Recipes

Seasonal Recipe: Blackcurrant Ripple Ice Cream

Another delicious seasonal recipe from the farm shop, this one using blackcurrants which are plentiful down our Pick Your Own fields at the moment. We think it is best made with our Peterley Apple Juice from our own home-grown apples! This recipe is taken from the BBC Good Food website and is the perfect dessert for […]

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Seasonal Recipe: Gooseberry & Elderflower Preserve

With Pick Your Own in full swing on the farm, we love having an abundance of freshly picked gooseberries on our doorstep. These little green gems are such an underrated fruit, with lots of people lacking the enthusiasm and know-how of what to use them for! Well here is a tasty little recipe, perfect for […]

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New Recipe: Cherry Clafoutis

We normally feature a recipe that uses a particular ingredient which is in season locally or home-grown from the farm, however this week bucks the trend. We currently have some gorgeous Cherries in the shop, from Spain, but these are so big and juicy it would be a shame not to feature them! This recipe is […]

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Seasonal Recipe: English Strawberry Tart

Our Pick Your Own strawberries won’t be ready until early July, so in the meantime grab a punnet of our English strawberries from the farm-shop and whip up this delicious dessert! This recipe is taken from ‘Short & Sweet; The Best of Home Baking’ by Dan Lepard and is the ideal summer pudding for a picnic […]

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Home-Grown Rhubarb Recipe

With lots of our delicious home-grown rhubarb for sale in the farm shop, it would be silly not to make the most of it whilst it’s still in season! Why not try this super recipe for a light summer dessert?! This Rhubarb Compote is fab either on its own, served with yoghurt (Tims Dairy is […]

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Seasonal Recipe: It’s Asparagus time!

Hoorah! It’s Asparagus season, definitely one of our favourite times of year, and the farm shop is overflowing with local asparagus from just outside of Oxford. Our Farm Shop super-staff have picked a delicious recipe to display on our seasonal produce cart in the shop. This recipe is taken from â€˜Everyday & Sunday Recipes from Riverford Farm’ […]

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Spring Greens Recipe

Fancy eating seasonably this Spring? Why not jazz up your weekday meals with this delicious Spiced Chicken with Spring Greens Recipe?! This tasty little dish is from ‘Everyday & Sunday Recipes from Riverford Farm’ by Guy Watson and Jane Baxter. And most fortunately for you, all the ingredients are available in the farm shop! This […]

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Summer beets…take a dip

Roasted beetroot and goats cheese dip The summer might have been a washout but this beauty of dip will brighten up the soggiest of BBQ tables. Super quick and easy to prepare, the incredible resulting colour from the beetroot in this never ceases to amaze me. Serves 6 as a nibble- all ingredients available in the […]

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Fermentation with Food Writer Charlotte Pike

With just 10 weeks to go until Feast on the Farm opens for the first time, we’re looking forward to sharing with you some of stories of the chefs we will be welcoming to the farm. We couldn’t be more excited about chef and award-winning food writer, Charlotte Pike, joining us on the Sunday. Charlotte trained […]

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Wild Garlic in the Chilterns

Wild Garlic During the month of March, at a time when seasonal fruits and vegetables are scarce, wild garlic makes a welcome appearance. For a few short months its heady scent fills our woods and country lanes and provides bountiful pickings for discerning foragers. Wild garlic grows under similar conditions to bluebells, and the two […]

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