January Recipe of the Month: Nourishing Winter Comforts to Begin the New Year January is the perfect time to slow down and return to simple, nourishing cooking. This month’s recipe collection celebrates humble winter ingredients transformed with care. A velvety roasted pumpkin, onion and ginger soup to warm from the inside out, with sweet buttered […]
A Simple Treat: Poached Pears with Blueberry & Mint Jam, and Granola This month at The Hungry Guest, we’re celebrating our poached pears with blueberry and mint jam, served with our crunchy granola. A seasonal dessert full of fresh, vibrant flavours. Ingredients: 3 x Mereworth pears 1 x Hungry Guest blueberry and mint jam 100g […]
A Nourishing Autumn Dish: Roast Sutton Hoo Chicken with Aubergines, Tomatoes & Peppers | The Hungry Guest A vibrant, comforting dish that showcases the best of our seasonal produce. Ingredients: 1 x Sutton Hoo chicken 4 x Mereworth aubergines, roughly chopped 4 x Mereworth tomatoes, roughly chopped 8 x Mereworth padron peppers, roughly chopped 1 […]
A Simple Fresh Dish: Mereworth Market Garden Melon and Basil Recipe | The Hungry Guest This month at The Hungry Guest, we’re celebrating our Mereworth Market Garden melon and basil recipe, a fragrant, balanced dish inspired by the best ingredients. Ingredients: ½ x Mereworth melon 5 x slices of good quality cured leg ham 1 […]
Try out our delicious April recipe of the month: Braised Chicken, peas, lettuce, bacon, bulgur wheat Serves: 4 people Preparation time: 1h 30 mins Ingredients: 6 – 8 Chicken legs 1L x Water 40g x Salt 200g x Peas 1 x Romaine Lettuce, roughly chopped 3 x cloves Garlic, finely sliced 1 x Onion, finely sliced […]
Try out our delicious March recipe of the month: Lamb rack crown, BBQ aubergine, roast tomatoes, pickled fennel Serves: 4 people Cooking time: 1 hour Ingredients 2 x Lamb racks 1 x thick cut Barnsley chop 1 x Aubergines 30g x Tahini 5 x Tomatoes 1 x Hungry Guest basil pesto 1 x Hungry Guest […]
Try out our February recipe of the month 2025: Rye bread open sandwiches. Serves: 4 people Preparation: 30 minutes Ingredients: 1 x Hungry Guest basil pesto 1 x Hungry Guest walnut pesto 1 x Hungry Guest red pepper dip 1 x Hungry Guest miso hummus 1 x pear 25g Stilton cheese 1/2 x turnip 30ml […]
Try our January Recipe of the Month 2025: Celeriac and mushroom filo pie Serves: 4 to 6 people Prep time: 45 mins cooking time: 45 to 50 mins Ingredients: 1 x Mereworth Celeriac 1 x Mereworth leek 1 bunch x Mereworth Kale 250g x Chestnut mushrooms 50g x hazelnuts 3 sprigs thyme 300g x plant-based […]
One of our December Recipes of the month is a Christmas Ham Croque Madame. Perfect for Christmas leftovers on Boxing Day! Ingredients: Leftover Christmas ham, thinly sliced 25g Butter 25g Flour 100ml Milk 50g Grated gruyere Pinch Ground nutmeg 4 slices Pain D’Alsace 50g Grated Gruyere Dijon mustard 2 eggs Directions For the cheese sauce: […]
Try out our indulgent December recipe that’s perfect for hosting this Christmas: Baked Camembert in Bread with Cranberry Sauce Ingredients 400g Hungry Guest St Marys loaf 1 x 200g camembert or brie 3 cloves of Mereworth garlic 2 sprigs of Mereworth Rosemary 1 x Hungry Guest cranberry sauce Olive oil Salt Directions Hollow out the […]
Try our delicious festive sharing desert, Panettone Bread and Butter Pudding. Ingredients: 4 Hungry Guest Panettone 25g room temperature unsalted butter 200g double cream 200g whole milk 4 egg yolks 85g caster sugar 20g Demerara sugar to finish Directions: Preheat a fan oven to 160 degrees C. Lightly coat an ovenproof dish with butter […]
