Asparagus Season has started – just six weeks of this glorious spring vegetable to enjoy. It’s a short, sharp season, but it helps to bring us out of the hungry gap when the British fruit and veg season is at it’s most uninspiring. Steamed, stir fried, grilled or sliced raw … Read More
Join us for pizza and poetry! This Sunday July 24th from 4.30pm we are hosting the South Downs Poetry Festival at the farm shop. It starts with a kid’s Rhyme Workshop by Ellie Dawes of Rhymes with Orange Collective for children aged 8 to 14. This is a free event … Read More
This Summer we go on the road with our wood-fired festivals tour to some great events – so grab your calendar and check out the dates and venues for some outstanding local entertainment combined with our delicious wood-fired menu of pizzas, pulled pork sandwiches and other delights. Cobstock First up … Read More
The bluebells are back in the woods of Stansted – laying a thick carpet under the mature trees that is surely one of the greatest wildlife sights of England. With the sun streaming through the trees, birdsong in the air, and bees buzzing from bell to bell, you can rest … Read More
This has to be one of my favourite pork chops recipe, courtesy of Nigel Slater. It’s rich, spoiling and incredibly easy to do. It is also perfect for this type of weather: crisp, frosty and blue skied. 2 large Pork Chops butter – 25g olive oil – 1 tablespoon garlic … Read More
We have been sourcing our pork from Plantation Pigs since Christmas and I thought it’s about time you knew more about them. We have been thrilled with the quality of the pork – it is full of flavour, but tender and succulent as well – which is all you need … 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
Our venison is fantastic at the moment – from young bucks (known as prickets) that result in tender, well flavoured (not too gamey) and delicious venison meat. We have all the cuts available as we take whole carcasses from the Stansted Estate and butcher them ourselves. They are completely wild … Read More
The wet August may not be ideal summer weather, but it ensures a cracking start to Autumn foraging with the warm, damp conditions setting the stage for a bumper start to the mushroom season. At the same time, we have some fantastic wild fruits available. The first of the cèpes … Read More
Each week Gavin puts together a selection of cuts for our weekly meat box – which can vary depending on what’s plentiful or seasonal. If you buy a meat box, you can be sure that you will be getting a minimum of 10% off and usually more. To find out … Read More
Stansted Park is really at it’s best at the moment – the sun streaming through the trees, butterflies flitting around, the woods full of birdsong. With the woodland being extremely well managed by the Forestry department and much of the park now under Environmental Stewardship we are seeing more and … Read More
We were thrilled to welcome Myleene Klass, Adam Richman (star of Man vs Food), Mark Blatchford and the contestants and crew of ITV’s BBQ Champ to the Stansted Farm Shop for the opening episode of the series. The weather was ideal for BBQ and we had a superb spread of … Read More