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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Chicken Tikka kebab with buttered naan, nigella seeds and a coriander and pickled red onion relish
BBQ Bird Recipes
Glen Burrows
Chicken Tikka kebab with buttered naan, nigella seeds and a coriander and pickled red onion relish
Britain's favourite dish, chicken tikka, elevated beyond your imagination.
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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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Chef Darren Broom's Elderflower & Whey Washed Lamb Legs Recipe
BBQ Recipes Sheep
Katherine Heath
Chef Darren Broom's Elderflower & Whey Washed Lamb Legs Recipe

Darren's Elderflower & Whey Washed Lamb Legs Recipe is quickly becoming a favourite of ours here at The Ethical Butcher.  Back...

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Soy free chicken - Recipe No 3 of 3 - Chilli lemon chicken noodle soup
Bird Recipes
Glen Burrows
Soy free chicken - Recipe No 3 of 3 - Chilli lemon chicken noodle soup

Part 3 of 3 - Lemon chilli chicken noodle soup

Chef Adam Gray shows us how to use a single chicken to make 3 meals for a family of 4.

 

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Soy free chicken - Recipe No 2 of 3 - Chicken Hash with fried egg
Bird Recipes
Glen Burrows
Soy free chicken - Recipe No 2 of 3 - Chicken Hash with fried egg

Part 2 of 3 - Chicken hash with fried egg

Chef Adam Gray how to use a single chicken to make 3 meals for a family of 4.

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Whole Pasture Raised Chicken
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Glen Burrows
Chef Adam Gray's Perfect Roast Chicken

Part 1 of 3 - Perfectly roasted chicken

Chef Adam Gray how to use a single chicken to make 3 meals for a family of 4.

 

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Chef Nick Sandler's Lamb Kofta - Served in flatbread with tzatziki
BBQ Recipes Sheep
Glen Burrows
Chef Nick Sandler's Lamb Kofta - Served in flatbread with tzatziki

Lamb Kofta Recipe with Tzatziki & Flatbread Created for our collaboration with Borough Wines Chef Nick Sandler put together this...

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Chef Nick Sandler's Spicy Mediterranean Steak Kebab with cous cous
BBQ Recipes Sheep
Glen Burrows
Chef Nick Sandler's Spicy Mediterranean Steak Kebab with cous cous

Created for our collaboration with Borough Wines Chef Nick Sandler put together this simple recipe using our Ras El Hanout...

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Chef Nick Sandler's Ras El Hanout Lamb Shoulder
BBQ Recipes Sheep
Glen Burrows
Chef Nick Sandler's Ras El Hanout Lamb Shoulder

Created for our collaboration with Borough Wines Chef Nick Sandler put together this simple recipe using our Ras El Hanout...

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Chef Adam Gray's Braised lamb bellies
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Glen Burrows
Chef Adam Gray's Braised lamb bellies
Rich deeply favoured and traditional, Adam's slow cooked lamb belly makes use of a forgotten cut that we love.
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