Adding a zest of lemon to any food immediately raises the spirits and gives you a summery feeling, even if it is tipping it down with rain outside. With this in mind liquid deli Demijohn have added a new infused rapeseed oil to its collection – Yorkshire Lemon Rapeseed Oil – which provides a healthy salad dressing or a great cooking oil.

Made using Sicilian lemon oil, infused in rapeseed oil from Wetherby, West Yorkshire, this is a delicious fresh oil, quite unlike the more bland rapeseed oils often available.

In early June the Demijohn team took to the hedgerows of Yorkshire to pick elderflowers by the bag full for this season’s Elderflower Vinegar. Having had two weeks to infuse, the 2011 Elderflower Vinegar is now ready and on sale, and when mixed with the Lemon Rapeseed Oil makes the freshest, summery salad dressing.

Demijohn have even created their own Yorkshire Foodie Selection. A gift set of three 200ml bottles – one each of Elderflower Vinegar (made with Yorkshire elderflowers), Yorkshire Lemon Rapeseed Oil and Yorkshire Red Chilli Rapeseed Oil – nestle together in a beautifully hand-crafted red cherry wood rack. Priced at £30.75, it is a great present for anyone who enjoys fine food.

Demijohn MD Angus Ferguson says: “There is nothing like a fresh zingy salad dressing to give you a strong feeling of summer and this new infused rapeseed oil, combined with our subtle Elderflower Vinegar provides exactly that. Or, given the rapeseed oil’s high burn point it is excellent for roasting or frying giving food an added flavour. Summer certainly wouldn’t be the same without lemons and this new rapeseed oil uses them in an unusual and exciting way.”

These new products are available at the Demijohn shops in York, Edinburgh and Glasgow and online from www.demijohn.co.uk.

The Yorkshire Lemon Rapeseed Oil is priced from £1.60 per 100ml.
The Yorkshire Foodie Selection gift set is priced at £30.75.
The Elderflower Vinegar and Lemon Oil Ball is priced at £12.80