Best ways to enjoy curd – Besides eating it by the spoonful straight out the jar!
To celebrate the news that Highfield and Marks & Spencer have partnered up in 113 stores, we bring you the best ways to enjoy curd. You can find exactly where to find our new Passion Fruit Curd here: https://highfieldpreserves.co.uk/highfield-curd-marks-and-spencer/
The ways to enjoy curd are endless. A good curd should be beautifully mouth-watering. An English favourite with a touch of the tropical. A wonderful ingredient carrying a great deal of punchy flavour. Our Lemon Curd and Passion Fruit curd are velvety, tangy lemon & passion fruit heaven.
As always, it really is each to their own and I am sure we may have missed some of your favourite ways to enjoy curd out.
My personal favourite thing to do with curd is to add it to cake mix as a replacement for some of the sugar and butter. Whether it is Passion Fruit or Lemon curd it just seems to take the finished cake to a new level. Curd and cake just seem to go together wonderfully well. You can even go a step further and add it to the icing on the cake for more fruit curd goodness! Also, instead of frosting between layers of cake try curd.
Of course, there is your bread and butter use for curd (pun very much intended). Spread on toast, scones or crumpets for a lovely breakfast or snack. While on the subject of breakfast try stirring passion fruit curd into your morning porridge. Top with berries, and you’re on your way to a sensational start to the day. Stir into yoghurt for an instant boost and fantastic results. Dollop on ice cream to make your ice cream extra tasty.
If you are making pancakes you could warm up some lemon curd and drizzle over pancakes as a replacement for maple syrup. You could also use some curd as a pancake filling.
Looking at slightly more creative ways to enjoy a curd you could make a lemon bar using lemon curd. It can be packed into lunch boxes, served at a party or even given away as a gift. To make this versatile sweet snack, make a shortbread base by whizzing 5 tablespoons of butter, 2 tablespoons of caster sugar, ¾ cup flour in a food processor until it looks a little like breadcrumbs. Collect dough into a ball and refrigerate for 30 minutes. After that, pat the dough into a square tin and bake for 30 minutes at 175 degrees C. Once the crust is cooled, spread the lemon curd generously and refrigerate for a few hours. Cut it into small squares and serve.
Let us know what you think.
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Highfield Preserves and Marks and Spencer in partnership
Highfield Preserves partners up with Marks and Spencer
We have some great news to share here at Highfield. You may remember some months ago we launched a new range of curd products are we are delighted to announce that our Highfield Passion Fruit Curd has been selected in 113 stores across the country.
Look out for this on the shelves of M&S
The stores are as follows:
ABERDEEN |
ACORN PARK |
ANNIESLAND SF |
ARGYLE ST GLASGOW |
ARNISON CENTRE DURHAM |
ASHBOURNE SF |
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH |
ASHTEAD SF |
AYLESBURY BROADFIELDS SF |
BANGOR NI |
BANKSIDE SF |
BAYSWATER SF |
BECKENHAM SF |
BIRSTALL SF |
BLACKHEATH SF |
BLACKROCK |
BOREHAMWOOD SF |
BOUCHER RD BELFAST SF |
BRACKNELL LEXICON |
BRIGHTON |
BRISTOL |
BRISTOL EASTGATE |
BRIXTON RD |
BROMLEY |
BROOKLANDS |
CAMBRIDGE |
CAMDEN TOWN SF |
CANARY WHARF SF |
CANTERBURY |
CARDINAL PLACE VICTORIA |
CHALFONT ST PETER SF |
CHARLTON |
CHESHIRE OAKS |
CHIPPENHAM |
CHISWICK SF |
COWLEY RD OXFORD SF |
CRIBBS CAUSEWAY |
DALSTON SF |
DUNDRUM |
EALING BROADWAY |
EDGWARE RD |
EDINBURGH |
FINSBURY PAVEMENT |
FLOWERDOWN |
FOUNTAINS RP TUNBRIDGE WELLS |
FULHAM ISLAND SF |
GRAFTON ST DUBLIN |
GREEN PARK SF |
GUISBOROUGH |
GYLE |
HAMMERSMITH |
HANDFORTH |
HEDGE END |
HUNTINGDON |
IPSWICH |
ISLINGTON |
KENSINGTON |
KILBURN SF |
KING’S RD |
KINGSDITCH CHELTENHAM HOME FD |
KINGSGATE EAST KILBRIDE SF |
KINGSTON |
KINNAIRD EDINBURGH |
LAUNCESTON SF |
LEWISHAM |
LIFFEY VALLEY DUBLIN |
LISBURN |
LIVINGSTON |
LONDON COLNEY |
LONDON SQUARE STREATHAM HILL |
LYMINGTON SF |
MANCHESTER |
MARBLE ARCH |
MARTLESHAM HEATH SF |
MARY ST DUBLIN |
MILNGAVIE SF |
MILTON KEYNES |
MOORTOWN LEEDS SF |
MORPETH SANDERSON |
MUSWELL HILL SF |
NEWTOWNBREDA |
NORWICH |
OATLANDS HARROGATE SF |
OXFORD |
PANTHEON |
PERTH |
PORT GLASGOW |
READING |
RUSHDEN LAKES |
SAUCHIEHALL ST GLASGOW |
SITTINGBOURNE |
SKEGNESS SF |
STRATFORD CITY LONDON |
STRATFORD UPON AVON |
STREATHAM HIGH ROAD SF |
SUMMERTOWN SF |
TEESSIDE |
TEMPLE FORTUNE SF |
THE DOCKS DUNDEE SF |
TOLWORTH SF |
TORBAY |
TRING SF |
TUNBRIDGE WELLS |
UNION SQUARE ABERDEEN |
VANGARDE MONKS CROSS |
WALTON ON THAMES SF |
WALWORTH RD |
WEST BRIDGFORD SF |
WESTWAY CHELMSFORD SF |
WHITE CITY |
WIMBLEDON SF |
WOLSTANTON STOKE |
YORK |
For any questions or queries please get in touch at info@highfieldpreserves.co.uk.
