Recipes - Wakefield Museums and Castles

A pile of bright pink stalks of rhubarb with large green leaves on the end

Recipes

Get a taste of the past with our range of historically-inspired recipes!

From rhubarb crumble to Georgian chocolate wine, there's a tasty treat for everyone.

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A pile of bright pink stalks of rhubarb with large green leaves on the end

Rhubarb crumble recipe

Make your own scrumptious rhubarb crumble, inspired by Wakefield's role in the Rhubarb Triangle.

Garlic cloves surrounded by herbs

Roman garlic pesto

Make your own garlic pesto, inspired by Castleford's Roman past.

Boiled eggs with simple decoration to look like mice

Roman white mice

Be inspired by a real Roman recipe - don't worry, it doesn't involve any real mice!

A shallow dish with a border of rice, bright green pea soup liquid and diamond shaped croutons

Elizabeth Moxon's green pea soup recipe

Follow Elizabeth Moxon’s recipe and try your hand at cooking up a Georgian treat.