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  • kitchen and garden hamper

 Contents of the  Kitchen and Garden Hamper

The River Cottage Cookbook – RRP £30.00
Ordinarily the word 'lifestyle' is more likely to be applied to slender magazine articles puffing lofts full of Eames furniture rather than books about smallholdings in Dorset.
The River Cottage Cookbook, however, is a hefty 450 pages of pure, gumbooted rural lifestyle; and one could not wish it shorter. We’ve also suggested recipes from this book for some of the products in your starter hamper.
Cook on the Wild Side – RRP £14.99
This is a world exclusive as it is only available via rivercottage.net. It includes, over 300 recipes and cooking ideas, including extensive field guides to over 100 of the most worthwhile edible wild plants, animals, fish, fruits, flowers and fungi and over 70 colour photographs to aid identification. It also features alternative ingredients for "armchair foragers" and a gorgeous picture of Hugh on p.162!
Seeds from Tamar Organics (10 packets) – RRP £1.67 each
Basil – Its greatest friends are the Mediterranean vegetables, tomatoes, peppers, aubergines and courgettes but it also combines beautifully with fish. A simple rapeseed oil and lemon juice mixed with finely shredded basil leaves makes an excellent drizzling sauce for barbecued fish such as mackerel.
Chives – Mix with soured cream, crème fraiche or a thick yoghurt (such as our own River Cottage well and truly "Live" 95% fat free organic natural yoghurt), then add to soups as a garnish. Alternatively use as a filling for jacket potatoes or a dip for crunchy vegetables.
Coriander – wonderful in salsas to go with grilled meat or fish, try our fresh green tomato and coriander salsa on page 104, of the River Cottage Cookbook.
Dill – Too often "forced too hard" in heated greenhouses the supermarket ‘growing pots’ have very feeble flavour. It’s well worth growing your own dill and goes very well with fish. Stuff inside the cavity of a gutted mackerel before placing on the BBQ or use in the cure and accompanying sauce of my Gravad Max on page 328, of the River Cottage Cookbook.
Parsley – Good parsley sauce is hard to find but easy to make. Our recipe on page 119, of the River Cottage Cookbook, is a wonderful accompaniment to the spectacular glazed ham with spiced figs on page 226.
Beetroot - Hugh said he used to hate beetroot but having grown it himself and tasted it fresh, its now a real favourite. Why not try his recipe on page 92, of the River Cottage Cookbook, for beetroot soup and feta which can be served both hot or chilled.
Leeks – Pick leeks younger than you would buy them in the supermarket and grill them. Then serve cold with a dressing or rapeseed oil or melted butter and a sprinkle of Cornish sea salt.
Radishes – just pull, rinse and crunch!
Rocket – Delicious peppery salad leaves that are wonderfully easy to grow.
Salad Leaves – the beauty of growing your own salad leaves, apart from the obvious wonderful range of flavours, is that you only need pull up a few leaves and save the rest for tomorrow.
Paper Potter – RRP £9.90
Sow your seeds into trays and then transplant into your bio-degradable pots made by you, from old newspapers. Get the kids to help! Our paper potter is from Hen & Hammock and made in the UK from FSC certified oak. Plant your pot straight into the ground to avoid disturbance for tender roots. (Winner of the Green Apple Environment Award)

Beechwood Dibber – RRP £3.50
To help give your seedlings and bulbs the best possible start in life, our FSC beechwood dibber is calibrated at 25mm intervals to help ensure you plant everything to the right depth.
Stainless Steel Hand Trowel – RRP £8.95
This useful stainless hand trowel from, Burgon & Ball, is beautifully designed and weighted and has a wide, deep dish for maximum load. The trowel is 7cm wide and has an overall length 30cm. Comes supplied with co-ordinating swing tag and embossed Burgon & Ball seal.
English Oak Labels – RRP £4.00
Don’t forget to label your new seedlings! Our wooden labels, from Hen and Hammock are individually handcrafted from sustainable English oak and have a smooth, natural finish to make writing easy. Includes 4 solid oak labels and a small pencil.
The River Cottage Apron – RRP £23.00
Specially printed with our logo, this apron from Green Fibres is made from organic cotton and is worn by all our team at River Cottage. Please note this comes in charcoal with a green River Cottage logo only.

