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Bringing home the bacon

Serve up a festive feast As you can imagine, when it came to
choosing a supplier for our bacon and
Christmas gammon, we knew we had to
have something pretty special. Thankfully,
we found Maynard’s Farm, and pretty
special is all they know. You don’t just have
to take our word for it either, they were
celebrated in Rick Stein’s Food Heroes
book of great British producers.
We caught up with owners Rob and out by hand, salt for a week and hang it
Fiona Cunningham at their small holding in for up to a month. Then, if smoked, it’s over
Shropshire, where they have a farm shop, locally-sourced oak chippings for two days.
traditional smokehouse and even offer This allows all the flavours to come through.
pork butchery, bacon curing and sausage The gammon, which we have available for
making courses once a month. Rob is a Christmas, is cured in the Cheshire style
former agriculture student and Fiona with Nantwich Salt and Demerara for a
a Cordon Bleu trained chef. Good food rich and sweet flavour, we think is the
is clearly a way of life for them. perfect addition to your Christmas
dinner spread.

Their passion means that they do things the
old-fashioned way. The bacon is from locally £12.99
MAYNARD'S SWEET CURED
sourced, outdoor-reared pigs. They bone GAMMON UNCOOKED 1.1kg

❅ ❄

£16.99 £6.50
TRUFFLE HUNTER CONDIMENT SELECTION TRUFFLE HUNTER
WHITE TRUFFLE HONEY 60g, BLACK TRUFFLE BUTTER
BLACK TRUFFLE MUSTARD 50g 100g
AND FLAKED BLACK TRUFFLE SEA SALT 40g

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