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Dorset PLENT Y esh Fr s d o Go Stock up your larder and f ill your fridge Local producers! Th e Fo rag ing Fo x Be etr oot Ke tch up Feature your local product here for the rest of Dorset to drool over. Email [email protected] or tweet us @MenuDorset. £3.49 for 255g bott le Ketchup has long been dom inated by tom atoes although orig inal ly we Eng lish made it with mushrooms. Wel l there’s a new flavour in tow n and it’s goin g dow n well on burg ers and fries . Made with 100% natu ral ingredients and harnessin g the sweetness of the beet root and apple, it’s already pick ing up accolades and has been shor tlisted for a Qua lity Food Awa rd. ww w.forag ing fox.com Easy Bean One-Pot Meals Raspberry Reserve Liqueur Lime Bay Winery £13.99 for 350ml Summer’s well and truly gone, but you can hang on to one of its fruity tastes with this new liqueur. It’s a simple prospect – hand-picked raspberries steeped in quality vodka, diluted to 22% ABV. Enjoy it with a mixer or in a cocktail or make a boozy raspberry sorbet. Lime Bay’s other reserve liqueurs are award winners and this could be the best of the lot. www.lymebaywinery.co.uk £3.50 each In the daily swirl of conflicting health advice, one thing is certain - beans and pulses are definitely good for you. Easy Bean’s range of one-pot meals use them in a range of cuisines, from African Palava to Indian Sambar, with filling results that don’t skimp on authentic flavours and ingredients. www.easybean.co.uk Wessex Mill Pasta and Pizza Flour R ub y Cu by R hu ba rb & Cu sta rd Vo dk a Espensen Spirit £29 .00 for 50cl It’s a British flavour combin ation so classic the y named a 1970s car toon after it. Now ava ilable in a vod ka from Espensen Spi rit of Bri stol, one of a ran ge of flavoured vod kas , gin s and wh iskies. It costs more to ma ke tha n the likes of Blueberry Gin due to the complexities of rhubarb filterin g, apparently, but the wait is wor th it for a dri nk that tastes so much of sum mer and sweet shops. £2.90 1.5 kg The key ingredient here is durum semolina, which gives pizza bases a crisper texture and helps pasta cling on to its sauce. Wessex Mill pride themselves on buying the best wheat for their flour and print the names of the farms on the back of the packet. www.wessexm ill.co.uk Ebb Tides Seaw eed From £4.50 Asian cuisine and our mates in Wales have long known the benefits of eating seaweed . Ebb Tides hand harvest their’s from the Devon coast and sell it dried in packs or grinders . It’s a healthy alternat ive to salt and delivers plenty of warm, savoury umami flavour to your food. www.ebbtides.co.uk ww w.e spe nse nsp irit .com www.menu-dorset.co.uk 23