Recipes

It is not often you hear positive comments on the Cumbrian weather, but there are some perks and one of them is successful cheese making. Here at Low Sizergh, our cows enjoy a seasonal grass diet. During winter, the herd eats silage made from the previous summer’s grass and because we have a wet climate…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

This rather unlikely pairing of ginger nut biscuits and soft goats cheese comes from a Midnight Chicken (& Other Recipes Worth Living For) by Ella Risbridger. The Times called it “A big old massive heart exploding love story… This is the first recipe book that should be made into a film.” The Hunter family from…

Before cane sugar, quince was a source of preserved sweetness, used to create jellies, jams, wine, and quince paste for cheese or game. This recipe produces a firm but sweet and sticky paste, which originated in the Iberian peninsula where it is known as membrillo. It’s served with cheese, on crackers, spread on toast or…

Our Crop for the Shop scheme sees local growers bring all manner of fresh fruit and vegetables to the Low Sizergh Barn Farm Shop when they have an excess. This month, we have had an extra special delivery from the junior member of the Rawlinson family (who are growers extraordinaire): spaghetti squash. Fibrous and low…