Deli Counter

Our Delicatessen Counter stocks delicious food that can be made up to eat in, take away for a quick lunch, or as ingredients for a fabulous meal at home.

On the counter today...

The breads we sell are delivered daily from our local baker here in Abingdon (Wootton Road), De Gustibus.
All De Gustibus breads are handmade using their own, unique long fermentation process and recipes for maximum flavour and keeping qualities. They are made with fully natural ingredients with no flour improvers or emulsifiers. Listed here are those we stock most regularly but they do produce many more. Most of their breads can be ordered through us here at Added Ingredients (01235 537405) so by all means visit their web-site too (www.degustibus.co.uk) see what they have and phone us to order (before 4 p.m. each day for delivery the next day; Friday 4 p.m. for Monday) Some breads are only available at their Borough Market site and shop so if you're lucky enough to visit the famous foodies market do see the rest of his range.
Listed below are some of the breads we sell regulularly:

• Old Milwaukee Rye
  The American pumpernickel made famouse by New York's Delis as Pastrami on Rye or the famous Reuben Sandwich. Wheat flour 65%, Rye 35%, Molasses, Fat, Egg, Sugar, Salt, Yeast, Caraway
• Six Day Sourdough
  The ferment is started from a tiny bit on the first day and refreshed for days and then on day six handed up and baked to a succulent but mild bread with excellent keeping qualities. Wheat, rye, wholemeal, sea salt, purified water and malt make this delicious special and yeastless bread
• Ciabatta
  The classic Italian loaf (the slipper), specially baked with extra virgin olive oil for days of natural freshness and maximum flavour, the softness unique to our creation makes it the best selling ciabatta
• Tomato Ciabatta
  Italian herbs and sun dried tomatoes give our own creation its special taste
• Spinach Ciabatta
  Succulent leaf spinach and a hint of spices makes this bread truly unique
• Garlic Bread
  Forget the pizza place / supermarket kind and indulge in a sourdough ciabatta like flat bread, spiced with our own herb selection and balanced with garlic to give it maximum flavour. Toast it, spread butter on it and be spoiled for choice
• Olive Focaccia
  Soft and moist with a distinctive taste of fine blended herbs and green and black olives finished with extra virigin olive oil, good eaten on its own, grilled, filled or topped, you will find nothing like it
• Fresh Rosemary & Sea Salt Focaccia
  The classic Italian pre-pizza bread, deliciously eaten with melted cheese or garlic topping, or just on its own
• Complete Rye
  100% rye flour makes this bread wheat free, yet it is surprisingly light in texture but unsurprisingly magnificent in taste
• Walnut bread
  A rustic loaf made with wheat, rye and wholewheat, walnuts, good with cheese but anything else goes with it as well

Range of British and Continental cheeses – including at least 3 goat & 3 sheep cheeses

• Oxford Blue and Oxford Blue Stilton now available in pottery jars
• Snowdonia cheeses
• Small Marksbury truckles, 800g also available
• Cropwell Bishop baby stiltons

Cooked Meat and Patés

• Parma ham: Best quality grade A from Italy.
• Serrano Ham: Spanish sweet ham sold sliced or in one kilo blocks.
• Samekin ham: Grilled ham from Belgium; our best seller; a favourite with the youngsters; similar to English ham.
• Black Forest ham: Smoked dark ham from Germany.
• Salamis: Napoli and Milano.
• Chorizo: Spanish spicy sausage for slicing and small sausages for cooking.
• Patés: coarse wild boar paté; chicken mousse - no pork; pork and tarragon paté.

French mustards

From Le Blanc as with the olive oils above.

• Le Blanc grain
• Le Blanc honey/balsamic
• Le Blanc tarragon
• Le Blanc white wine

Green Tapenade with Pesto

Winner of a prestigious Gold Medal at the Paris Agricultural Show 2005. This Tapenade of Green Olives, fresh Basil, Garlic, Olive Oil and Capers, is excellent as a side dish, as a spread for warm toast or as an accompaniment to Pasta. • 90g £3.00

Salad Dressings

Bay Tree Dressings Dressings and marinades for the summer. All priced at £3.75. All clearly labelled as to to whether the ingredients are gluten free, dairy free, GM free, vegetarian or not.

