Our dedicated butchery counter, cutting room and cold store now gives the Farm Shop the ability to provide the full range of meat and game, as well as source from local farms. All of our meat comes in as whole carcass, which means that we can tell you exactly where … Read More
On Monday morning, Sam, Gavin and myself gathered for our first lesson with the Big Green Egg (BGE). This is the ultimate BBQ and we are now stockists for the full range of BGE’s so we thought it best that we found out how to get the best cooking results. … Read More
Once again, we will be preparing our legendary Venison Wellington for Christmas, along with Beef Wellington, Vegetarian Wellington and Salmon encroute. We use the finest venison or aged beef fillet, wrapped in Parma Ham, (or a crepe for the vegetarians) placed on a bed of wild mushroom duxelles, and then … Read More
42 Day Aged Steak This week we have some amazing 42 day aged sirloin steaks. They are beautifully marbled, full of flavour and will be melt-in-the-mouth tender. From a Devon Red in Westbourne, I’ll wager you will not get a better steak this year.(£28.99/kg) If you like your grass-fed locally … Read More
Local Beef Mince Offer and Bespoke Butchery With the end of the summer holidays, we are moving our focus from the wood-fired kitchen back to the butchery. The different game seasons start kicking in, with venison well under way, local partridge coming in shortly and then pheasant to follow. We … Read More
The wood-fired kitchen is now open for summer lunches from Wednesday to Sunday 12-2.30pm for the rest of August. While our menu changes, we will keep a selection of pizzas and sandwiches, chips and salad – with specials such as burgers and hot dogs. Each meal has a distinctive Stansted … Read More
This week we have Salt Marsh beef from Hayling Island’s Northney Farm. I have previously visited Northney farm on Hayling Island to see some of the cattle first hand. The cattle are Aberdeen Angus – grazing with the masts of sailing boats in the background and the calls of gulls … Read More
If you are thinking of a spectacular party venue with superb, locally sourced food and drink, then let us know and we can devise a menu and entertainment to suit your budget. Last Saturday we hosted one of our lovely customers 40th birthday party in the courtyard under the stars. … Read More
This week’s Wood-Fired Menu includes wild St George’s Mushrooms that are still popping up with the rain, so come and enjoy some locally foraged mushrooms this week, although the Bacon and Isle of Wight Blue Cheese Salad is pretty tempting…. As usual, the wood-fired kitchen will be open from 12-2.30pm … Read More
Finally some warm weather – time to root around for your shorts and flip flops, dust off the old BBQ (or invest in this year’s Best British BBQ, the Komado Joe) and start salivating over seared steaks, juicy venison burgers or the ultimate rare breed pork sausage. Our beef this … Read More
Despite the weather, we have some Wellingtons at the Farm Shop that you will be thrilled to tuck into – our homemade Beef Wellington! Available to pre-order the week before Valentines day at £19.50 for two people. Each beef wellington will be made with aged fillet on a duxelle of … Read More
We have some lovely Dexter Beef raised on the Stansted pastures and aged to perfection by Gavin. Dexter are the smallest British breed of beef that originally came from Ireland – native of the mountains around Kerry. They are ideally suited for conservation grazing as they have less impact on … Read More