Tales of the Shire is all about its cooking, and there are over 100 recipes to make while you increase friendship and complete quests. However, actually unlocking and cooking those recipes isn’t always easy.
Unlike Disney Dreamlight Valley, the ingredients are given to you in Tales of the Shire, but the recipes aren’t. Instead, you need to unlock and discover them in order to serve a dish to the game’s many NPCs.
Then there’s the issue of knowing what goes into them so you can harvest all the ingredients in preparation for that Shared Meal. So, here are all the recipes in Tales of the Shire, their ingredients, flavors, and of course, how to unlock them.
Tales of the Shire recipe list
We’ll be adding them to the table below as we unlock them, so be sure to bookmark this page and check back soon.
How to cook
Cooking gets more complex as you play through Tales of the Shire and level up your cooking skill. Doing so will unlock new cooking utensils, like frying pans or more.
To actually start cooking, you’ll need to head to your kitchen and interact with it. Once you do, you’ll be prompted to select your chosen meal. They’re split between different pies, desserts, and salads, ext, as well as cravings for when you’re cooking for a Shared Meal.
The ones lit up will be the ones you already have ingredients for. Once you find your chosen meal, select it and press E (or the equivalent on your platform) and chop or place the food in the bowl.
The arrows on the bottom right indicate which texture you can change. The Chopping Board will turn things Smooth or Chunky, depending on how much you chop, the Frying Pan will make things more Tender, and the Mixing Bowl will make things more Crisp.
Your aim is to get the image of the dish to be in the same place as the yellow star. With that, you’ll have a more flavorful dish.
As for the ingredients, you can cook higher-starred meals using better quality ingredients. Look for multiple star ingredients as you fish, buy items, or forage.
For a more in-depth look into how to cook, be sure to check out our guide.
How to unlock more recipes
The best way to unlock more recipes in Tales of the Shire is to befriend characters. Every time you level them up, they’ll offer you a recipe as a thank you. Given each NPC has ten levels, there are a lot of potential recipes to unlock through this.
On top of this, completing the main quest will offer you a few more recipes, like the Bywater Dish. So, complete as many quests as you can, and you’ll end up with tons of new dishes to cook.
