Edible Christmas presents

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Prominent amongst my Christmas presents this year were some lovely edible (and drinkable) goodies. We are currently going through a period of pride in British products, so Jane bought me some very British foodstuffs, like this Kentish Cobnut oil from Hurstwood Farm near Sevenoaks:

Cobnuts are similar to Hazelnuts and Filberts. The nuts are shelled, roasted and then pressed to extract their oil, which is like Hazelnut oil, but “with a more intensely delicious nutty flavour”. It can be used cold as a dipping oil or salad dressing, drizzled over hot vegetable like olive oil is used, and even used as an ingredient in dishes like Chocolate Brownies!

It is not cheap but it is a definitely a top-quality product. I bet it would be good made into that Hazelnut Mayonnaise I made the other day.

Jane also bought this for me:

This is not a present for me; it is officially for both of us:

These are Alcoholic Fruit Mixers – Cassis (blackcurrant), Framboise (raspberry) and Fraise (strawberry) – the sort of thing you put into champagne to make a Kir Royale. They are made with “pure pressed fruit juice, a little champagne yeast and just enough sugar to sweeten”. They contain 13% alcohol.

They are manufactured in Herefordshire by Jo Hilditch of British Cassis at Whittern Farm, Lyonshall. This is just a couple of miles from Pembridge, where we rented a self-catering cottage for a holiday in 2011. Incidentally, Lyonshall has a fabulous Water Garden which is definitely worth a visit if you are ever in the vicinity.

So what did YOU get for Christmas? Any nice edible goodies?

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