• Summer Herb Dressing A sensational array of the season's favourites. This kaleidescope of classic summer herbs makes a fantastic dressing that will liven up anything and everything including pasta, baked potatoes and salad
• Honey & Mustard Marinade Quite extraordinary with spare ribs, sausages or pork. A healthy dose of wholegrain mustard ensures this marinade is nice and strong.It's very good on boiled potatoes or serve as a dressing on salad with charcuterie
• Lemon & Cracked Pepper Dressing A cracking choice for light lunches. A light zingy dressing to liven up your fish, green leaves, tomatoes or boiled new potatoes
• Spicy Mango Marinade Get fruity over lunch! Zesty, fun marinade for barbecues, rice or noodles
• Sun Blush Tomato Dressing Here comes the sunshine! Made with a gorgeous base of sunblush tomatoes and herbs it's marvellous with cooked vegetables, meat or fish
• Hot Chilli & Garlic Dressing An intense but rounded mix of spicy flavours. The chilli flavours team up with the garlic in this delicious salad dressing and marinade to deliver real strength and depth. Hot but not harsh!
• Thai Ginger Marinade The vibrant tastes of a great country. Chilli, coriander and ginger flavours that go really well with stir fries, fish, chicken and vegetables or as a snack with noodles. A hot one that is versatile!
• Caesar Dressing The classic dressing, as it should be. The traditional recipe with anchovies and real grated parmesan to add a bit of oomph to your salad leaves

Boyajian Pure Citrus Oils These citrus oils are all natural essences cold pressed from the rind of the fruit. Extracts and flavourings don't come close. To appreciate the remarkable intensity of these oils imagine it takes 44 oranges, 66 lemons and 80 limes to fill a 1 oz. bottle of oil. Use sparingly in place of peel or zest. Use 1/2 teaspoon per cup of dried ingredients and use 1/4 teaspoon per cup of liquid. Ideal for baking, or in sauces, dressings, soups, glazes, whipped cream and frostings.

These are available for mail order - either email us or call on 01235 537405

Oil and Vinegar

Amphores full of oils and vinegars for you to bring your own bottle to fill from or to buy a fancy bottle to fill and take home.
Currently have the range as below - with more to come.

• Aceto Balsamico Di Modena :: Balsamic Vinegar of Modena tbc /100ml
  Ingredients: Wine vinegar, cooked grape must, caramel colouring (E150d), antioxidiser: potassium metabisulphite (E224)
• Frantoio Italian Extra Virgin Olive Oil £1.50 /100ml
  Single Estate Tuscan extra virgin olive oil made from a single olive varietal, Frantoio. Fruity and aromatic, with a mild peppery but full-rounded flavour. Ideal for marinating, meat dishes, char-grilling, dressings, sauces and fish dishes. Some drizzled over bruschetta is wonderful
  Ingredients: Extra virgin olive oil 100%
• Nonna Gemma Italian Extra Virgin Olive Oil tbc /100ml
  From Tuscany, an aromatic, slightly peppery and rich olive oil; a nice all rounder for different recipes and cuisines. An alternative to butter or other vegetable oils
  Ingredients: Extra virgin olive oil 100%
• Extra Virgin Cold Pressed Rapeseed Oil 90p /100ml
  From Hillfarm Oils, Suffolk England, this versatile oil has a light nutty flavour and can be used for roasting, stir-fries, dressings and marinades. It is low in saturated fat and contains omega 3,6 & 9
  Ingredients: Rapeseed oil 100%
• Greek Red Wine Vinegar 35p /100ml
  Traditionally brewed red wine vinegar from Greece
  Ingredients: Red wine vinegar 100%
• Greek White Wine Vinegar 35p /100ml
  Traditionally brewed white wine vinegar from Greece
  Ingredients: white wine vinegar 100%

Other oils in bottles

J Leblanc Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Having stocked J Leblanc Walnut Oil and Hazelnut Oil for a while as a customer requested that we did so we have now expanded our range to include the unadulterated extra virgin olive oil. J Leblanc was established in 1878 and is located in the southern most village of Burgundy. The oil is traditionally produced using only the very best fruit from local growers, many of whom have supplied olives to this huilerie for generations. A clear and golden oil with an aroma of ripe bananas and a light subtle taste of ripe fruit. • 50cl bottle £9.00

Lemon Extra Virgin Olive Oil

A cold pressed extra virgin Olive Oil with natural Lemon flavour. Excellent with Salads and vegetables such as Asparagus or Broccoli. A perfect accompaniment to Tuna or Baked or Poached Fish. Also adds a fragrant lemon sweetness to rissotos. This Oil has numerous uses.
• 25cl £7.00

Spicy Olive Oil

A Spicy Blend of Olive Oil and Rapeseed Oil, with a combination of Fresh Red Chilli and Birds eye Chillis which add a potency that increases with time. The addition of Bay leaf, Herbs de Provence, Rosemary and Corriander Seeds give this Oil not only heat but a bouquet of flavour.
• 25cl £6.00

Truffle Extra Virgin Olive Oil

A cold pressed extra virgin Olive Oil with natural Truffle flavour. Add that real gourmet flavour to your cooking with the subtle bouquet of Truffle. Use with Jacket Potatoes, Fresh Pasta, try a few drops in the frying pan before making an Omlette or fried egg, or drizzle over roasted meats. Scrambled, Truffled Eggs are a superb version of the traditional Scrambled Eggs.
• 25cl £10.00

Herb and Spice Corner

The herb and spice corner holds small quantities of a great range of herbs and spices – mainly sourced from a small local company based in Banbury, Spice Rack Trader, operated by Husband and Wife team, Dean (who is of Italian origin) and Gurdeep (who is of Indian origin). Many of the usual choices are there plus some of the more unusual including sumac, harissa, nigella seeds. If you want something specific, just ask us – we work closely with our suppliers and endeavour to obtain the more different and unusual whenever possible.

