Baking with Marzipan
Lübecker MARZIPAN is back! You can it by weight to use in these delicious recipes or just to eat neat. Yum!
Turn up the heat: Curry feature
If you enjoy eating curry, you will be glad to know that we stock the ingredients you need, from fresh chillis, spices and ghee to ready-made sauces, poppadums and nan bread. Read on to view our range, or even better, drop into our shop and browse the shelves. You are sure to find inspiration! NEW […]
Forced Rhubarb
The year we are delighted to offer premium-grade forced rhubarb direct from the dark sheds in the Rhubarb Triangle, an area between Leeds, Wakefield and Bradford in Yorkshire. The cold, wet weather and rich soil help the “crowns” to lay down energy before the forcing period. This is a wonderful fresh delicacy so early in […]
Seville Orange Curd
Don’t to miss out on Seville Oranges’ invigorating aroma, try this quick and easy recipe for Seville Orange Curd and discover what chalaze are.
Seville Orange Ice Cream
We currently have organic Seville oranges in the shop at £2.50 per kilogram. Time for marmalade or alternatively here’s a wonderfully simple ice cream recipe. Juice of 3 seville oranges Grated zest of 2 of them Mix with 175g caster sugar, stir until dissolved Whip 584 ml double cream and stir into juice mix Freeze, […]
International Hummus Day: Recipe
On the 13th May millions around the world will be celebrating their love for hummus because it is International Hummus Day! We stock ready made hummus dips from Delphi or make you own! We sell everything you need: chickpeas (dry and tinned), tahini (dark and light), garlic, lemon juice (fresh and bottled), fresh coriander. Hummus […]
Simnel Cake for Easter: Recipe + More
Simnel cake is traditionally eaten at Easter. It is a light fruit cake with the added bonus of a layer of cooked marzipan in the middle that gives it a lovely moist chewy texture. This recipe is based on Elizabeth Ayrton’s in her Penguin Handbook, The Cookery of England. All the ingredients are available from […]
Making Pancakes on Shrove Tuesday?
We have everything you need for making and filling your pancakes! For the Pancakes Local free-range eggs, butter and oils, fresh lemons and bottled juice, sugars and all sorts of flours, many organic, from Doves, Gilchesters, Shipton Mill and The Watermill, Little Salkeld, including: Wheat Spelt Buckwheat Rye Barley Gluten- free and Isabel’s gluten and […]
6 Hot Chocolate recipes to keep you warm
Whichever way you like your mug of hot cholocolate, nutty, spicy or spiked, extra-creamy or dairy-free – we have a recipe (and all the ingredients) to inspire you.
Enjoy Hygge
This winter we are indulging in hygge, see the recipes below. Hygge is Danish word, pronounced “heurgha”, that defies literal translation (though it may be a distant etymological cousin of the English word “hug”). It describes the feeling of pleasure one gets from cosy, gentle, soothing things: a log fire, candlelight, a shared meal, an […]
