Blood Orange Marmalade from Daylesford Organics
I was looking at the prizewinners of the 2009 Sofi winners at the National Fancy Food Show in New York last week. Firstly, why can’t we have a Fancy Food Show, loving the name! Secondly, in case you didn’t know, a Sofi is awarded for specialty outstanding food innovation. Now you know.
There are 33 categories, but sadly many of the winners don’t seem to get shipped to the UK at the moment. What I found interesting was that 3 category winners had blood orange as their lead ingredient. There was the Blood Orange Marmalade from Sarabeth’s Kitchen, the fresh squeezed blood orange juice from Aliseo, and my favourite is the Caramelized Onion and Blood Orange Confit from Brickstone Fine Foods.
So, you could buy your foodie some blood orange goodies, then my suggestions would be the Blood Orange Marmalade from Daylesford Organics. As it says on the tin, not only tasty but organic too. I think the juice is out of season right now, but you could buy the Organic Blood Orange and Mandarin Presse or Cordial from Belvoir Fruit Farms.
I’ve drawn a blank on the confit, but you could have a go at making your own. I can’t even find a recipe with all the ingredients, but this one looks like you could convert it when you get the juice.
So, get them ahead of the trend curve, and look at for blood orange flavours trickling through into the delis and foodshops. And this is a trend that’s worth pursuing, as blood oranges do taste amazing, even if it is a very short season.
New things making the news across the pond // Jul 12, 2010 at 6:49 am
[...] Fancy Food Show has been on in New York, and the NASFT sofi Awards are handed out. Last year it was all about blood oranges, which I have seen making appearances in various forms in delis, but not in huge [...]