’s nothing better than getting your feet up with a nice cuppa and a biscuit (or two). So we’ve got everything you need in the farm shop to cosy up with a range of treats from some…
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Baked rice with ginger and passion fruit
Adapted from a Nigel Slater recipe, this rice pudding has a twist of warmth and sweetness thanks to the addition of ginger and fruit. Nigel writes: “The baking time here is approximate. Rice pudding will be ready in its own time and will thicken or not as the mood takes it. The good thing is…
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Sandham’s cheese and onion pie
Yellow welly-wearing cheesemaker, Chris Sandham of Rostock Dairy in Lancashire uses milk from the herd here at Low Sizergh to create three award-winning kinds of cheese: Kendal Creamy, Kendal Crumbly, and Kendal Crumbly with Red Onion. They take pride of place in our farm shop cheese counter. Kendal Creamy is also the star ingredient in…
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Farm diversification: the Low Sizergh story
In April 1984, milk quotas limited how much a farmer could produce. This prompted us to start diversifying. 35 years on, our family dairy farm is home to our lovely farm shop, and 2020 will see the opening of a new caravan and campsite on the farm. So, what exactly does diversification mean here at…
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Seville orange, rum and ginger marmalade
It’s January and Seville oranges are briefly in season. Now is the time to whip up a batch of marmalade to see you through to next year. This recipe adds ginger and rum for a warming twist. Ingredients Makes about 7 x 340ml jars 1kg Seville oranges juice of 1 lemon 2kg granulated sugar 75-100g…
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Oxtail soup
We love Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s soup philosophy: ‘We invented fire. We roasted meats. We made pots. We cooked soup. That’s the story of culinary evolution in a nutshell. It hasn’t got much further, really, bar the odd soufflé, and why should it? For the apex of culinary achievement, you really need look no further than a top-notch soup.’ His recipe for…
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Sustainable dairy farming
In light of the climate change crisis, many recent headlines call for a shift to exclusively plant-based diets. However, sustainable dairy farming and low-greenhouse gas emission systems of livestock production can actually present major opportunities for climate adaptation as well as generating benefits to human health. So, what are we doing at Low Sizergh to…
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Stir Up Sunday at Low Sizergh Barn
The last Sunday of November marks ‘Stir Up Sunday’, where families would traditionally prepare to make the best Christmas pudding or best Christmas cake yet. While there are many, many traditions that we love to get stuck into, there isn’t always enough time for all of them. So we thought we’d share some of our…
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