Part of The Official Visitor Site for Northumberland
Northumberland has some truly outstanding local produce spread throughout the county. The other pages on this site tell you where and when to buy the best of this produce, so now it's only right you find out how best to cook this wonderful food. Below you will find 19 recipes for everything from Berwick style mussels to roast leg of Cheviot Lamb. Enjoy!
Shellfish
Grilled Lindisfarne Oysters
A very simple and extremely tasty recipe for locally grown Lindisfarne Oysters.
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Berwick style mussels
Similar to the most popular recipe for cooking mussels, this replaces white wine with Berwick Cider to give a sweeter taste.
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Langoustine Linguine
With an abundance of cold water Langoustine in Northumberland, this recipe is a real favourite.
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Fish
Locally smoked salmon with caraway seed scone
Ideal served at breakfast or lunch, this recipe relies on the intense flavour of Northumberland smoked salmon.
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Roast wild salmon and wok fried greens
A simple recipe to enjoy the delicate flavours of wild salmon at their best.
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Trout Remoulade
Fresh sea trout stuffed with oriental herbs and spices, then gently fried
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Pan fried trout with home cured bacon and ratte potatoes
Ratte potatoes have a unique nutty flavour and smooth, buttery texture, perfect with trout.
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Lamb
Roast leg of Cheviot Hill Lamb with redcurrant jus
Cheviot Hill Lamb has a distinctive sweet flavour as they feed on the heather found high in the rolling Cheviot Hills.
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Northumbrian Lamb Stew
Perfect for those cold evenings, this warming lamb stew is filling and delicious
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Roast striploin of Black Face Lamb with black pudding
An exceptional dish served with heritage potatoes and minted hollandaise
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Beef
Roast rib of beef with peppercorn jus
Much like any beef recipe, quality of meat is essential. Make sure you buy from one of the many quality butchers in Northumberland.
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Braised daube of beef with horseradish risotto
Beautiful, succulent beef in a madeira jus served with a side of mouth tingling horseradish risotto.
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Pork
Piperfield Pork in an ale & honey mustard
Piperfield pork produces the finest middle white pork and served with Robson's heather honey, this is a truly Northumbrian dish!
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Game
Wild duck, black pudding and scallop salad
This recipe illustrates that you can get light and flavoursome meals here in Northumberland. Great for a summer day!
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Pan fried fillet of venison with a Drambuie jus
The gaming estates of Northumberland produce some of the best Venison in the UK, and this recipe brings the flavours alive
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Pot roast pheasant with roast vegetable mash
As with venison, high quality, beautifully flavoured pheasant is in abundance in Northumberland.
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Venison sausage with 3 onion sauce and celeriac mash
Considered by many to be the ultimate "bangers and mash", this recipe is full of flavour.
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Breakfast
Locally smoked salmon and scrambled eggs
The smokehouses of Craster and Seahouses produce intensely flavoured smoked salmon, available throughout Northumberland.
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Great Northumberland Breakfast
If breakfast is the most important meal of the day, then this Great Northumberland Breakfast is essential!
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