Salad starters

A beautiful Burrata Salad with tomatoes, beets, basil, and flavorful basil oil, drizzled with balsamic glaze - perfect for summer dinners and gatherings. Elegant and flavorful.

The perfect first course or starter for a romantic dinner for two or a dinner party with friends. Chef designed recipe and all plating explained for an impressive result.

Joey O'Hare serves up a stunning salad of asparagus, served atop a cannellini bean hummus recipe delicately flavoured with seasonal wild garlic.

Butter lettuces are delicate, sexy and perfect tossed with a light cashew sour cream dressing. Toss some delicate greens with capers, roasted red peppers, and paper thin sliced radish.

For all you seafood lovers out there, this recipe can be prepared in no time at all and has a tangy lemon twist that complements the avocado perfectly. This prawns on avocado salsa is an easy recipe, it's a great starter for entertaining.

If you’ve never tried this popular Italian starter, do now. The savoury ham and sweet melon are wonderful partners. The melon must be ripe. Press the end in the shop and sniff – if it’s ready it will give you a little of its scented aroma. Halve the melon, deseed, quarter, remove skin and slice the flesh. Fan on the plate with the cured ham and rocket. Lightly dress the leaves with olive oil and drizzle over some good balsamic vinegar.

Swap mozzarella for burrata and you'll have a delicious twist on a traditional Caprese salad. Spicy arugula, savory prosciutto, and a tangy balsamic drizzle take it up another notch, making this burrata Caprese salad a fun, elegant starter or light meal.

This citrus salad with arugula and ricotta salata is the perfect starter course for a winter dinner party.

Starter plate of Marinated Feta and lentil Tabbouleh salad with a mint and garlic dressing. Drink & Dine at our traditional Yorkshire Dales pub, The Gamekeeper's Inn.