Local ingredients are used by Edward and his team such as sausages from the village butcher, meat and fruits from local farms, cheeses and bread from nearby dairies and bakers as well as vegetables from our own garden. At this time of year there is an abundance of wonderful local produce from which we create our Autumn dishes; Pork from Eastwell, Guinea Fowl from Old Dalby, Partridge and Venison from the local estates. Blackberries from the surrounding hedgerows and root vegetables and potatoes from our Lincolnshire nieghbours, Stilton cheese comes from the dairies of Colston Bassett and Cropwell Bishop, as well as organic milk butter and cream (for our homemade ice-creams).
Creating a daily changing menu to include dishes such as 'Old Dalby Free Range Chicken, black pudding mash','Mrs Kings Melton Mowbray Pork pie with home pickled shallots and piccalilli'; 'Cauliflower fritter with Colston Bassett stilton sauce'; as well as pub classics; 'Deep fried Whitebait, garlic & lemon mayonnaise'; 'Fish and chips'; 'Rhubarb crumble & custard' or 'Rearsby treacle tart with clotted cream'.
Our kitchen also creates jellies, jams and pickles for our range of Olive & Red Lion Foods, Crab Apples and Quince make delicious jellies, the local blackberries just ripe are perfect for making Blackberry Vodka.
Our Local Food Suppliers
Over the last six years at the Red Lion Inn we have found some superb local producers and suppliers to ensure all of our ingredients are local and of the best possible quality...