2 Bottles of River Cottage Stinger – RRP £2.95 per bottle
Hugh had great pleasure in developing this beer with Badger Ales personally, we've had great fun testing it ever since! Stinger is an organic handcrafted ale which uses organic nettles handpicked in Dorset. 2 x 500ml Bottles of River Cottage Stinger Organic Ale, ABV 4.5%. The new style bottles are lighter and therefore made from less glass!
Of course if you don’t want to drink it, you can use to make batters, bread and adding to stews!
Elderflower Cordial – RRP £3.95
Made by Shute Fruit this cordial makes one of the most refreshing drinks known to man. Just dilute with water…or you could try making your own cordial, see page 427
 

Seasonal Chutney– RRP £3.20
From Basterfields, at Ottery St Mary, a sweet and fruity chutney best served with cheeses and cold meats.  Made seasonally in small batches, with their own honey (see below) in their cottage kitchen.  Varieties include Bramley, Apricot and Honey, or Plum and Honey.

 
Cornish Sea Salt – RRP £3.55
Take…the clearest, turquoise waters of Cornwall’s Atlantic ocean; nature’s ultimate renewable resource.
Add…actually, add nothing. Simply hand-harvest the purest, brilliantly white, flaky sea salt crystals in a simple natural process that works with nature.
Taste…Sea salt crystals of great purity that melt in the mouth and add real flavour intensity to the things you love to eat. This sea salt offers more taste for less salt, making it a healthier alternative to traditional table salt.
Know…Cornish Sea Salt contains more than sixty naturally occurring trace elements essential for your well-being. These sea salt crystals crumble easily between the fingers too, so no need to shake or grind!

Shipton Mill Organic White Flour – RRP £1.50
At Shipton they mill a wide range of organic flour. However there is more to them than just being a speciality miller of organic flour. They have a deep seated belief that what they do, they do better than anybody!


It is recorded in the Domesday Book that a mill stood where the current mill stands. The stoneground flours that now bear the historic name of Shipton Mill are made with traditional French Burr stone millstones in the self-same way as in medieval days and as much of the grain as possible comes from local farms. Shipton Mill stoneground flour is once again a product of the mill - and of the place. Corn continues to come in for milling, in part, from the same Cotswold landscape that is the setting for the mill.

Doves Farm Yeast – RRP £1.15
Based on the Wiltshire/Berkshire border, Doves Farm Foods was established in 1978 by Michael and Clare Marriage. Simple and easy to use at home, without any need to activate or re-hydrate, their quick yeast comes ready to add straight from the pack, into the mixing bowl, with all the other baking ingredients. It is ideal for use in traditional bread and yeast cookery as well as domestic bread making machines. It is presented in a 125g vacuum pack and has a special re-sealable tab to keep the product fresh once it has been opened. If the open pack is rolled down, re-sealed with the tab and stored in the top of the fridge door, it can continue to be used for up to three months.
Devon Honey – RRP £4.35
From Basterfields, at Ottery St Mary, their products are prepared by hand in their cottage kitchen, always in small batches and to traditional recipes.  Their one hundred hives of honeybees are situated in apiaries within a ten mile radius of their home.  Spread this delicious thick set honey on freshly baked bread.
Beech Board – RRP £8.00
Our friend Mike from the Pine Clinic in nearby Chideock, Dorset makes our beautiful boards from English beech. We use them here at HQ and in our Canteen and they are wonderful for presentation purposes for cheese or canapés, or sturdy enough to use as a cutting surface. The small version included in this hamper is approximately 23 cm x 16 cm.

 

Please note that if you have River Cottage Membership, you are entitled to a FURTHER, automatic 10% discount on these products. To find out more about River Cottage Membership click here .

 

Items may be substituted in the event of supply difficulties and will be replaced for a similar item of the same, or higher value.

 

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