MADE IN DORSET
Nick Marshall selects some fine local foodie gifts
Christmas Condiments
After Dinner Delights
Spice of Life
Seriously spice up your turkey with a fiery
blast of Naga chilli. Barbara’s Kitchen has a
three-jar Christmas pack of Dorset Flaming
jam, chilli, and relish.
£10.50 www.barbaras-kitchen.co.uk
Solkiki won gold at the International Chocolate
Awards – treat someone with a single-estate
dark bar and cold-pressed white chocolate.
Alternatively, Swanage-based Chococo offer
a large Christmas box selection or box of
Fizzy Pudding Chocolates.
www.solkiki.co.uk
www.chococo.co.uk
Winter Spice from the Gilded Teapot is a
perfect black tea for all Christmas brewing. It
features cinnamon, chocolate flakes, orange,
and star anise. See shop owner Jo Davies’
recipe on page 48.
www.thegildedteapot.com
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Happy Hampers
Festive Fizz
Home-made Jam
Cherry Picked Hampers use 100% Dorset
produce. Choose from hampers packed
around a particular theme, such as cider
or cheese, or splash out on the Christmas
Goody Box or Christmas With Love hamper,
which bundles a little bit of everything.
www.cherrypickedhampers.co.uk
Party with Dorset’s answer to Champagne.
Langham’s Winery offers wooden boxes for
single bottles (£3.50), doubles (£27.50) and
magnums (£75). www.langhamwine.co.uk
Ajar Of’s Tracey Collins makes some of
the county’s – if not the country’s – best
preserves and chutneys. Catch her stall
before Christmas to buy one of her gift sets
and pick up one of her Dorset Food and Drink
charity calendars while you’re at it.
www.ajar-of.co.uk
www.menu-dorset.co.uk