The first of the Autumn gales approaches this weekend, and it’s time to relegate salads to the side and bring out the slow cooked comfort food while the rain lashes the windows outside. We have goat from Southampton, mutton, oxtail and stewing beef, while diced venison and lamb are also … Read More
This week is Love Lamb Week – a chance to celebrate local lamb that has helped shape the South Downs National Park as we know it. At this time of year, lamb is at it’s most delicious, especially when it has been enjoying a natural diet on grass fed pastures. … Read More
Time for Wild Venison The venison season has started up again and there are several reasons why you should be sitting down to enjoy a meal or two of this delicious wild game. With historically high populations of both fallow and roe deer across the South Downs, as well as … Read More
Flank steak is a renowned cut of beef in other countries, (Bavette steak in France, Sobrebarriga in Columbia) but relatively unknown over here. You do need to prepare it the right way, but the rewards are worth it as the flavour is fantastic. Over the weekend I cooked a dirty steak … Read More
In the butchery we have the first of this year’s Spring Lamb. The lamb is more delicate in flavour, tender and delicious. With every cut to choose from, you can try a melt-in-the-mouth chop, or leg of lamb that can be butterflied and seared on a BBQ with rosemary and … Read More
If you buy meat from our butchery counter, it will now come gift wrapped in butchers paper. There are three reasons why our meat is wrapped in paper:: The meat keeps better. While you can keep meat vacuum packed for longer, the meat does not taste as good. With paper, … Read More
We have some special offers on aged beef steaks this week with Hampshire beef (the breed is Hereford) that’s been aged on the bone before being hand cut by our butchers. Rump Steak are only £15/kg, Sirloin is £23.99/kg and Beef Fillet is £38/kg. Pheasant is now in season, joining … Read More
For the next couple of days, our smoked gammons are only £5/kg (Waitrose Essential smoked gammon is £11.99/kg). These gammons are seriously tasty, easy to prepare and come from Sandridge Farmhouse in Wiltshire, where they rear their own pigs and do all the curing and smoking in the traditional manner. … Read More
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
This morning we met with Nic from the Big Green Egg company who make the ultimate in BBQ Ovens. The Big Green Egg is a ceramic charcoal oven that offers the versatility of seven cooking modes: Searing, roasting, baking, smoking, slow cooking, pan cooking and plancha. It takes 15 minutes … Read More
The new farm shop building is rapidly taking shape, and Sam and I are mapping out the look, products and equipment, from charcoal grills to duck crackling. We are in the process of raising £156,000 to fit out the new farm shop with equipment and stock and will move in … Read More
Gavin is baking like a demon and we will have freshly baked Scotch Eggs, Sausage Rolls and Venison Pies. We will also have White Chocolate chip and almond cookies and our legendary brownies are back. Each item is handmade using the finest ingredients. Gavin handmakes his own pastry and there … Read More