Gourmet Recipes

With the festive season almost upon us, Real Food Direct has put together a huge range of corporate hampers to treat your employees and clients this Christmas. Each hamper has a fine selection of gourmet foods, from handmade cakes and biscuits to organic snacks and beverages. Whether you want to thank clients for their continued support or reward employees for their hard work, corporate hampers make the ideal gift this Christmas. Our most popular hampers include the Christmas Food Box , English Hamper , Gourmet Food Hamper and Luxury Organic Hamper . Prices start from just £34.95, and hampers are usually despatched within two working days. We also offer a wrapping service if you need it. If you would prefer another hamper there is plenty of choice available from the website, and for special diet requirements there is a Diabetic Hamper and a Gluten Free Hamper Box . A hamper always makes the perfect gift for friends, family and employees. For a personal gift Real Food Direct customer...

The Rochester mulled berry punch is made from blackcurrant, apple, elderberry and blended with mixed spices and orange oil. It is best served hot with a slice of lemon or orange, you can heat it up in a saucepan but be careful not to boil it. It’s a perfect drink for a cold festive day to have with your friends. INGREDIENTS: water, organic raw cane sugar, organic elderberry, organic blackcurrant and organic apple juices (30%), organic mixed spices, citric acid, organic orange oil. Buy Rochester Mulled Berry Punch

This isn’t an everyday crumble it’s the taste of autumn in a bowl! The addition of port to the fruit brings out a deeper flavour whilst the cinnamon adds warmth to the dish. It’s definitely best eaten warm out of the oven with a dollop or two of crème fraiche. Serves 6 Ingredients 50g Butter 1kg Bramley Apples, peeled, cored and cut into 1cm slices 500g Blackberries (fresh or frozen) 200g Caster Sugar 300ml Port ½ tsp Cinnamon 300g Deans All Butter Shortbread Biscuits Instructions Preheat oven to 180°C. Melt 20g of the butter in a pan over medium-low heat. Cook apple, stirring, for 5-6 minutes until soft. Add berries, sugar, port and cinnamon. Cover and cook for 8 minutes until fruit gives off a lot of juice. Using a slotted spoon, transfer fruit to a 2L pie dish or six 300ml ramekins. Reduce juice in pan over medium-high heat for 3-4 minutes until syrupy. Pour over fruit. Pulse shortbread in a processor to form coarse crumbs. Add remaining butter and process to combine. Top fruit wi...

Serves 4 VIEW A PRINTABLE RECIPE CARD Recipe Ingredients 6 eggs 6 egg yolks 60g Hanbury Lavender Sugar 2 pints double cream 120g caster sugar Preparation Instructions Mix eggs and sugar together. Gently bring cream to almost boiling point. Pour over the eggs and sugar whisking all the time. Set aside for 15 minutes to infuse, and then pour through a fine sieve. Put into small ramekins and cook in a Bain Marie at 180C/Gas 4 for about 30 minutes, until set. Cool and chill in the fridge overnight. Sprinkle some caster sugar on top and glaze with a torch. Visit Bartspices to view the original recipe

Ingredients 1 & 1/2 shots Ursus Slow berry vodka 1/2 shots Crème de Cerise 1 shot Boozeberries wild Blueberry liqueur 1 shot Lemon juice 3/4 shot Elderflower cordial 7 Fresh Blueberries Instructions In a cocktail shaker muddle 7 blue berries, add all ingredients to the shaker and shake with regular ice. Fill a highball style glass up with crushed ice and pour the contents of the shaker. Dome the glass with more crushed ice. For the garnish simply get 3 blue berries of all different sizes and put them on a small cocktail stick. It looks great. Boozeberries

With Swine Flu spreading like wildfire, Real Food Direct has put together the perfect Get Well Soon gourmet food hamper for friends and family recovering from the illness. Tasty treats like the Fairytale Gingerbread Deluxe Iced Pig, House of Dorchester Dusted Champagne Truffles and Farmyard Friends Pig Gems are smartly presented in a traditional wicker hamper, and can be ordered online for just £24.95. Whether friends and family have been suffering from Swine Flu, or the side effects of Tamiflu, they will be desperate for some luxuries to enjoy when they feel better. The Get Well Soon Swine Flu Hamper has six yummy products, so there is something to suit everyone. If a customer would prefer another hamper there is plenty of choice available from the website, for example the English Hamper and the Fine Food Hamper Box, for special diet requirements there is also a Diabetic Hamper and a Gluten Free Hamper Box. A hamper always makes the perfect gift for friends, family and employees. Fo...

Ingredients 450g (1lb) Haddock or Cod Fillets 4 tsp Lemon Juice 1 tbsp Butter or Margarine 1 tsp Lemon Rind 1/8 tsp Salt 1/8 tsp Rosemary Salt & Black Pepper Method Preheat oven to 180°C: 350°F: Gas 4. Divide fish into four portions. Place into a stoneware dish. Mix butter or margarine, lemon juice, grated lemon rind, rosemary, salt and pepper. Pour over fish and bake for 25 minutes or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork. Using dried herbs to flavour Fish: Sprinkle onto fish or seafood before baking or grilling. 5 teaspoons of dried basil 5 teaspoons of crushed fennel seed 4 teaspoons of dried parsley 1 teaspoon of dried lemon peel Combine all herbs and store in a tightly closed glass jar at room temperature. Lomer Foods