Recipes

We are excited to announce that the Jamie’s Farm Cookbook is now out! In response to the numerous requests from our visiting young people who wanted to continue cooking healthy, delicious meals upon returning home, we decided to create a book featuring some of the most popular dishes that we regularly serve. In addition, are lots of beautiful photos and illustrations.

For the young people who have visited the farm or heard about the farm from their school, a PDF version is available here.

Download the Cookbook for Free

To purchase a hardcopy for £10 (plus postage and packaging), email nataliaborg@jamiesfarm.org.uk. All proceeds go to the charity.

CousCous and roasted carrot salad
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We eat predominantly vegetarian food at lunch so salads feature heavily. For many people, the idea of salads stir up images of drab flavourless lettuce leaves with raw peppers and watery tomatoes, although in the past decade, things have definitely moved on. Salads are actually a great way to cook creatively, using a whole variety of grains, roasted and fried vegetables, leaves, herbs, nuts, seeds and dried fruit. I’ve made some suggestions here but use whatever you fancy, as it really is a question of throwing it all together and making it taste vibrant and delicious! Couscous is cheap and widely available but feel free to substitute it with various other grains such as red and white rice, spelt, lentils, quinoa and a recent discovery of mine, freekeh.

Sweetcorn and Feta Fritters
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This is an incredibly versatile recipe which also goes down a treat with our young Jamie’s Farmers. The method is adapted from Rachel Demuth, owner of a renowned vegetarian cookery school in Bath. You can substitute the sweetcorn and feta for a range vegetables and cheeses (such as peas, courgettes, and parmesan) so feel free to get creative and use whatever you have in the garden or fridge.

Chicken Curry
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This is a really good method for making a curry sauce base which can be used for all sorts of curries. The sauce can be made in advance and will get better if given time for the flavours to mingle. This recipe works best if you use chicken thighs (bone in) rather than breasts as they provide a more tender and flavoursome curry, especially if you marinade the chicken in advance.

Slow Roast Shoulder of Lamb (with Rosties)
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Thursday night is roast night. It’s a good opportunity to use some of the produce from the Farm and enables the children to make the connection with where our food comes from. Beef brisket and roast pork regularly feature but I think this is the best. Shoulder is one of the cheaper cuts of lamb but still has a wonderful, sweet flavour when cooked long and slow. It will fall apart beautifully when cooked properly. The same method can be used for cooking brisket.

Flapjacks
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This has become a staple for Monday afternoons at the farm. The addition of seeds and dried fruit gives these a much more interesting texture and flavour, even though very fussy eaters may try to pick them out! It’s vital that you make these enough in advance so that they have time to cool and set, otherwise they will just fall apart. At least 4 hours is best or if you don’t have time, put them in the fridge half an hour after they come out the oven.

Apple and Blackberry Olive Oil Cake
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This is a great dairy free cake which is delicious, light and moist (and helps to use up an abundance of cooking apples and blackberries in September). It also works very well with pears and can be made wheat free by using spelt flour which makes my colleague Katie extremely happy!