Try our warming November recipe of the month: Venison rogan josh, Bombay potatoes, rice and Mereworth greens. Serves: 4 people cooking time: 2.5 to 3 hours Ingredients 1kg x diced Mereworth Venison ½ Mereworth Celeriac – peeled and roughly chopped 2 x cloves Garlic – grated 1/2 x Onion – diced 500g x Potatoes 2 […]
Introducing The Petworth Places App: Your all-in-one solution for booking to stay, dine and visit. Set against the stunning backdrop of the South Downs, Petworth is a lively community that is home to Petworth Places — a collection of six unique, historic and independent establishments, including The Hungry Guest, Augustus Brandt, The Angel Inn, E. […]
Try out our October recipe of the month: Pork T-bone steak, braised red cabbage, beetroot, ginger, apple sauce Serves: 4 people Prepping time 1 hour Ingredients 4 x pork T-bone steaks ½ red cabbage 2 x Mereworth beetroot 50g fresh ginger 2 cloves garlic 1 Mereworth onion 3 sprigs thyme ¼ tsp Nutmeg 1 tsp […]
BBQ season isn’t over yet! Try out our September recipe of the month: BBQ chicken, roasted carrots, Mereworth cucumber, and feta! Serves: 4 people Prep time: 25 minutes Cooking time: 45 minutes Ingredients: 1 x whole chicken, spatchcocked Zaatar – recipe below Olive oil Pomegranate molasses 4 x coloured carrots 4 x gherkins Pickling liquor […]
Try our August Recipe of The Month, a delicious Summer Salad of Mereworth Tomatoes, Vegan Pesto, Grilled Aubergine, and Courgette Ribbons. Serves: 3-4 people Prep and cooking time: 3o minutes Ingredients: 1 x aubergine 1 x courgette 300g Mereworth tomatoes, mixed colours and sizes 1 bunch Mereworth basil 1 x Hungry Guest Vegan basil pesto […]
Try our July Recipe of The Month 2024, Mereworth berries, green tea and elderflower meringue, Salcombe Dairy clotted cream vanilla ice-cream! Serves: 4 People Prep & Cooking time: 4 hours Ingredients: 250g Mereworth soft red berries for jelly 250g Mereworth soft red berries for plating 2 leaves of bronze gelatine 100ml double cream 2 eggs, […]
We are excited to present our latest collection of Hungry Guest hampers, now available to shop online for nationwide delivery! Including everything from breakfast favourites, savoury snacks and nibbles, to pantry classics, and show-stopping celebration selections, there is something in our new range of hand-selected Hungry Guest hampers to suit every shopper. Whether you’re looking […]
Try our June Recipe of The Month; The Hungry Guest Picnic Platter! This is the perfect dish to impress your family and friends with over the Summer. Servings: 3 – 4 people Prepping time: 30 mins Cooking time: 20 mins Ingredients 1 x Hungry Guest Miso Hummus 50g Shelled Broad Beans 2 x Fresh Mint […]
Enjoy our May Recipe of The Month; Grilled lettuce and 9 star perennial salad, goats cheese, hazelnuts, and orange. Servings: 2-3 people Prepping time: 15 mins Cooking time: 25 mins Ingredients: 11 x Mereworth lettuce, quartered 4 florets x Mereworth 9 star perennial, halved 1 bunch x Mereworth rainbow chard 5 x Mereworth radishes 1/2 […]
Try our April Recipe of The Month Wild Garlic and Spring Green Risotto with Smoked Salmon! This is the perfect dish to whip up this Spring! Serves: 4 people Prepping time: 45 mins Ingredients: 1 x Mereworth Spring onions 4x florets of Mereworth sprouting broccoli 1/2 bunch x parsley, chopped 100g Peas 20g Wild garlic […]
