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The Small Holding will be re-opening on 19th May 2021. You can book online here We cannot wait to welcome all our guests back and look forward to seeing you all soon

What’s happening at The Small Holding & The Curlew – December

by The Small Holding | 30th November 2020 | News | 0 Comments

Check out what we’ve been up to at our two restaurants in Kilndown and Bodiam this month…

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What’s happening at The Small Holding & The Curlew – November

by The Small Holding | 23rd November 2020 | News | 0 Comments

Check out what we’ve been up to at our two restaurants in Kilndown and Bodiam this month…

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What’s happening at The Small Holding & The Curlew – October

by The Small Holding | 27th October 2020 | News | 0 Comments

Recipe: Gypsy Tart Cooking time: 35-40 minutes Serves: 8 Ingredients For the pâté sucrée (sweet pastry) 125g unsalted butter 90g caster sugar 1 large egg 250g plain flour 1 tbsp cold water For the gypsy tart 300g (pâté sucrée) sweet pastry 400g evaporated milk 330g...

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The return of The Curlew and The Small Holding

by The Small Holding | 11th August 2020 | News | 0 Comments

Both our restaurants are back and better than ever in Kilndown and Bodiam…

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Our menus are defined by the seasons, working with ingredients directly from our farm or other growers in our region.

The menu changes everyday and is served in a multi course dining experience for both lunch and dinner.

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Restaurant menus are liable to change due to seasonal availability.

For our farm salad, we have a mousse made using @g

For our farm salad, we have a mousse made using @goldencrosscheese in East Sussex, followed with pickled asparagus and rhubarb grown last year 🌱😋🙌 The leaves on top are baby gem lettuce, pea shoots, yarrow, nasturtium, rocket, and summer savoury, all dressed in an elderflower dressing, and topped with farm-grown cornflowers, nasturtium flowers, marigold flowers, and lovage salt to finish the dish 🌺💪🍽️

#grownnotflown #freshingredients #farmtofork #smallholding

We’ve been named Best Restaurant in this year’

We’ve been named Best Restaurant in this year’s @muddy_kent Awards! 😁🎉👠 A big thank you to all who voted for us in the category - we greatly appreciate your love and support for our restaurant. Many congratulations to the other winners, and also to @the_curious_eatery, @bowleys_at_the_plough, @theoldbankkent, and @samphire_whitstable on making it to the final. The competition was fierce! 🙌💥👨‍🍳

#kentrestaurant #bestrestaurant #muddystilettos #muddystilletosawards

We’re using the first of our English peas from t

We’re using the first of our English peas from the Small Holding farm to make this delicious seasonal tart 😋🌱👩‍🌾 At the bottom is a pea purée, which is topped with fresh peas that have been blanched whole in their pods; that helps with adding sweetness, before they’re podded and shelled, then dressed in elderflower. To finish, we have our cultured cream and caviar on top, adding a bit of salt and acidity 👌💥👨‍🍳

#grownnotflown #freshingredients #farmtofork #smallholding

Our spaghetti squash is coming through nicely on t

Our spaghetti squash is coming through nicely on the farm! 🌱👊💥 It’s a tasty squash that can be stored so well over winter, but also treated like a summer squash if harvested as soon as it’s ready. The skin is a pale grey colour, but inside, the tender flesh separates into slightly sweet and nutty spaghetti-like strands, giving the oval-shaped vegetable its name, complete with its distinctive flavour and texture 😁👨‍🍳🤙⠀
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#smallholding #ukfood #freshingredients #eatfresh⠀

The guys over at @lakedownbrewingco are brewing so

The guys over at @lakedownbrewingco are brewing some banging beers in Burwash! 👊💥🍻 We love their English Pale and Best Bitter: The former is a modern pale that’s loaded with hops of English Cascade and Ernest, then dry-hopped for an aromatic finish; the latter’s use of Pioneer, Cascade, and Jester, meanwhile, makes it a proper British beer. They’re on our list now, and great pairings with the menu 👌🍽️🇬🇧

#localbeer #beerlover #tastingmenu #smallholding

Delicious lamb from @paleyfarm 🐑😋👊 With a

Delicious lamb from @paleyfarm 🐑😋👊 With a mixture of Romney and Dorset Down ewes grazing their fields all year round, their flock of 800 ewes produce some of the tastiest, most nutritious meat we cook with. The Romneys are particularly good forage convertors, turning their diets of varying types of grasses and herbs into tasty, succulent meat, while also improving soil fertility and organic matter 🌱🙌💥⠀
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#lamb #localmeat #lambrack #sustainablefarming⠀

Throughout the warmer months of summer, we like to

Throughout the warmer months of summer, we like to use fresh produce from the farm as a snack to begin the meal 🙌😋🥕 At the moment, we have radishes, the first honeycomb tomatoes of the season, peas, and carrots, which we serve with a wild garlic mayonnaise that’s made with our wild garlic oil... The mayonnaise will change continuously, depending on what’s available seasonally in summertime 🍅☀️🍽️⠀
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#grownnotflown #freshingredients #farmtofork #smallholding⠀

Our redcurrants are beginning to ripen up nicely o

Our redcurrants are beginning to ripen up nicely on the Small Holding farm! 💪👩‍🌾😁 The shiny berries grow low on bushes, and are perfect with other berries like raspberries and strawberries, or with meats such as goose, venison, and lamb. We’ll need to start netting them as they develop in colour, so as to prevent birds that are attracted to them from stealing fruits prior to picking when the time comes 🙌💥🌱⠀
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#smallholding #ukfood #cranberries #freshingredients⠀

Today’s your last chance to vote for us in the f

Today’s your last chance to vote for us in the finals of this year’s @muddy_kent Awards! 🙌👠🏆 We’ve been named as a finalist in the Best Restaurant category, so if you’ve recently enjoyed a visit to The Small Holding, you can put our name forward via the link in our bio by no later than 5pm. A massive thank you to everyone who’s voted so far, and to all our guests who continue to show us so much support 🙏😁💥⠀
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#kentrestaurant #bestrestaurant #muddystilettos #muddystilletosawards⠀

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