What's In Season: May
Here is our 'What's In Season' guide to the best seasonal produce throughout May.
The month of May is a joy when it comes to seasonal produce. Bringing the heights of fresh spring produce and with the warmer summer days approaching, the maturing of more fresh fruits and vegetables are on the way to being ready to enjoy.
The items available to purchase now provide an incredibly nutritious selection of tasty produce with heaps of leafy greens, rich meats and tasty cheeses which can be utilised to make sensational salads, fresh soups and other healthy dishes.
Check out some of our favourite recipes using these items are linked below.
*With the best selection of imported items listed too*
Fruits:
Imported:
- Alphonso mangoes
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Bananas (Winward)
- Pineapples.
Vegetables:
Foraged / Wild foods / Herbs:
- Basil
- Chervil
- Chives
- Coriander
- Elderflowers (wild / forage)
- Lovage
- Mint
- Morel mushrooms (wild / forage)
- Oregano
- Parsley
- Rosemary
- Sage
- samphire (wild / forage)
- Sorrel
- Summer savory
- Tarragon
- Thyme.
- Wild garlic
Sustainable Fish:
- Coley/saithe
- Crab (brown/edible)
- Flounder, gurnard (red)
- Herring/sild
- Lobster (European)
- Plaice
- Pollock
- Pouting/bib
- Prawns (Northern)
- Rainbow trout
- Witch/Torbay sole.
Meat, poultry and game:
Always available in good condition: beef, chicken, pork, rabbit, farmed venison, wood pigeon.
Cheese:
- English soft cheeses
- Ewe’s milk cheeses
- Fresh goat cheeses
- Stinking Bishop.
Imported Cheese:
