Delicatessen

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.

Uncle Roy's Herb & Spice Extracts Uncle Roy's offer a range of 40, all natural, pure concentrated herb, fruit, spice, flower and vegetable essential oil flavourings. Fresh to the last drop. 100% pure; no additives. The flavours of herbs and spices come from their essential oils which evaporate rapidly when they are dried or ground. Uncle Roy's oils ensure you have the full natural fresh flavour right to the last drop. All have a vegetable oil as the carrier.
We currently stock 15 of these with more to come:
Aniseed, Basil, Bay, Bergamot, Bitter Orange, Black Pepper, Caraway, Cardamom, Chilli, Cinnamon, Clove, Coriander, Cumin, Dill, Fennel, Garlic, Ginger, Grapefruit, Juniper, Lavender, Lemon, Lemon Grass, Lime, Marjoram, Mixed Herb, Mixed Spice, Mustard, Nutmeg, Orange, Orange Flower, Oregano, Parsley, Peppermint, Rose, Rosemary, Spruce, Tarragon, Thyme, Vanilla.

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.

New! 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%

Delia Cheats! 'Seasoned Pioneers' has 10 of their spices or spice mixes referred to and used by Delia Smith in her latest book as a Delia Cheat item! At Added Ingredients we have these in stock alongside a whole range of fair-trade and organic spices from Seasoned Pioneers.

We also have a large range of spices and dried herbs being supplied to us by a Banbury based firm, Spice Rack Trader, operated by Husband and Wife team, Dean (who is of Italian origin) and Gurdeep (who is of Indian origin), and therefore overall we have a vast range of the usual and the unusual available to buy.

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 to ensure freshness and variety. Many of the usual choices are there plus some of the more unusual including sumac, harissa, nigella seeds.

If not included in this list please still ask us – we work closely with our suppliers and endeavour to obtain the more different and unusual whenever possible.

Back in Stock! 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.

Espice ice creams
Wonderful nutmeg, cinnamon and cardamon flavoured ice creams now stocked - to replace these flavours from the Hill Station range which they no longer do. Made with Jersey double cream and exotic spices they are GM free, gluten free, with no preservatives, no artificial colours, no artificial flavours and are suitable for vegetarians. £4.99 for 500ml pot. www.espicefoods.com

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.
• Pates: coarse wild boar pate; chicken mousse - no pork; pork and tarragon pate.

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
• Snowdonia cheeses

Fresh Soup
In response to customer requests we now have on sale a delicious range of fresh soups. The produce we have chosen is from a small company called The Soupery who are based in Warwickshire and have a range of ten soups at any one time though the actual varieties do change accorsing to the season and the produce available. All produce used is sourced within a 30-mile radius where possible from local Accredited farmers and the soups are all additive, preservative and gluten free with no added salt during cooking.
The soup is for sale in 500ml pots to take home or a large cup of piping hot soup and a roll is available in the café for £2.50.

Sierra Rica Tapas
Delicious organic foods from Aracena: the popular Sierra Rica Tapas range has grown in 2008 - now with 7 delicious TAPAS Spreads to choose from.
Delicious, easy-to-serve spreads based on the classic Mediterranean vegetables. Just spread on a piece of bread and you have a quick, bite-sized Tapa to enjoy with a drink.
We stock the tapas and the soups and chestnuts regularly and will continue to review what our customers want and grow our range of Sierra Rica products - we can of course get any of them for you any time. See www.sierrarica.com

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 Hilary Fehr - Abingdon
• Handmade pottery by Charlotte Storrs, Culham, Abingdon www.charlottestorrs-stoneware.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

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.

The Garlic Farm on the Isle of Wight is the UK's renowned garlic specialist. For 30 years they have been sourcing the best strains of garlic from across the world to grow on the Isle of Wight.
Added Ingredients is now stocking a range of their produce - a range that we can increase according to customers' demands.

Currently we are stocking on the deli counter loose garlic cloves that have been marinated in oil with chilli, and on the shelves we have some of their wonderful relishes and chutneys which are so delightfully named!

• Vampires Delight - Garlic and Apple Chutney 227g £3.80
• Vampires Revenge - Plum, Garlic and Habanero Chilli Relish 227g £3.80
• Vampire Relish - Tomato and Garlic Relish 227g 33.80
• Vampire Extreme - similar to Vampre Revenge but even hotter! 227g £4.50
• Pickled garlic with curry ("great with ice cold beer and a poppadom") 227g £3.80
• Also terracota garlic roasting pots and garlic plaits