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Ploughman's Lunch

A flexible British Ploughman's Lunch built around good bread, cheese, and pickled onions, with quality local produce chosen to taste.

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⏱ 20 min🍽 4 servings🔥 690 cal
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Ploughman's Lunch

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Video: Adam Garratt

Ingredients

  • Good bread
  • A selection of local cheeses
  • Pickled onions
  • Optional baked ham
  • Optional locally sourced pickles or seasonal produce

Instructions

Follow each step in order. The directions below are written so a beginner can understand what to do, what to look for, and when to move on to the next step.

  1. Step 1.Choose good bread, a selection of local cheeses, and pickled onions as the essential elements of the plate.
  2. Step 2.Add optional baked ham and other locally sourced pickles or seasonal produce that you would like to serve.
  3. Step 3.Arrange the components on a platter so each person can combine the bread, cheese, and pickled elements to taste.
  4. Step 4.Serve immediately as a cold lunch.

HELPFUL NOTES

Tips, Substitutions & Storage

Extra guidance to help you get a reliable result, avoid common problems, and know what to do with leftovers.

✓ Recipe Tips

  • Use the best local produce available; the tutorial presents the plate as a flexible combination rather than a fixed formula.
  • Keep bread, cheese, and pickled onions as the foundation of the plate.
  • Arrange wet pickles away from the bread until serving.

! Common Mistakes

  • Leaving out the pickled element removes the contrast central to the platter.
  • Treating optional additions as mandatory makes a flexible lunch needlessly rigid.
  • Putting wet pickles directly on the bread too early makes it soggy.

↔ Substitutions

  • Choose cheeses and optional produce from trusted local producers.
  • Use baked ham only if you want a meat component.
  • Choose pickled onions as the required pickled element.

⌂ Storage & Reheating

  • Assemble just before serving.
  • Refrigerate components separately for 2 days.
  • Do not store sliced apple without lemon.

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