Summer Menu 2024 – Shopping List

This shopping list assumes you will cook for 12 people. You can scale up and down accordingly. Don’t forget to include your team!

Top-tip: If you go to each individual recipe, you're able to change the serving size and the ingredient quantities will be calculated for you!

General Ingredients:

  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Starter – Goats Cheese and Beetroot with Candies PecansQuantity
Fresh Beetroot - medium12
Goat’s Cheese “log” - (150g)3
Pecans36 (small bag)
Icing sugar (powdered sugar)2tbsp
Fresh green leaves – eg lamb’s lettuce1 bag
Fresh Limes1
Dijon mustardsmall jar
Red wine vinegar
(We only need a small amount for the dressing)
small bottle

Soup and Bread – Lettuce Soup with Black Bread

For the vegetable stock – you can use vegetable stock gel/powder to make your stock but making it yourself is so much better. 

Lettuce Soup - Vegetable StockQuantity
Leeks - medium sized3
carrots – medium sized4
onions – medium sized3
celery sticks3
garlic cloves3
coriander seeds1tsp
peppercorns1/2 tsp
bay leaf2
sprig of thyme2
sprig of parsley2

Lettuce SoupQuantity
Little Gem lettuces if you can’t find Little Gem then substitute any robust flavoured lettuce (not iceberg which has no flavour) – a deep green leaf is a good indication of flavour6
butter 40g40g
spring onions (scallions or green onions) 66
sprig of fresh mint – you need around 8 leaves 22
potato – medium size 22
single cream (light cream) 120ml120ml
Black breadQuantity
Rye flour150g
Instant dried yeast (you can also use non-instant dried yeast or fresh – if fresh then use 3.5g)7g (one sachet)
Muscovado sugar3 tso
Cocoa powder2 tbsp
Instant coffee2 tbsp
Black treacle75g
Carraway seeds3 tsp
Butter50g
Strong white bread flour425g
Salt1tsp
Raw carrot150g (1 large carrot)
Plain oiluse groundnut or sunflower
Sesame seedssmall handful

Main – Pork tenderloin or Vegetable Wellington on Ratatouille with Dauphinoise Potatoes

PorkQuantityNotes
Pork tenderloin3One tenderloin typically serves 4 people
PancettaAround 30 slices8-10 slices for each pork tenderloin
Lemon (unwaxed)31 for each tenderloin. If waxed, scrub under running water to remove wax
Garlic cloves62 for each tenderloin
Rosemary (fresh)3 branches1 large branch for each tenderloin
Pizzaiola sauce – you can buy this ready made but making your own is so much better
This is enough for 16 people (we make extra and freeze the excess)
Quantity
Onions2
Garlic cloves4
Tinned chopped tomatoes2 tins
Tomato purée2 tbsp
Dried oregano (If unavailable, you can use dried marjoram, thyme, parsley, or general-purpose Italian seasoning)2 tsp
Basil (fresh or dried)2 tsp
Bay leaf2
Caster sugar2 tsp
Main - RatatouilleQuantity
Red onion2-3
Red pepper2-3
Courgettes (zucchini)3-4
Aubergine1-2
Olive oilAs needed
Side - Dauphinoise potatoesQuantityNotes
Potatoes (medium)121 potato for each person
Onion1 medium
Double cream (heavy cream)450 ml
Milk450 ml
ButterAround 25 gFor sautéing the onion
Main - Vegetarian WellingtonQuantity
For the crepe – pancake
Plain flour60g
Milk140ml
Egg1
For the Wellington
Mushrooms200g
Parsnips100g
Egg½
Hazelnuts20g
Breadcrumbs (e.g., Panko)30g
Tarragon (ideally fresh, or dry)5g (2g if using dry)
Parsley (fresh)5g
Gruyere cheese40g
Savoy cabbage2 leaves
Puff pastry sheet1 sheet
Egg1 beaten
Rhubarb SorbetQuantity
Fresh rhubarb1200g
Caster sugar240g
Liquid glucose6 tbsp
Vanilla extract6 tsp
Star anise3
Lemons3
Desert - Deconstructed Blueberry CheesecakeQuantityNotes
For the stock syrup
Sugar (any)120g
For the blueberry cheesecake
Digestive biscuits (Graham crackers)181 ½ per person
Blueberries480g40g per person
Caster sugar120g10g per person
Lemons3¼ per person
Eggs3¼ per person
Mascarpone cheese360g30g per person
Sable Biscuits with Tea/CoffeeQuantityNotes
Caster sugar100g
Butter (salted or unsalted)200gSalted butter is preferred, but unsalted works as well
Plain flour300g
Vanilla extract½ tsp
Demerara sugar100gOr you can use white granulated sugar – something with larger sharp crystals is best for coating
Tea/Coffee of your choice
Soft drinks of your choice