The Hot List

THE HOT LIST

THE HOT LIST

THE HOT LIST

10 must-buy ingredients and food products this month

Make your kitchen cupboards instantly aspirational with these must-have products and ingredients for January, which include speedy soup dumplings, flavoured butter and a pistachio-oat drink to pimp up your daily caffeine fix.

10 must-buy ingredients and food products this month

Make your kitchen cupboards instantly aspirational with these must-have products and ingredients for January, which include speedy soup dumplings, flavoured butter and a pistachio-oat drink to pimp up your daily caffeine fix.

Cooks' Ingredients Wild Mushrooms

2. Dried mushrooms  

With a more concentrated flavour than raw, simply soak these in water to bring new savoury depths to soups, stocks and risotto.    

Shop Cooks’ Ingredients Wild Mushrooms

Fiona Cairn's Rhubarb and Ginger cake

3. Rhubarb and ginger loaf

The word ‘moist’ gets a bad rep, but it’s the right adjective for this cake that’s extra-squidgy thanks to a layer of ginger and rhubarb jam.  

Shop Fiona Cairns Rhubarb & Ginger Loaf

Showerings cider

4. Showerings cider 

Most famous for Babycham, Showerings’ elegant, well-balanced cider is sure to win a new generation of fans.

Shop Showerings Triple Vintage Cider

All Dressed Up Miso Sesame dressing

6. Miso and sesame ready-made dressing

This all-natural mixture provides nutty, rich flavour at the squeeze of a bottle, bringing zing to sauces and stir fries. 

Shop All Dressed Up Miso & Sesame Dressing

No.1 Smoked Paprika Chilli butter

7. Flavoured butter

West Country butter meets paprika and chilli to create a flavour powerhouse that will make any steak or pile of greens that bit fancier.   

Shop No.1 Smoked Paprika & Chilli Blended Butter

Avocado oil

8. Avocado oil

Just when you think the avo obsession has peaked, superfans swear by omega-rich avocado oil, which is great for salads, dips and roasting.

Shop Olivado Organic FT Extra Virgin Avocado Oil

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