Try out our March Recipe of The Month; Smoked salmon fish cake, poached hens’ egg, asparagus, lemon butter sauce! Serves: 2 people Prepping time: 40 mins Ingredients: 11 x Hungry Guest salmon fish cakes 2 x Hallgate farm eggs 6 x Asparagus spears 125g butter, diced 200ml fish or vegetable stock 1 x lemon, juice […]
Our February Recipe of The Month is Roasted Lamb Rack, Celeriac, Fennel, Roasted Red Pepper Dip and Watercress Salad. The Perfect Winter warmer for February! Serves: 2 to 3 people Prepping time: 20 mins Cooking time: 30 mins Ingredients: 1x Lamb rack, 6 bones 1x Mereworth celeriac 1x Fennel bulb, with fennel tops if possible […]
Try our delicious January Recipe of The Month, Sweet Dumpling Squash and Sage Gnocchi with Red Pepper and Tomato Sauce! This is the perfect winter warmer to start your year. Serves: 4 people Prepping time: 20 mins Cooking time: 1 hour Ingredients 1 x Mereworth sweet dumpling squash 1 x Large roasting potato 1/2 x […]
Take a look at what’s new at Mereworth Market Garden This season! It’s slowly coming to the end of winter and it is the perfect time for pruning and training existing fruit! We will start phase one of the greenhouses within the walled garden to include our new propagation facility, which will enable us to […]
Try this delicious December Recipe of the Month, Mereworth Venison Wellington Serves: 4 people Prepping and cooking time: 1 hour Ingredients 1 x venison wellington – available from The HG Butcher 1 x Mereworth Leek ½ x Mereworth swede ¼ x Mereworth red cabbage 200g x Mereworth potatoes 1 x bunch of Mereworth curly kale […]
Try out our November recipe of the month 2023; Roasted celeriac, apple, and chestnut soup! The perfect Winter warmer for a cozy November. Serves: 4 people Prep & cooking time: 1 hour Ingredients: 2 x Mereworth celeriac peeled and roughly chopped 2 x small Mereworth cooking apples, cored, and quartered 1 x leek, finely sliced […]
Try out our delicious but simple October Recipe of The Month 2023: Mereworth Ratatouille! Serves: 4 people Pre & cooking time: 1 hour 2 minutes Ingredients: 1 x Mereworth Onion, thinly sliced 2 x Mereworth cloves garlic, finely chopped 2 x Mereworth aubergines 2 x Mereworth courgettes 4 x Mereworth tomatoes 2 x Mereworth peppers […]
Try our September Recipe of The Month 2023! Our scrumptous Lemon Chicken, Chilli and Garlic Hispi, Baba Ganoush. Serves: 2 people Pre & cooking time: 1 hour Ingredients: 2 x Free range chicken breasts, skin on 50g x Salted butter 1 x Mereworth hispi cabbage 1 x Mereworth red chilli, finely sliced 2 x Cloves […]
Try ourAugust Recipe of The month 2023! The Hungry Guest Lamb Kofta, Oregano Tzatziki, Minted Flatbread. Serves: 4 people Pre & cooking time: 45 minutes Ingredients 4x The Hungry Guest lamb kofte ¼ Bunch Mereworth oregano, finely chopped 100g Feta cheese, crumbled 25g The Hungry Guest Lemon Dressing 100g Greek yogurt 1 Clove Mereworth Garlic, […]
Summer at Mereworth Market Gardens – Grown for Flavour It’s a beautiful time at Mereworth Market Garden and the Market Gardeners have been busy working on a range of delicious seasonal produce which we are fortunate to see filling the shelves of The Hungry Guest Food Shops as well as the menus of sister restaurants […]
In honour or Wimbledon try out our July Recipe of The Month 2023! Chocolate and strawberry trifle with tarragon and olive oil. Serves: 4 people Prep & cooking time: 45 minutes Ingredients 250g dark chocolate 500g double cream 500g Mereworth strawberries ½ bunch Mereworth tarragon 20g olive oil 200g double cream 20g icing sugar 1 […]
