Waitrose Counter Recipes
Recipe inspiration for cooking with our meat, fish, cheese and deli counter produce at home. Our in-store counter partners can help you find the perfect cut, the freshest fish or the pongiest (if that's your bag) wedge of cheese, whatever you're cooking. Plus, choosing ingredients from our counters by size and weight means zero waste at home.
How to counter
How to counter
Get the most out of our in-store meat, fish cheese and deli counters
Meat counter
All beef on the meat counter is Aberdeen Angus, a Scottish breed renowned for its natural marbling, great taste and consistent high quality. Plus, our craft butchers will slice steak to your preferred size. A nose-to-tail approach means Waitrose buys the whole animal, so what isn’t sold as traditional cuts is made into burgers, meatballs and ready meals or sold as ‘forgotten cuts’.
Fish counter
En papillote (French for ‘in parchment’) is a savvy way to cook seafood, sealing in moisture and flavour. Ask for ‘meal maker’ at the fish counter and a fishmonger will prep and bag up your choice with butter and herbs for no extra charge. Try it on the meat counter, too - add a free marinade, rub, butter, fresh herb or citrus.
Cheese counter
Waitrose cheese counters stock 96 different types of cheese, with an average of 60 per store. They range from creamy No.1 Yorkshire Pecorino Fresco to raclette, rolls of soft ash-coated goat’s cheese and giant wodges of Le Crêt Gruyère.
Deli counter
Scoop up an Ottolenghi pickled carrot and kohlrabi slaw from the deli counter, a ‘Support British Producers’ selection of five cheeses (think Cricket St Thomas Camembert and Sussex Marble), and a Leckford seeded baguette for a picnic minus the prep.
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Sticky glazed ribs with cornbread
Seared scallop & tomato tagliatelle
Gorgonzola & grilled peach bruschetta
Lemongrass beef with artichoke & fennel salad
Lobster rolls with lemon & dill
Five spice & lemongrass short ribs
Gougères with Comté
Celeriac, beetroot & blue cheese salad
Ribeye steak with rendang curry sauce
Lobster mac & cheese
Scallop & pancetta linguine
Med-style sea bass traybake
Sea bass, fennel & cannellini bean traybake
Creamy courgette, mint & parmesan pasta
Jalapeño honey pulled pork with lime slaw
The best chilli con carne
Kedgeree-style monkfish rice
Salmon with creamy spinach & beans
The best beef Wellington
Coffee-braised short ribs with black beans
Thai-inspired fillet of beef with a herby peanut relish
One-tin roast leg of lamb with herbs & potatoes
Seared salmon with orange & fennel salad
Zaatar salmon & cucumber tzatziki
Seared scallops succotash
Smoked haddock & leek jackets
Pulled lamb & aubergine ragù
Honey & mustard roast salmon
Jeremy Lee's spring salmagundi with herby rack of lamb
Steak pie
Scallops with lentils & fennel cream
Slow-cooked beef short rib & jackets
Balsamic-glazed scallops & pancetta salad
Prosciutto, olive & Manchego muffins
Slow-cooked pork shoulder with peas & mint
Mustard roast beef with red wine gravy
Mediterranean-style grilled tuna & couscous
Baked smoked haddock risotto
One pot leek, turmeric & smoked haddock rice
Hot honey palmiers
Roasted salmon, olives & artichokes
Charred rib-eye steak with guacasalsa
Parmesan bites
Croque monsieur
Baked bream with herb dressing & sweet potato chips
The best potato dauphinoise
Braised beef in red wine
Smoked haddock & Cheddar on toast
Royal feasting platter
Rosemary & anchovy rack of lamb with roast butternut salad
Cheesy salad onion loaf
Linguine, romesco sauce & tomatoes
Monkfish tacos with red cabbage slaw
Sri Lankan-inspired monkfish curry