bare ingredients' May's Recipes
In our recipe selections this month, we bring you the pick of the season's best produce and ingredients. We have looked at some winter warmers in our Northern Hemisphere section, with great starters and mains. Our Southern Hemisphere readers don't miss out, with our selection of great summer treats for you to enjoy outdoors.
If you are curious to read more about what is in season, then read the February seasons for the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere. The articles provide a guide to what is at its best, so you can make the most of the season, while making sure the food you eat is environmentally sound.
May Recipe Ideas
Northern Hemisphere
Starters and light meals
Mains
- Free-Form New Potato Tart with Asparagus
- Goats Cheese Soufflés with a Tomato and Basil Dressing
- Pot Roasted Garlic and Tarragon Chicken
- Tandoori Leg of Lamb
- Spring Vegetable Barley Risotto
Seafood
- Wild Salmon with Spring Vegetable Fettuccini
- Poached Wing of Skate with a Confit of Vine Grown Baby Plum Tomatoes
- Steamed Lobster with Garlic, Ginger and Black Beans
- Monkfish Chermoula
- Seafood with Chilli and Holly Basil
- Wild Salmon with a Herb Crust on Spring Vegetable Fettuccine
- Scottish Surf & Turf with Stovies
Pasta
Desserts and Cakes
Southern Hemisphere
Starters and Light Meals
- Rabbit Terrine
- Honey and Whisky Pigeon Breast on Polenta and with a Baby Spinach, Orange and Walnut Salad
- Cock-a-Leekie
- Oven Roasted Wild Mushrooms and Vegetables with Smoked Buffalo Mozzarella on Brushetta
- Silverbeet and Stilton Crepes
Main
- Partridge Breasts with Haggis
- Orange Roast Mallard with an Orange Sauce
- Three Cheese Tortellini with a Wild Mushroom Sauce
- Swiss Chard Pasta Rolls
- Beetroot Pizza
- Scallops on Cauliflower Cream with Beetroot Cous Cous
- Anything Seafood Stew
- Oriental Prawn and Vegetable Frittata
- Steamed Tofu Sandwich with Bok Choy and Shitake Mushrooms