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Bake The Perfect Panettone This Christmas

by Andrew on November 25, 2011 in In Search Of..., In The Basket, Online Retailers with No comments

panettone aromaStart or indulge a passion for artisan baking this Christmas with all the baking essentials needed for a truly authentic Panettone from online specialists, www.BakeryBits.co.uk.

Add a twist to this traditional Italian sweetened celebratory cake with BakeryBits’ special Aroma Panettone essence. The essence contains the exquisite Fiori di Sicilia but adds to it further flavours and aromas suited specifically to Panettone dough – like candied fruit, vanilla, honey and spices – so that the quantity of those ingredients can be kept lower. The benefit of using the authentic essence is to avoid these ingredients slowing or even stopping the fermentation, this ensures a cake which is dark on the outside yet moist and fluffy on the inside.

By adding essential oil that contains these flavours the texture of the Panettone crumb will stay very light and open. Supplied in a 100ml dropper bottle, the essence can be used in Panettone, custards and puddings. Recommended usage is 1-2 tsp per kilo of dough.

To bake your special Panettone, BakeryBits offers a variety of cases for individual Panettone. The special tubular Panettone cases range from 70mm diameter suitable for approximately 100g or 4oz dough, to 170mm diameter suitable for approximately 1kg of dough and are designed to free-stand in the oven while the Panettone bakes, and for presentation of the baked cake.

Panettone cases (known in Italy as Pitrottini) originated in Milan. A homemade Panettone, using a good recipe that follows the authentic long proving and contains quality ingredients is incomparable with the supermarket versions.

Available from www.BakeryBits.co.uk, the Aroma Panettone is priced at £6.99, plus a delivery charge of £2.95 + VAT. Panettone cases are priced from £2.99 for a pack of 25, (100g or 70mm) to £4.49 for a pack of 25, (1kg or 170mm).

Orders can be made online up to the 22 December for next-day delivery. Delivery is available anywhere worldwide.


London Fine Meat Company

by Andrew on May 25, 2011 in food, Online Retailers with No comments

Residents of South West London can enjoy the luxury of having freshly fine cuts of meat delivered directly to their door this BBQ season.

The London Fine Meat Company (LFM) has finally launched and is an independent British meat supplier based in South West London. They not only pride themselves on the standard of meat they supply but will deliver it easily and conveniently to your door ready for you to cook. Established by Stuart Ferretti, a local butcher who has worked in the industry for over two decades, LFM use traditional butchery skills alongside the latest vacuum packing technology in state-of-the-art, purpose built facilities to make sure the meat is delivered to you in prime condition. With their pristine premises and modern facilities designed to the highest standards, customers are assured that LFM go above and beyond the basic health, safety and hygiene requirements.

10 great reasons to try LFM…
• The convenience of having delicious, great value meat delivered to your door (no need to waste time going to several supermarkets to get the cut you want)
• Wide range of cuts and sizes available, including a full organic range
• Money-saving discounts when you buy one of the meat boxes
• 100% satisfaction guaranteed (or your money back)
• They use the latest technology (and years of experience) to make sure the meat reaches you in perfect condition, every time
• Quick and easy-to-use online shop
• Orders arrive chilled, ready to cook or freeze, in quantities to suit you
• British-sourced meat, which means it’s not only fresh but hasn’t had to travel thousands of miles before it reaches you
• Delivery times to suit you
• 10% DISCOUNT and FREE DELIVERY on your first order

London Fine Meats pride itself on being as ‘green’ as possible and go to great lengths to maintain this. With a passion for the environment and preserving energy and waste, the company uses their own wind turbine to help with power needs, light sensors to prevent the waste of electricity and sensor controlled water taps to monitor and cut water usage. They have top of the range fridges that are highly efficient within a temperature controlled prep room and they vacuum pack the majority of their products to ensure freshness and to cut down on the amount of packaging used. They are committed to recycling as much as possible from their waste to work towards a paper free office and all products are delivered in returnable poly boxes. Stuart believes eating a healthy diet with plenty of natural food is very important and therefore LFM does not supply any processed meats and only sells the highest quality organic and non organic meat.

Meat Suppliers Field&Flower

by Andrew on April 12, 2011 in Online Retailers with No comments

The Somerset company, set up by city boy James Mansfield and farmer’s son James Flower, sells fresh, grass-fed beef and local lamb, pork and organic chicken by post.

The pair rear and butcher their own traditional breed cattle on Home Farm in the Gordano Valley, the Flower family have been farming for five generations. And the former Royal Agricultural College students say their meat boxes are a cut above the rest - allowing customers nationwide to select their own content at the click of a mouse.

Londoner James Mansfield (27) said: “We believe our service is unique as, unlike our competitors, we encourage online shoppers to build their own monthly boxes. Customers simply choose from each of three categories - joints; steaks and chops; and the field&flower pantry, which offers everyday treats such as sausages, burgers and mince.

“As well as our own home-reared beef, we offer lamb, pork and organic chicken sourced from neighbouring farms. With our easy-to-use website, you don’t have to search the supermarkets - you can rely on us for great-tasting, top quality meat every month.”

The new website allows customers to create their own monthly meat boxes from just £55 for a small field&flower box with free delivery (there’s no obligation or tie-in) and people can easily change the content of their box on a monthly basis for ultimate flexibility. A small field&flower box provides a minimum of 15 meals. There’s also an option to place one-off orders with no minimum spend from the field&flower online farm shop.