Fungi

In the same corner as the herbs and spices are a range of dried mushrooms – cep, morel, mousseron, oyster, mixed forest – mainly sold loose to accommodate those who use a little and those who use a lot!

Morel Mushrooms (Morchella Elata), also known as Sheep's Stomach, Merkel, Dry Land Fish, Sponge Mushroom, or Pine Cone Mushroom. Morels are among the most highly prized of all the wild harvest mushrooms because of their superb taste. They have a delightful, earthy taste that's just right with beef, game and wild rice. A light Madeira sauce or a pat of butter will enhance its delicious essence. While adding flavor and rich buttery aroma to any type of food it can also be sautéed in a light oil, and eaten whole with just salt or soy sauce or can be used to flavor almost any dish. Because of their deep woodsy flavor, the renowned Morels are often paired with cream or white wine sauces and milder tasting meats, such as veal or chicken, but are also wonderful when partnered with grilled and roasted foods. A suggested savory herb sauce is Morels with rosemary, sage, thyme, basil, bay leaf, cloves, nutmeg and black pepper.

Mousseron (Marasmius oreades), also known as Fairy ring mushrooms or Scotch Bonnett Mousseron mushrooms, are delicious, small wild mushrooms more universally used in France and Italy than in England. Dried Mousserons do reconstitute to their original texture, appearance and taste quite nicely, and provide wonderful flavour. It’s a delicious addition to soups, ragouts, or stews. Tasty and fragrant, it is excellent sautéed in butter with onions or garlic for a wonderful addition to pasta, bean or rice dishes.

Porcinis (Boletus Edulis) are definitely the most desirable of the Boletes mushrooms for cooking and eating. Porcini is one of the finest mushrooms around and exceptionally delicious, strongly flavored with subtle undertones that can be almost addicting. Dried Porcini can be substituted for any mushroom in any recipe. Typically a smaller amount of dried Porcini may be used in recipes than other mushrooms due to its intense flavor. To reconstitute dried Porcinis, soak them in hot water for 20 minutes. Save the soaking water for use in sauces and soup stock. Porcinis should always be thoroughly cooked, as they have a reputation for causing stomach upset when eaten raw. In addition, cooking brings out the flavor. Sauté or fry them for 5 to 7 minutes; or cook them in a small amount of liquid in a tightly sealed pan for 15 minutes. Once cooked, use them in any recipe that requires mushrooms. The flavor of Porcinis blends especially well with Italian seasonings but goes equally well with sage or rosemary.

Hot Stuff

The range of Anila's curry sauces, pickles and chutneys are now back, as well as the Curry Sauce Company - but going fast! Also, Mrs D's apricot chutney and gooseberry jam, and the Seggiano range of goods.

Local & Localish

We are always on the look out for local good producers, and some have become firm favourites having been part of our repertoire since the beginning (2002)

• De Gustibus breads - baked in Wootton Road, Abingdon www.degustibus.co.uk
• Handmade beechwood chopping boards - Abingdon
• Handmade pottery by Izabela Borzymowska - Wallingford - www.bella-pottery.co.uk
• Field Farm Fresh for good meat - Appleton, Abingdon www.fieldfarmfresh.com
• Bothy Vineyard wines - Frilford Heath, Abingdon www.bothyvineyard.co.uk
• Free range eggs - The Old Farm Shop, Milton Hill, Abingdon
• Honey - Radley Road, Abingdon
• Brightwell Vineyards wines - Wallingford, Oxon www.brightwellvineyard.com
• Sugar & Spice flapjacks - Ardington, Wantage, Oxon www.sugarandspicebakery.co.uk
• Shaken Oak mustards and sauces - Hailey, nr Witney, Oxon www.shakenoak.co.uk
• Quince Products - jellies, chutneys, marmalades, cheeses - from Aston Rowant, Oxon. www.quinceproducts.co.uk
• Oxford Cheese Co. - Marksbury cheddar, Oxford Blue, Oxford Isis www.oxfordcheese.co.uk
• Bensons apple juice - Sherborne, Gloucestershire www.bensonsapplejuice.co.uk
• Anila Curry Sauces - Walton, Surrey www.anilassauces.com
• Waterloo cheese - Reading, Berks