Best food producers for Christmas

Best food producers for Christmas

From bacon, stuffing and turkey to Christmas pudding and brandy butter, our guide to the best Christmas food producers has everything you’re going to need to order in

Thursday, 26 November 2009

Flora Howard


Christmas Eve supper

Smoked salmon

Inverawe High-quality produce from the renowned Scottish smokehouse (0844 847 5490; www.smokedsalmon.co.uk)

Coln Valley Smokery West-coast salmon smoked in traditional brick kilns (01285 740311; www.simplysalmon.co.uk)

Rannoch Smokery Classic smoked salmon from sustainable farms (0800 668 1816; www.rannochsmokery.co.uk)

Hebridean Smokehouse Salmon smoked with sea salt and peat cut from the Uist moors (01876 580209; www.hebrideansmokehouse.com)

Quail's eggs with celery salt

Garden Quail Eggs Garden-based birds nesting in straw (01403 255865; www.gardenquails.com)

Clarence Court Based on the Cornish coast (01579 345718; www.clarencecourt.co.uk)

On toast

Pyman Pâtés Handmade using the finest West Country produce (0845 634 2181; www.pymanpates.co.uk)

Inverawe Homemade pâtés from the west coast of Scotland (0844 847 5490; www.smokedsalmon.co.uk)

Forman and Field The best of British produce (020-8525 2352; www.
formanandfield.com)

Clos Du Marquis Traiteur Fois gras handmade from the happiest ducks (0774 086 4339; www.closdumarquistraiteur.com)

Partridge

Manor Farm Game Birds from the Manor Farm shoot and local estates in Buckinghamshire (01494 774975; www.manorfarmgame.co.uk)

The Blackface Meat Company Seasonal well-hung meat from the wilds of Scotland (01387 730326;
www.blackface.co.uk)

Christmas Day

Bacon

Ramsay of Carluke Free-range pigs producing traditional Ayrshire bacon (01555 772277; www.ramsayofcarluke.co.uk)

Richard Woodall Royal Warrant holder, based near the Lakeland fells (01229 717237; www.richardwoodall.com)

Denhay Sea-salt dry-cured bacon (01308 458963; www.denhay.co.uk)

Silfield Farm Rare-breed pigs on 80 acres of Westmorland land (01539 567609; www.sillfield.co.uk)

Vicars Game Traditional Berkshire butchers (01635 579662; www.vicarsgame.co.uk)

Free-range turkey

Copas Traditional Turkeys Traditional breeds reared outdoors (01628 499980: www.copasturkeys.co.uk)

Goose

Manor Farm Game Reared by Richard Waller and matured for six months (01494 774975; www.manorfarmgame.co.uk)

Goodman's Geese Reared on the farm on natural feed (01299 896272; www.goodmansgeese.co.uk)

Stuffing

Copas Traditional Turkeys Sage-and-onion and apricot stuffing (01628 499980; www.copasturkeys.co.uk)

Green Fields Farm A wide variety of traditional Shropshire recipes (01952 677345; www.greenfieldsonline.co.uk)

Dukeshill Pork-and-cranberry, sage-and- onion and sausagemeat stuffing (0845 370 0129; www.dukeshillham.co.uk)

Cranberry jelly

Ouse Valley Foods Beautiful and Seasonal (01273 891893; www.ousevalleyfoods.com)

Tracklements Handmade using traditional recipes (01666 827044; www.tracklements.co.uk)

Bread sauce

Green Fields Farm Shropshire Spice gourmet bread-sauce mix (01952 677345; www.greenfieldsonline.co.uk)

Christmas cake

The Original Hat Box Cake Company Artisan bakery in Marlborough, producing cakes made with best English butter and free-range eggs (01672 564063; www.theoriginalhatboxcakecompany.co.uk)

Daylesford Organic Dundee and dark chocolate and sour cherry (01608 731700; www.daylesfordorganic.com)

Betty's of Harrogate Traditional recipe made in the famous Yorkshire bakery (01423 814008; www.bettysbypost.com)

Christmas pudding

Fortnum & Mason St James, King George and chocolate puddings (020-7734 8040; www.fortnumandmason.com)

Daylesford Organic Handmade puddings (01608 731700; www.daylesfordorganic.com)

Betty's of Harrogate Traditional pudding, figgy pudding and Betty's classic (01423 814008; www.bettysbypost.com)

Brandy and rum butter

Markus Enrich your food with cider- brandy butter (01963 435270; www.enrichyourfood.co.uk)

Fortnum & Mason Rum and Cognac butter (020-7734 8040; www.fortnumandmason.com)

Mince pies

Betty's of Harrogate Beautifully decorated and made to a family recipe (01423 814008; www.bettysbypost.com)

Popina Spelt pastry with delicious fillings (020-3212 0110; www.popina.co.uk)

Stilton

Neal's Yard Dairy Rich, creamy, mellow and savoury Colston Bassett (020-7500 7575; www.nealsyarddairyshop.co.uk)

Paxton & Whitfield Cropwell Bishop -specially made for the shop (01451 823460; www.paxtonandwhitfield.co.uk)

La Cave à Fromage The finest Cropwell Bishop and Colston Bassett (0845 108 8222; www.la-cave.co.uk)

Boxing Day

Ham

Dukeshill Traditionally cured Wiiltshire, York and Shropshire ham (0845 370 0129; www.dukeshillham.co.uk)

Emmett's of Peasenhall Suffolk sweet-cured ham (01728 660250; www.emmettsham.co.uk)

Beef

Caddy and Reading Organic Norfolk Red Poll beef (01747 830385; www.moorsfarmstay.co.uk)

Teatime

Artisan Biscuits Handmade all-butter biscuits (01335 342373; www.artisanbiscuits.co.uk)

Carluccio's Pandoro tradizionale -‘the golden bread' from the Veneto (020-7731 8811; www.carluccios.com)

Biscuiteers Best iced biscuits (0870 458 8358; www.biscuiteers.com)

Christmas in a box

British Fine Foods Reduce work by having a luxury Christmas lunch, created by top British small producers, delivered to your door on December 23. From £24.75 per person (01342 811773; www.britishfinefoods.com)

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