Recipe suggestions and cooking instructions are included with every box and the meat, which is hung on the bone to achieve maximum flavour, is delivered fresh.

field&flower are already making a name for themselves in the industry and have delivered 1,000 boxes in their first year after building their customer base via word of mouth, at food shows and through their pop-up kitchens at festivals and private parties. And their hard work has paid off. The company has just been listed in The Good Produce Guide 2011 by influential food writer Rose Prince, who said: “The quality is truly remarkable. Their burgers are rich and juicy and the spicy beef sausages are a tasty alternative to pork.”

The company has been selling its meat at London’s famous Borough market, the Real Food Festival and Taste of London festivals.

James Flower (24) added: “We maybe an online business, but we want to assure our customers we are just a phone call away and happy to answer any questions. The personal touch is a key part of our service.”

Visit the new fully transactional website at www.fieldandflower.co.uk

Cacomo Gourmet

by Andrew on March 8, 2011 in Online Retailers with 3 Comments

Inspired by gourmet and rare foods from around the world, Cacomo Gourmet launches today at www.cacomo.co.uk.

Cacomo Gourmet is a treasure trove of culinary delights offering chef-prepared meals made from the choicest ingredients, meat and deli products from proven suppliers and luxurious gourmet food gifts such as confectionery, jams and chutneys. Cacomo Gourmet also offers pastries and luxury baked goods made from the finest flours, sugars and flavourings to bring you exceptional quality, all made from scratch when you order.

Exclusive to Cacomo Gourmet is the range of mouth-watering cupcakes, brownies, blondies, celebratory cookies and iced biscuits, all available to be delivered to your door. Speciality muffins, traybakes and fruit and nut loaves also provide the very best in freshly-baked goodness.

Also exclusive to Cacomo Gourmet are delicious ice creams with a high cream content, handmade in Kent. Flavours range from heavenly honeycomb crunch, cherry with cherry brandy, and mango, lime and passion fruit to stem ginger and marmalade and all the traditional flavours we know and love, made with real fruit and natural ingredients, rather than flavourings.

Food lovers can lose themselves in the tempting and exciting world of Cacomo Gourmet from the moment they enter the site. Choose from a wide range of premium, best-selling British meat cuts, including lamb, beef, chicken and pork from the butcher, all of which have the Soil Association’s organic certification. The Welsh beef is hung for 28 days, offering incomparable taste. There is even game on offer, including pheasant, as well as rare meats like Kobe Wagyu, while the deli counter offers cured hams, bacon and sausages, made from 97% pork from the world-renowned Richard Woodall.
For those with busy lives who want convenience without compromising quality, the chef-prepared meals are made from the finest, freshest, highest-quality ingredients and include tempting, aromatic Asian and Caribbean options. They are cooked when you order and can be delivered within 24-48 hours of placing your order.

The unique range of handmade jams, chutneys, jellies, fruits and condiments are sourced from around the world and make ideal gifts or accompaniments to many of the foods available at Cacomo Gourmet. Fruit and flower jams, such as exotic fruits with frangipani, are mouth- watering with desserts, or try one of the delicious jellies, such as mango pepper or quince and rose petal.

Also available is an extensive range of condiments, sugars, salts, oils and vinegars and, to complement your fine dishes, Cacomo Gourmet wouldn’t be complete without a distinctive range of fine wines, including red, white and rosé from some of the best wine merchants in the world.

There has never been a collection of fine foods and complementary services, such as is offered by Cacomo Gourmet . The overarching idea and passion behind Cacomo Gourmet is that it aims to be the answer to all your luxury, gourmet and high quality food and drink needs, because, put simply, Cacomo Gourmet is where it gets delicious.

More information on Cacomo Gourmet can be found on their website: http://www.cacomo.co.uk/

Bringing Home the Bacon!

by Andrew on August 31, 2010 in food, Online Retailers, Specialist Shops with No comments

Somerset-based delicatessen meat specialist, Bringing Home the Bacon, has won another four awards this week for its top quality bacon and sausages. These latest additions to the trophy cabinet see free range pig farmer Anna Mogford add two more Gold and two Silver Taste of the West awards to her ever increasing list of honours.

Anna is thrilled about her most recent awards and says it is an important endorsement for her products. “It’s fantastic news! Winning in the Taste of the West Awards is a great measure of quality and it’s a wonderful feeling to know that my pigs and my products are appreciated so much. I have enormous pride in what I do and I always strive for perfection, so it’s very rewarding to get such positive feedback from this prestigious organisation.”

The Bringing Home the Bacon Dry Cured Unsmoked Back Bacon and Dry Cured Traditional Oak Smoked Back Bacon both won Gold awards, whilst the Traditional Old English Breakfast Sausages and Sage & Caramelized Red Onion Sausages both won Silver medals.

This latest news comes hot on the trotters of Bringing Home the Bacon’s recent One Gold Star award for its Unsmoked Back Bacon at this year’s Great Taste Awards, organised by The Guild of Fine Food. Bringing Home the Bacon has also won a number of other awards in recent years, including 2009 Taste of the West Silver Award for its Natural Oak Smoked Back Bacon and Streaky Bacon, and 2009 Taste of the West Bronze Award for its Unsmoked Dry Cured Back Bacon and Streaky Bacon.

Based in Donyatt, near Ilminster, Bringing Home the Bacon produces high quality bacon and sausages from free range, ‘home reared’ pigs, resulting in cured and smoked meats with the finest flavours and tastes. The focus is on quality and provenance, and the range has SALSA (Safe and Local Supplier Approval) accreditation.

The prestigious Taste of the West Awards is one of the most highly respected in the food and drink industry, established seventeen years ago. The awards highlight successful and high quality businesses across food and drink production, hospitality and food retail.

Bringing Home the Bacon’s range of bacon and sausages, as well as special combination packs, are available online at www.bringing-home-the-bacon.co.uk and from specialist delis nationwide.

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