Monday
- Porridge with warm berries and toasted seedscreamy oats · warm berries · toasted seeds
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Nottingham: its food, and a week to cook at home.
The county where the Bramley apple was born and Stilton is made, and a city with one of England's oldest fairs.
The photograph is AI-generated.
What people eat here
Dishes from Nottingham
No. 1
The Bramley apple
The first Bramley tree grew from a pip planted in a cottage garden in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, in the early 1800s. It is the cooking apple of British crumbles and pies.
No. 2
Stilton
Nottinghamshire is one of only three counties where Stilton may be made, and several village dairies still make it.
No. 3
Mushy peas with mint sauce
Eaten from a cup at Goose Fair, the city's travelling fair held every October for centuries.
No. 4
Pork pie
Melton Mowbray, home of the protected pork pie, is just across the county line in Leicestershire.
What grows here, and when
Bramley apples in autumn, and peas in summer.
Nottinghamshire's farms grow apples, potatoes and grain, and Sherwood Forest lies to the north.
Seven days, seven menus
A sample week from our recipes
A week to cook at home that suits Nottingham and its seasons, using only recipes on this site. Each day reads in the order you eat.
Tuesday
- Ploughman's plate with quick pickled onionsmature cheddar · crusty bread · pink pickled onions
Wednesday
- Pea and mint soupsweet garden peas · fresh mint · olive oil
- Roast chicken thighs with leeks and potatoesgolden chicken thighs · sweet roast leeks · crisp potatoes
- Apple and blackberry crumblebramley apple and blackberry · golden oat crumble · warm custard
Thursday
- Punjabi chana masala with basmati ricespiced chickpeas · slow tomato gravy · fragrant basmati
- Soft wholemeal chapatiwholemeal atta · puffed on a hot pan · soft and warm
Friday
- Crisp hake with minty crushed peascrisp-skin hake · minty crushed peas · lemon new potatoes
Saturday
- Jerk chicken with rice and peasscotch bonnet and allspice · charred chicken · coconut rice and peas
Sunday
- Leek and potato soupsilky leek and potato · snipped chives · green olive oil
- Steak with peppercorn sauce and watercressseared sirloin · cracked peppercorn cream · peppery watercress
- Crisp roast potatoes with rosemary and garliccrackled roast potatoes · rosemary · soft roasted garlic
Our apple and blackberry crumble is the best place for Bramleys. We have no recipe yet for mushy peas or pork pie.
Meal plans that suit Nottingham
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Facts checked on 27 October 2026.