From the château kitchen

our favourite seasonal recipes

Eldeflower 2023

Elderflower cordial

Our elderflowers are just starting to bud up, the first tiny star-like flowers beginning to burst open. It won’t be long before we can harvest basketfuls to turn into cordial.…
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Roasted Root Soup 2

Roasted root vegetable soup

This soup can almost make itself while you’re cooking something else. It’s also entirely flexible when it comes to the roots used and is a stalwart for me when I…
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Pate De Fruit 2022

Pate de fruit

Pate de fruit recipe - traditional French homemade jelly sweets made with pure fruit - gelatine free suitable for vegetarians and vegans
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Individual cherry clafoutis

Cherry Clafoutis

Clafoutis is a traditional French pudding, a store cupboard pudding; a celebration of whatever fruit is in season mixed with eggs, milk, sugar and flour.
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Provencal stuffed pepper and tomatoes - summer vegetables stuffed with herbed rice and beautifully seasoned pork, slow cooked in a rich tomato sauce

Provençal stuffed vegetables

Gemista, yemista, tomato farcies – there’s a grand Mediterranean tradition of filling summer vegetables with all sorts of stuffings and then baking them, slowly, in the oven until they sweeten…
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Raspberry panna cotta recipe the perfect summer pudding

Raspberry panna cotta

These panna cotta are such a lovely, simple summer pudding. Set vanilla scented cream and a sweet but sharp fruit compote on top. I make them with raspberries, picked fresh…
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