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Whether you’re looking for a healthy recipe to impress your friends or a way to use up last night’s left overs, you’ll find a whole host of ideas and advice right here. The difference between googling for a specific recipe and looking for it here? Everything here can be made with the delicious, locally produced ingredients that Dorset is famous for. So, if you’ve visited the area and picked up a range of fabulous foods, you’ll find how to prepare and use them in your favourite dishes right here.
Fantastic Recipes

Celeriac & Oakwood Smoked Cheddar Soup from Ford Farm
Serves 4 Prep 10 minutes Cook 35 minutes Ingredients: 1 large celeriac, peeled and chopped 3 tbsp olive oil 1½ tbsp finely chopped sage leaves

Breakfast Burrito from the Watercress Company
The Watercress Company are sprucing up the idea of brunch with a selection of recipes, including this one. This recipe can be easily adapted to

Kedgeree with Watercress from the Watercress Company
The Watercress Company are challenging our perceptions of brunch with these new recipes. Prep time: 10 mins Cook time: 30 mins Serves 2 Ingredients 100ml

Chorizo & Oakwood Smoked Cheddar Cheeseburger from Ford Farm
Serves 4 Prep 10 minutes Cook 15–20 minutes Ingredients: 2 tbsp olive oil ½ onion, finely chopped 1 clove garlic, crushed 1 tsp sweet smoked

Egg Florentine with Watercress from the Watercress Company
The Watercress Company are working to spruce up Brunch, so here are some suggestions. Prep time: 5 mins Cook time: 5 mins Serves 2 Ingredients

Mushroom & Watercress French Toast from the Watercress Company
Prep time: 10 mins Cook time: 10 mins Serves 1 Ingredients 2 Slices thick crusty bread 1 egg 100g mushrooms, halved 1 clove garlic, minced

Pan-Fried Chicken with Cave Aged Goats Cheese & Puy Lentils from Ford Farm
Serves 2 Prep 5 minutes Cook 50 minutes Ingredients: 200g/7oz puy lentils 2 tbsp olive oil 3 shallots, finely chopped 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped

Dorset Donkey by Black Cow
Ingredients Black Cow Vodka, 50ml Morello cherry liqueur, 10ml 20ml lime juice, 20ml Stalks of sage, 3 Blueberries, 6 Top up with ginger ale Method:

Mexican Baked Eggs with Halloumi and Watercress from the Watercress Company
Prep time: 10 mins Cook time: 15 mins Serves 2 Ingredients 400g tin mixed beans in water 2 eggs 80g watercress, roughly chopped. 2 garlic

British Pie Week | Spicy potato pies
As it is National Pie week, we’re bringing you seven pie recipes – one for every day of the week. If you like your spice

British Pie Week | Fish pie with mustard mash
As it is National Pie week, we’re bringing you seven pie recipes – one for every day of the week. We all know the fish

Cheesy Croissant Bake from the Watercress Company
The Watercress Company are sprucing up the idea of brunch with a selection of recipes, including this one. This one can be adapted, you can

Butternut Squash & Coastal Cheddar Muffins from Ford Farm
Makes 12 Prep 15 minutes Cook 35–40 minutes Ingredient: ½ medium butternut squash, peeled, deseeded and cut into chunks 275g/9¾oz self-raising flour 3 tsp baking

Croque Madame from the Watercress Company
Try this take on a classic croque madame with a peppery kick. A croque madame is simply a croque monsieur with a poached or fried egg

British Pie Week | Sage and onion sausage pie
As it is National Pie week, we’re bringing you seven pie recipes – one for every day of the week. Today we have some traditional

British Pie Week | Steak pie
As it is National Pie week, we’re bringing you seven pie recipes – one for every day of the week – today we’re going traditional

British Pie Week | Rainbow and feta pie
As it is National Pie week, we’re bringing you seven pie recipes – one for every day of the week. This is the ultimate vegetarian

British Pie Week | Sweet potato filo pie
As it is National Pie week, we’re bringing you seven pie recipes – one for every day of the week – today we are using

British Pie Week | Spring green pie
As it is National Pie week, we’re bringing you seven pie recipes – one for every day of the week – starting with this spring

Vegetable pad thai
Bring a touch of the east to Dorset with this seasonal Asian dish made of local, spring veg. It’s also refreshing and light and low

Hot Cross Bun Lamb burger
Yes, you read that right, it’s a burger, but using a Hot Cross Bun! This fun dish screams Easter and combines many of our favourite

Celeriac dauphinoise
We all love an indulgent plate of dauphinoise potatoes as a side dish, but if you’re trying to cut down on the calories why not

Leek, pesto and squash pie
For a flavourful vegetarian dish, give this pie a try – it’s great for batch cooking so you will always have a couple of portions

Chicken Curry
Fancy something tasty and nutritious to keep you warm this winter? Give this slow-cooked curry a try. Ingredients: 1 tbsp oil 600g chicken thigh fillets,

Cod and smashed celeriac
Want something fresh and light this month? This cod and smashed celeriac dish is perfect for a quick and easy, low calorie and tasty meal.

Salmon and Leek Parcels
As leeks are in season, make sure to add them to your shopping lists and make this tasty and nutritious meal? Not only that, but

Healthy flapjack
If you’re watching what you eat after Christmas but are still craving a sweet treat now and again, why not have a go at these

Cullen Skink
Just because we’re in Dorset doesn’t mean we can’t celebrate Burns Night with our Scottish friends! Whether you’ve got Scottish ancestry or perhaps you want

Venison taco bowls
As venison is in season, why not make something a little different with these venison taco bowls? It’ll make a change from the usual beef,

Cauliflower soup
Warm up this New Year with this creamy and tasty soup. Ingredients: 1 large cauliflower (1.5kg), cut into florets ½ tbsp ground cumin 2 tbsp olive oil , plus extra