the kitchen garden
 

The Kitchen Garden

On our 20 acres we keep pigs, sheep, and poultry, and grow a wide range of fruit and veg, from which we produce as much of our food as possible. Olivia will cook for you during your stay.  While living in London she worked as a chef under Gary Rhodes and Fergus Henderson, and subsequently had her own private catering business, she also helped set up the first Farmers' Markets in London.  She has now taken her passion for food right down to basics, producing food from the field right onto your plate.

When you come and stay, your accommodation fee includes breakfast provisions: tea, coffee, Talton Lodge bacon, sausges, eggs and jam, local bread, milk and butter. With plenty of notice Olivia can cook for you and serve you in the barn or the giant tipi. You can see the food growing around you at Talton Lodge, and you are welcome to snack on raspberries, apples, or whatever is in season. For more than snacking we charge by the punnet/bag.

We are hosting Christmas parties this year in our Barn for 8-24 guests from £30pp. Please get in touch to book.

 

Possible menus to sample during your stay

 

Starters

Mains

Puddings

Straight from the garden
when in season:

Asparagus with hollandaise (April-June)
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Globe artichokes with
lemon butter (June-August)

Heavenly Hog charcuterie:

Air-dried ham and pear
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Salad of Confit of pork belly with puy lentils and rocket
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Pork terrine and chutney

Soup:

Butternut squash
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Nettle
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Roasted tomato

Salads for starters or part of a main:

Grilled goat's cheese
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Raw courgette, fennel, red peppercorns, feta and dill
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Sprouting chickpea, grated carrot, and cumin
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Roasted tomato, sourdough, and fennel
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Tabouleh
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Celeriac and parsley coleslaw

Lighter lunches:

Pork pie and salad
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Homemade tagliatelli with fresh tomatoes and fresh pesto
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Heavenly Hog ploughman's
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Soups, sandwhiches, quiches, pizza

Hearty Dinners:

Bangers and mash
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Roast pork loin and roasted veg
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Venison stew, red cabbage
and potato dauphinoise
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Lamb tagine and couscous with root veg, apricots and saffron
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Slow-roasted pork shoulder (for groups of 10 or more)
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Cumin-roasted chicken
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Paella
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Lamb or vegetable and haloumi kebabs with pita, salad, and yoghurt sauce
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Whole trout with almonds and hollandaise
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Steak and ale pie
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Tomato and spinach risotto
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Courgette frittata
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Curried squash, jasmine rice, and aubergine
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Puff pastry tart with spinach, feta, and pine nuts -
Cornbread with goats cheese
and mediterranean veg

Blackberry and apple crumble
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Chocolate brownies
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Elderflower and gooseberry
ice cream and shortbread
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Frozen berries with hot
white chocolate sauce
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Pavlova
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Peaches poached in lemon
geranium with fromage frais
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Pear and almond tart
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Polenta almond and lemon cake
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Raspberries and cream
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Macerated strawberries and shortbread
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Blackcurrent sorbet
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Summer pudding
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Rhubarb and strawberry crumble
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Tarte tatin
 
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