Watercress recipes
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Midweek meals
Easy oven-baked bacon, pea and watercress risotto
Give your arm a rest; skip endless stirring, bake your risotto instead. Bacon lardons give this light recipe a natural saltiness, while watercress adds pep
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Prawns
Langoustines with watercress and pastis hollandaise
The aniseed flavour of pastis added to this creamy, rich hollandaise works wonders with cooked langoustines. Serve as a starter and let everyone dig in.
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Salmon pasta
Smoked salmon and watercress linguine with chilli crumbs
A quick and easy smoked salmon pasta recipe – made with watercress, chilli and lemon – that will be on the table in 15 minutes.
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Watercress, fennel and seedy salad
Spring means watercress in abundance. Keep it simple and serve with fennel and orange in this beautiful watercress salad with crunchy seeds.
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Savoury tarts
Smoked haddock and watercress tart
A light and fresh haddock tart recipe for a quick midweek supper for two. It'll use up any peppery watercress you may have, as well
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Goat's cheese
Cheese scones with watercress and goat’s cheese
This cheesy scones recipe is a fabulous variation, as it uses goat's cheese and watercress as a filling, as well as the more usual cheddar.
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May seasonal
Watercress mayonnaise
Make the most of fresh watercress. This homemade mayo recipe is great served with poached salmon or chicken; over halved hard-boiled eggs; or as a dip.
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Smoked haddock
Smoked haddock and watercress fishcakes
Just a few basic ingredients, plus haddock, go into these fishcakes made with peppery watercress. An easy midweek meal for four.
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Watercress
Watercress and parsley soup
Peppery watercress is a superfood and it shines in this easy to prepare watercress and parsley soup which can be frozen too.
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Healthy salads
Watercress, citrus and radish salad
This simple watercress, citrus and radish salad makes a perfect quick side dish for picnics, barbecues and other summer gatherings.
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Spinach, watercress and pea soup
Bowl your guests over with this bright green vegetarian soup recipe, made with spinach and watercress. It makes a delicate verdant starter or light lunch.
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Speedy salmon
Quick salmon with watercress sauce
All you need is 10 minutes to bring this easy salmon and watecress recipe to your table. Replace the salmon with chicken breasts if you like
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Pea and watercress soup
Soup is the perfect way to warm up and this healthy pea and watercress soup recipe is lovely on a cold day. It also makes a great dinner party starter.
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Summer salads and sides
Chicory and watercress salad
Chicory (also known as endive) is a wonderful accompaniment to richer foods, such as creamy blue cheese. This salad showcases chicory at its best.
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Orange and watercress salad
This orange and watercress salad recipe with juicy Valencian oranges and some chopped chicory is a great mix of sweet and sour.
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