Watercress recipes
With its peppery leaves, watercress adds a knockout punch to salads and side dishes. But it’s also fantastic cooked in a soup, whizzed into a sauce or bashed into a pesto. Here’s our ways to use watercress in your cooking.
It’s at its best in spring and autumn in the UK, although the season does run right through summer.
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Italian pasta recipes
Trofie pasta with watercress, courgette and almonds
”This is a great dish to cook to impress guests . You don’t need a...

Pizza recipes
Watercress and tomato scone-based ‘pizza’
There’s something a little more indulgent, and ever so satisfying, about a scone-based pizza (aka...

Italian starter recipes
Pancetta, watercress and mozzarella arancini
Crispy arancini risotto balls with a soft and gooey mozzarella, pancetta and watercress centre. The...

Comfort food
Stilton and watercress chicken kiev
Our recipe for golden, crispy chicken kievs packs in the flavour by combining stilton, watercress...

Summer salads and sides
Sardines with watercress salad
We’ve used tinned sardines in this simple salad to keep the cost down, but you...

Homemade pesto recipes
Watercress pesto
We’ve used a mixture of watercress and basil in this pesto recipe for a lighter,...

Midweek meal recipes
Easy oven-baked bacon, pea and watercress risotto
Give your arm a rest; skip the endless stirring and bake your risotto instead. Bacon...

Prawn recipes
Langoustines with watercress and pastis hollandaise
The aniseed flavour of pastis added to this creamy, rich hollandaise works wonders with cooked...

Salmon pasta recipes
Smoked salmon and watercress linguine with chilli crumbs
A quick and easy smoked salmon pasta recipe – made with watercress, chilli and lemon...

Watercress recipes
Watercress, fennel and seedy salad
Spring means watercress is in abundance. Keep it simple and serve with fennel and orange...

Savoury tarts
Smoked haddock and watercress tart
A light and fresh haddock tart recipe for a quick midweek supper. Use up any...

Goat's cheese recipes
Cheese scones with watercress and goat’s cheese
This cheesy scones recipe is a fabulous variation, as it uses goat’s cheese as well...

Smoked haddock recipes
Smoked haddock and watercress fishcakes
Just a few basic ingredients, plus haddock, go into these fishcakes made with peppery watercress....

May seasonal recipes
Watercress mayonnaise
Make the most of fresh watercress, in season in the UK from around April to...

Watercress recipes
Watercress and parsley soup
Peppery watercress is a superfood and it shines in this easy to prepare watercress and...

Watercress recipes
Spinach, watercress and pea soup
Bowl your guests over with this bright green vegetarian soup recipe. It makes a delicate...

Speedy salmon recipes
Quick salmon with watercress sauce
All you need is 10 minutes to bring this fresh and simple salmon recipe to...

Watercress recipes
Pea and watercress soup
Soup is the perfect way to warm up and this healthy pea and watercress soup...

Summer salads and sides
Chicory and watercress salad
Chicory (also known as endive or witloof) is a wonderful accompaniment to richer foods, such...

Watercress recipes
Orange and watercress salad
This summer salad recipe with Valencian oranges and chicory is a great mix of sweet...