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Tropica Organic Whole Dried Lady Finger Bananas

by Andrew on May 15, 2013 in food, In Search Of... with No comments

Tropica Organic Whole Dried Lady Finger BananasPacked with vitamins, rich in fibre, less than 66 calories each, but as tasty and sweet as any chocolate bar. Sounds a little too good to be true, but sun dried Lady Finger Bananas really are in a class of their own when it comes to picnic snacks…

As with any bananas, Lady Finger Bananas count as one of your five a day are a good source of dietary fiber, certain vitamins and potassium. But where they differ from their cousins in our supermarkets is in their constituency and sweetness.

Known as ‘date’ or ‘fig’ bananas, the smaller fruits are renowned for their sweet sticky taste. When the bananas are slowly dried in the sun, they hold some of their moisture, unlike the dried banana chips you may be used to, creating a unique healthy snack that retains the sweet, sticky deliciousness the bananas are famed for alongside the health benefits – in combination making them a ‘super snack’ that is a fantastic addition to any child’s lunch box or grown-ups picnic basket.

Tropica Organic Whole Dried Lady Finger Bananas have recently been launched and the organic, raw and natural bananas combine an amazing flavour and sticky taste that results in an irresistible snack that can also be chopped up and added to cakes and muffins for a delicious exotic twist.

Tropica Organic Whole Dried Lady Finger Bananas are just £2.29 for a 200g pack of approximately 10 bananas from health stores or www.naturboutique.co.uk


New Products from the Garlic Farm

by Andrew on January 9, 2013 in food, On The Web with No comments

garlic farm pork scratchingsThe Garlic Farm has expanded its offering of garlic greatness by adding four lines to its range for 2013. These latest products follow in a string of successful garlicky products from the farm such as butters, chutneys, condiments, sauces and salts.

Garlic is used by hundreds of thousands if not millions of people every day, in very basic dishes to complex meals, but the thought of adding it to jam or perhaps a Bloody Mary does not naturally spring to mind. The Garlic Farm, based on the Isle of Wight, strives to create unusual delicious combinations that will be sure to get taste buds tingling with anticipation and these latest products are no exception.

Pork Scratchings with Garlic
This good old pub favourite is even more mouth watering now it comes with garlic! These high quality scratchings have beendouble roasted for an even more intense flavour and mouth watering crunch.
Priced at £1.75 each

Bloody Mary Spice Mix with Garlic
Continuing on the pub theme, this tasty powdered spice mix is combined with vodka and tomato juice to create a tangy cocktail. It can also be used just with tomato juice to create a Virgin Mary. For something a little bit different, use the mix as a rub for meat!
Priced at £4.50

Garlic Jams
These jams are both sweet and savoury and both a relish and condiment. They have been combined with roasted garlic to create a taste sensation that is perfect with cold meat, sausages and cheese. Also try stirring this jam through gravy for a sweet, thick and flavoursome finish.
Available with Roasted Garlic and with Roasted Garlic and Red Chilli
Priced at £3.90

Olives with Garlic and Basil
These green olives have been marinated in lots of garlic and basil! They are fantastic when enjoyed in crisp fresh salads, inpasta or simply on their own shared with friends over drinks.
Priced at £3.95

Tom Honeyman-Brown, Farm Manager at The Garlic Farm commented: “We’re always looking for foodie delights we can give the garlic stamp! As you can imagine, we add garlic to everything we do here at the farm and this lends well to product development and innovation. We believe these latest products will be successful additions to our already popular range and that garlic lovers will enjoy them just as much as we do.”

These new products from the Garlic Farm and many more are available from www.thegarlicfarm.co.uk.

Mammy Jamia’s Preserves

by Andrew on December 7, 2012 in food with No comments

mammy jamias preservesGet jammy this Christmas with Mammy Jamia’s range of unusual British preserves.