Try our June Recipe of The Month 2023, Bavette steak, puy lentil and beetroot salad, tarragon butter! a delicious Summer Recipe. Serves: 4 people Prepping and cooking time: 30 minutes Ingredients: 4 x 150g bavette steaks 150g puy lentils 2 Mereworth beetroot 1 bunch of asparagus, end trimmed off 1 pack Mereworth mixed salad leaves […]
Try out our delicious May Recipe of The Month 2023, Kings Coronation Lamb Rump, New Potatoes, Green Asparagus, Wild Garlic Pesto and Watercress Salad Serves: 4 people Prep & cooking time: 30 minuets Ingredients: 4 x 8oz Trimmed lamb rumps 400g x Mereworth new season potatoes, washed 8-10 x Spears of green asparagus, woody ends […]
Try our Spring April Recipe of The Month 2023, Spring Chicken and Wild Mushroom Risotto! Serves: 4 people Prep & cooking time: 1h 10 minuets Ingredients: 4 x Sutton Hoo chicken thighs and legs, seasoned with salt and pepper 1 x Mereworth leek, finely chopped 1 x Mereworth onion, finely diced 3 x cloves garlic, […]
Whole Rogan Bake Cauliflower with a Spiced Red Lentil Dhal using The Hungry Guest Rogan Curry Sauce! Serves: 4 people Prep & cooking time: 55 minuets Ingredients: 1 Medium Mereworth Cauliflower 1 Small bottle of Hungry Guest Rogan Josh Curry Sauce 20g Vegetable Oil 1 Lemon, Juice and Zest 50g Chopped Mereworth Coriander 50g Toasted […]
Try our February Recipe of The Month 2023, Dexter Beef Fillet, Nicola Potato Rosti, roasted Vegetables with Sauce Bordelaise. Serves: 2 people Prepping time: less that 20 minuets Cooking time: 30 minuets Ingredients: Dexter Beef fillet (from Graffham): 2 x 150g Beef fillets Oil Butter Thyme Salt and pepper Sauce Bordelaise: 2 shallots, finely diced […]
Try our delicious January Recipe of The Month 2023, The Green Fish Curry with Chopped Salad! Serves: 4 people Prepping time: less than 20 minuets Cooking time: 18 minuets Ingredients: Thai Green Fish Curry: 1 x Red chilli, thinly sliced 1 x Mereworth onion, thinly sliced 3 x Cloves Mereworth garlic, crushed 1/2 jar x […]
Try out our November recipe of the month 2022: Passata Meatballs with Beetroot and Celeriac Gratin Serves: 4 people Prepping time: Less than 30 minutes Cooking time: 1 – 1.5 hours Ingredients: Meatballs: 250g The Hungry Guest beef mince 250g The Hungry Guest pork mince ½ x Onion, diced 2 x Garlic cloves, finely chopped […]
Try our October 2022 Recipe of The Month: Pumpkin and Aubergine Tikka Masala Servings: 4 Prepping time: less than 30 mins Cooking time: 30 minutes – 1 hour Ingredients CURRY: 50ml x olive oil 1 Mereworth red kuri squash, largely diced 1 Mereworth aubergine, largely diced 1 brown onion, roughly chopped 3 cloves garlic, sliced […]
Try our September 2023 Recipe of The Month: Courgette, Pepper and Anchovy Pappardelle Servings: 4 Prepping time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 20 minutes Ingredients 2 TBSP Olive Oil 600g Mereworth Courgette – diced 400g Mereworth Red Peppers – roughly chopped ½ an Onion – finely sliced 350g Pappardelle 100g Anchovies – chopped 1/2 Jar Hungry […]
Try our July 2022 Recipe of the Month! Roasted Mereworth Beetroot Salad with apple, fennel, toasted walnuts and a balsamic reduction. Servings: 2 people Prep time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 1 hour Ingredients: 60ml white wine vinegar 60ml balsamic vinegar 120ml walnut oil 4 small / medium Mereworth Beetroots, peeled and cubed 1/2 Mereworth Fennel […]
