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Our latest page featuring the pick of the products by Delia Online editor Jo Hill, focuses on superior salt, warming winter dishes, fabulous fishcakes and wine from a very unusual source!
20% off a hamper for Mother’s Day!
Turnham Green’s Mother’s Day hamper contains quality food treats ethically sourced and produced: why not start the day with rooibos tea and toast spread with Turnham Green rhubarb, orange and ginger jam? Other goodies include spiced nuts and gorgeous chocolate-covered, cocoa-dusted walnuts, all packed in a stylish jute bag, plus Turnham Green’s Relaxing Bath Salts and aromatherapeutic soy candle. For your exclusive 20% discount on the Mother’s Day hamper (£40; usually £50), type Delia208 into the special delivery instructions box. Your discount will be refunded after purchase confirmation.
Fab fishcakes
If, like me, you’re a fishcake fiend, you must try these scrumptious hand-made offerings from Flying Fish Feasts in Devon, made using fish straight off the boats in Brixham and delivered overnight. There are 16 varieties to choose from – we loved salmon and watercress, Thai spiced crab, fiery, smoked haddock and Mediterranean cod best. Keep some in the freezer for a quick midweek treat; £1.85 each.
A Chinese toast for New Year?
As Chinese New Year has just begun on 7 February, it seemed the right time to focus on Chinese wine: made in the Silk Road vineyards, set up in North-west China seven years ago, the light, citrussy Silk Road Chardonnay more than held its own against wines from more familiar sources. Available from Morrisons, currently on special offer at £4.99 per bottle.
Pink perfection!
Prestat - chocolatiers by Royal Appointments to the Queen - have launched the most irresistible Marc de Champagne truffles: a crisp outer white chocolate shell, infused with strawberries to give a lovely pink colour, leads to the softest dark chocolate ganache filling flavoured with marc de Champagne for a definite champagne flavour. £12 for 200g from Prestat and Liberty.
Have a heart with Donald Russsell!
As all things heart-shaped suddenly come into fashion, what better excuse do you need to enjoy these succulent Valentine’s prime lamb loin steaks from Donald Russell? As with all their meat, they're full of flavour and have been produced to high standards of animal welfare. Ideal if you just need a couple of servings, £12.77 for 4 (or available in a box of 16).
Malagasy chocolate: mmmm...
The packaging is enough to seduce - exquisite paintings of Madagascar, where Malagasy chocolate is produced (in fact, Malagasy means 'of Madagascar'). Sembirano 75% cocoa solids is chocolate for the connoisseur: rich, almost black in colour and brittle in consistency but with a smooth and rich flavour. Enjoy a square or two with coffee or add to the most adult chocolate recipes you can find. But that's not all. Malagasy is the world's first Equitrade™ company, equipping its growers to produce the best crops and giving them a stake in the company's success.
A better breakfast with Lizi's granola
If many breakfast cereals leave you wanting more, Lizi's GoodCarb™ Granola could be the answer. With a low GI index and made from a mix of organic toasted oats, nuts and seeds for slow energy release, it keeps the hunger pangs at bay til well into the morning by keeping blood sugar levels stable, preventing the need for binge snacking. I enjoyed it with lashings of yoghurt and fresh berries – a real treat. Waitrose features the Organic Granola cereal whilst Tesco sells Lizi’s Original recipe nationwide.
Brilliant Bleikers
Smoked fish is hardly news, but Bleikers, a family-run business based in North Yorkshire, has won so many awards that I had to see what all the fuss is about! And this is it: wonderful subtly smoked salmon, the best smoked trout fillets I've ever tasted, and gorgeous kippers. One of Rick Stein's Food Heroes, Bleikers smoked fish comes from only two Freedom Food salmon farms in Scotland and is processed to the highest of standards. Luxury on a plate...
Halen Mon salt
Most of us use it every day, but how often do we think about the salt we’re adding to our food? Halen Mon has been rated one of the top five ingredients in the world and it certainly is a better class of salt: with a clean sea flavour, this natural product from Anglesey will add more than a pinch of taste to your cooking. It's healthy too, containing traces of over 75 elements including gold, silver, zinc, magnesium, calcium, and iodine, all needed for good health.
Bigham's sheherd's pie: a winter warmer
At this time of year I love all those wintry comfort food dishes such as shepherd’s pie, but can’t always find the time to cook them! Bigham’s shepherd’s pie is, like all their range, made from top-quality ingredients, and comes in a pretty ceramic dish. Add some Savoy cabbage and a glass of robust red wine for a suppertime treat. £5.99 for two pies from Waitrose and Ocado.
