The Ethical Butcher Journal

Welcome to our ethical butcher journal and recipe blog! We celebrate sustainable, humane meat sourcing, sharing expert butchery tips, farm-to-table stories, and delicious recipes. Join us to explore ethical practices, support local farmers, and cook hearty meals that honour quality and responsibility in every bite.

How to cook a turkey...properly
How to cook a turkey...properly
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How to cook a turkey...properly

Don't worry about cooking a bird on the big day, follow these tips and you'll be a carving hero!

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Why do we need regenerative pork?
Why do we need regenerative pork?
Environment Nutrition Pig

Why do we need regenerative pork?

Can pork be regenerative? When we think of regenerative farming systems, the focus is all too often on the grazing...
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Lower carb BBQ style pulled pork shoulder
Pig Recipes
Glen Burrows
Lower carb BBQ style pulled pork shoulder

This is a lower sugar version of the classic slow cooked BBQ style pulled pork that can be either made...

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Tonkotsu ramen broth
Nutrition Pig Recipes
Glen Burrows
Tonkotsu ramen broth

We wouldn't usually feature such an exotic recipe as often it calls for exotic ingredients that must be airfreighted around...

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Beer Roasted Crispy Pork Knuckle
Pig Recipes
Glen Burrows
Beer Roasted Crispy Pork Knuckle

Pork knuckle is a cut of meat also goes by the name ham hock or pork hock and it is...

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Seekh kebab recipe with Pestle Vindaloo paste | The Ethical Butcher
Cow Pig Recipes Sheep
Glen Burrows
Seekh kebab recipe with Pestle Vindaloo paste | The Ethical Butcher
Another easy midweek recipe from Neha Hampton, the founder of Pestle Curry Pastes. Super easy and completely moreish!
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Pancetta luxury BLT with naan, tamarind and fresh coriander
BBQ Pig Recipes
Glen Burrows
Pancetta luxury BLT with naan, tamarind and fresh coriander
This simple recipe elevates the humble BLT into a culinary masterpiece. This recipe is a collaboration between Merrilees Deller and Neha Hampton of Pestle Curry pastes and cooks in minutes in a wood fired Delivita oven.
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Vindaloo Iron Age Pork rib eye, cumin roasted hasselback potatoes with a honey yoghurt saffron dressing.
BBQ Pig Recipes
Glen Burrows
Vindaloo Iron Age Pork rib eye, cumin roasted hasselback potatoes with a honey yoghurt saffron dressing.
If you're not afraid of flavour then you might fall in love with this recipe, rich, smoky, sharp, spicy and warming with a complex finish of saffron and honey to blow your tastebuds to heaven.
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