Monday
- Porridge with warm berries and toasted seedscreamy oats · warm berries · toasted seeds
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A region of England
North East England: its food, and a week to cook at home.
Mining and shipyard food made to fill you up, and smoked fish from the Northumberland coast.
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What people eat here
Dishes from North East England
No. 1
Stottie cake
A heavy, flat round loaf, split and filled, often with ham and pease pudding.
No. 2
Pease pudding
Yellow split peas boiled soft into a thick spread, eaten with ham.
No. 3
Singin' hinny
A large griddle scone with currants, named for the sizzle it makes as it cooks.
No. 4
The parmo
Breaded chicken topped with white sauce and cheese, a takeaway dish from Middlesbrough and Teesside.
What grows here, and when
Leeks and root vegetables through the autumn and winter, and fish from the North Sea all year.
Craster on the Northumberland coast has smoked kippers, split herrings, for over a century. Northumberland's hills raise lamb and beef.
Seven days, seven menus
A sample week from our recipes
A week to cook at home that suits North East England and its seasons, using only recipes on this site. Each day reads in the order you eat.
Tuesday
- Pea and mint soupsweet garden peas · fresh mint · olive oil
- Ploughman's plate with quick pickled onionsmature cheddar · crusty bread · pink pickled onions
Wednesday
- Smoked mackerel pâté with toastsmoked mackerel · lemon and chive · sourdough toast
- Crisp hake with minty crushed peascrisp-skin hake · minty crushed peas · lemon new potatoes
Thursday
- Leek and potato soupsilky leek and potato · snipped chives · green olive oil
- Roast chicken thighs with leeks and potatoesgolden chicken thighs · sweet roast leeks · crisp potatoes
Friday
- Jacket potatoes with smoky homemade beanscrisp jacket potato · smoky tomato beans · chives
Saturday
- Sri Lankan white fish curry with coconutcoconut-poached cod · curry leaf · lime
- Jeera rice with toasted cumintoasted cumin · long grain basmati · fresh coriander
Sunday
- Steak with peppercorn sauce and watercressseared sirloin · cracked peppercorn cream · peppery watercress
- Creamy mashed potatoessilky mash · warm butter · chives
- Apple and blackberry crumblebramley apple and blackberry · golden oat crumble · warm custard
We have no recipe yet for stottie cake, pease pudding or the parmo.
Meal plans that suit North East England
Cities in North East England
Facts checked on 27 October 2026.