Recipes

We love food and we've got some great recipes to prove it. Here are some of our favourites

Our food ambassador Claire Thomson with our Development Chef Clive Goudercourt
A deliciously fresh salad

Recipes round-up 

We love food and we've got some great recipes to prove it. Take a look through all of our recipes for some culinary inspiration.

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Cheese and tomato muffins

Cheese and tomato muffins 

These light muffins topped with golden cheese and tangy cherry tomatoes are the ideal addition to any summer picnic, or served with a splash of oil and vinegar make for a delicious light snack.

Gin and lime cake with gin syrup butter icing

Gin and lime cake 

Combining zesty frosting with a beautifully soft sponge, this gin and lime cake is a decadent teatime treat. Go on – indulge yourself!

Family favourites

Fruit scone

National Trust fruit scones 

Discover how to make the ultimate National Trust fruit scone.

A classice Victoria sponge cake made using our Cookbook recipe

Victoria sandwich 

A great addition to any occasion, the Victoria sandwich is a recipe that every budding baker should master.

Children enjoying ice-creams outside the café at Birling Gap, part of the Seven Sisters chalk cliffs range, East Sussex.

Food 

We love sustainably produced, local and seasonal food because it's better for the special places we look after, better for the environment, with low food-miles and tastes better too.

Home-grown truths
Bread on sale in the National Trust Farm Shop at Polesden Lacey, Surrey

Farm shops 

Pick up fresh, tasty local produce from one of our farm shops, run independently by our tenant farmers.

Find a farm shop

National Trust Cookbook

From classics like Steak and Ale pie, to newer favourites like Vegetable Tagine, our cookbook is packed with over 100 tried and tested recipes from our cafés.

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