Mammy Jamia’s Fig Preserve is a stunning sweet and sticky jam which can be used instead of mincemeat to make mince pies with a twist. Or add a couple of tablespoons to your Christmas cake ingredients to help keep it moist.

The Rhubarb Preserve is lovely smothered between warmed scones with clotted cream, as a fruity topping to Greek yogurt or spread thickly between a Victoria sponge. Like the Fig, Rhubarb also works on a cheese board as an alternative to chutney.

Children love Mammy Jamia’s Pear and Apple Preserves which taste best served on hot slices of buttery toast – perfect to munch on while opening Christmas presents.

Stocked in Tesco, Waitrose, Ocado and Sainsbury’s, the preserves are made by an award winning producer in the Garden of England. They cost £2.39 for a 340g jar.

The Sunday Times Style Magazine said: ‘Rhubarb jam – the big middle class obsession, to be eaten with everything. The best one is Mammy Jamia’s.’

For more info on Mammy Jamia’s Preserves see www.mammyjamias.co.uk

Special K Cracker Crisps

by Andrew on October 18, 2012 in In Search Of... with No comments

special k cracker crispsWant a crisp that’s deliciously moreish but won’t leave you racked with guilt?

Say hello to new Special K Cracker Crisps – a tasty new savoury snack that at 95 calories and three percent fat for a serving of 21 crisps, you can enjoy without the worry.

Made from potato and wheat, Special K Cracker Crisps come in three tasty flavours: sea salt and balsamic vinegar, sweet chilli and sour cream and chive.

They’re available in two ways: an individual bag to slip in your handbag or a box of crisps which are ideal for a night in.

Find Special K Cracker Crisps in the Crisps aisle in all major supermarkets and convenience stores from about now, priced at £1.99 for a 100g box or 60p for individual bags.

Blond Chocolate

by Andrew on October 3, 2012 in In Search Of..., In The Basket with No comments

valrhona blond chocolateWhere there was dark, milk and white chocolate – there is now blond.

Perfect for October’s Chocolate Week, Dulcey is the fourth chocolate, opening up a new world to pastry chefs, chocolatiers and gourmets in gastronomy and the world over.

Dulcey has a blond colour and a smooth, enveloping texture. Its lightly sweetened biscuity flavor gives way to lush notes of shortbread with a hint of salt.

Some eight years in development, Dulcey was a serendipitous accident:

One early spring morning, at Valrhona’s Ecole du Grand Chocolat, Frédéric Bau put some Ivoire chocolate in a bain marie as he prepared to demonstrate a recipe in front of pastry chefs from around the world.

He used part of the chocolate for his recipe but, in a moment of absent-mindedness, completely forgot about the bain marie. Ten hours later the white chocolate had become blond, a colour he had never seen. The fragrance was extraordinary: it smelled of toasted Breton shortbread, caramelised milk and unrefined sugar and had a fresh-out-of-the-oven scent that was simply irresistible. He tasted it. To his pleasant surprise it was a pure delight, a treat that instantly took him back to his childhood, filled with happy memories. He closed his eyes and ecstatically savoured that which had no name – he had just accidentally invented something new.

The next day, he tried to replicate his serendipitous accident. He succeeded and was filled with glee. This blond chocolate was a revelation – its natural colour looked like nothing he’d ever seen. He brought it to his manager and to the company engineers. They tasted it and immediately fell in love with it.

The Valrhona team were originally unable to reproduce this chocolate on a large scale, but after much patience and research, they formulated a completely new production process for this new chocolate.

Where conventional white chocolate can be challenging for chefs and amateurs to work with, Dulcey has a multitude of applications and pairs particularly well with ingredients with gourmet notes (caramel, coffee, hazelnut), as well as yellow, mildly acidic fruits (mangos, bananas, apricots).

Dulcey will be available from Classic Fine Foods, who will be offering chefs a 3kg bag, while the retail bar will be available from Harvey Nichols, Selfridges, Fortnum and Mason and Chocolate Trading

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