Thank you very much for reading, to keep up to date with all things Highfield – Like us on Facebook; Follow us on Twitter ; Pin us on Pinterest; Follow us on LinkedIn; Follow us on Instagram and if you feeling especially jolly leave us a review on Google and our Facebook page. It all helps us out a great deal. Finally, if you enjoyed this blog please consider sharing it across your different social media outlets.
Curds for Cakes
INTRODUCING…Curds for Cakes! As part of our new ‘Made by Highfield’ range we are proud to present Curds for Cakes. Lemon Curd, Raspberry Curd and Passion Fruit Curd in stylishly packaged gift pack or 290g individual jars. The Made by Highfield stamp is a mark of high quality, great taste and over 30 years of experience creating some of finest jarred products around. Renowned for top-quality tasty preserves Curds for Cakes ‘Made by Highfield’, is an essential in any kitchen.
Expertly made in the traditional way in small pans for maximum flavour in the South West of England. Our curds are perfect in butter icing on the cake or in cake mix in place of some sugar and butter. Curds for Cakes is the perfect baking companion. In addition, cheesecakes can be taken to a new level with curds for cakes used as a colourful, scrumptious topping. Of course, if baking isn’t your thing then drizzle on ice cream or yoghurt for amazing results.
Baking is a time for family and friends to come together in the kitchen and enjoy tasty treats. Ask friends, family, colleagues or literally anyone to bake with you so you can spread the work, spread the fun and spread the curd!
For any questions or queries please get in touch at info@highfieldpreserves.co.uk.
Thank you very much for reading, to keep up to date with all things Highfield – Like us on Facebook; Follow us on Twitter ; Pin us on Pinterest; Follow us on LinkedIn; Follow us on Instagram and if you feeling especially jolly leave us a review on Google and our Facebook page. It all helps us out a great deal. Finally, if you enjoyed this blog please consider sharing it across your different social media outlets.
The Traditional Cream Tea – Is it jam then cream or cream then jam?
The age-old debate. One of Great Britain’s oldest traditions, the Traditional Cream Tea. Which is the best way to make a Traditional Cream Tea? Is it Cream then Jam? Jam then Cream? Or does it just not matter? Either way, just to make sure we are all on the same page before we get into this, we’ll make some things clear. A Devonshire Cream Tea consists of clotted cream spread on the bottom of a scone with a nice big dollop of strawberry jam on top. A Cornish Cream Tea consists of Jam spread on the bottom with a dollop of clotted cream on top.
The Highfield Journey – Growth & Update
If you don’t already know, Highfield are lucky enough to be growing. Also where have you been!? We have been talking about it non-stop since the beginning of August! Since 1984 Highfield Preserves has been on an exciting journey of growth whilst staying true to our core values of trust, tradition and honesty. We can say that despite growth we have maintained that handmade touch and our founding values. Now in 2017 The Highfield Journey continues as we strive to be the absolute best at what we do.
Happy New Year! – From all of us at Highfield Preserves
2016 is now officially in the history books. A year that will be forever remembered as the year Britain voted to leave the European Union and the year the United States of America voted for Donald Trump as their new President. It was a year full of surprises and events that nobody could have predicted at the start of 2016. Now here we are at the start of 2017. A time to reflect and learn from what has happened in the last year and a time to look ahead to what is in store in 2017.
Our Featured Christmas Preserves
We’ve brought the tinsel down from the loft, untangled the tree lights and picked up an extra box of cards. It can only be that sweet time of year, Christmas.
Why not complete the perfect Christmas story with some of our Christmas preserves. Our featured Christmas Preserves include some of our favourites from the Christmas range https://highfieldpreserves.co.uk/categories/christmas-and-gifts/
We have gift boxes, stocking fillers and standard sized offering all tailored to suit each Christmas occasion. Perfect as a present, on the Christmas dinner table, in a stocking or even as a bauble on the Christmas tree. Enhance your Christmas experience with Highfield Preserves.
Highfield Preserves are SOCIAL – Come and join us!
These days there are so many ways to keep up to date with all things Highfield Preserves. In this ever evolving world we have to change and evolve and social networking is very much part of this. After all, why would you not want to keep up with all things Highfield at the moment. We certainly have a lot going on. Highfield are doubling in size with an extension to our current unit happening right now. We hope to have the building up and fitted out by the end of March. Of course you can keep right up to date with the building across our social media channels.
Highfield Preserves hosts ‘The Big Quiz’
On Friday 4th November Highfield Preserves hosted ‘The Big Quiz’ at The Halfway House in Willand. Thank you to our hosts for having us, your service throughout the day was first class. We were hosting ‘The Big Quiz’ to raise vital funds for Cancer Research. As an organisation we like to do whatever we can to raise money for good causes and to support all those within our organisation.
The Grand Appeal
Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Appeal works to transform the lives of sick babies and children at Bristol Children’s Hospital. Since 1995, The Grand Appeal has raised over £40 million to support patients and their families. Highfield Preserves is delighted to once again work in partnership with The Grand Appeal to produce gift packs for the ‘Gromit Unleashed’ and ‘Shaun in the City’ campaigns. Anyone wishing to purchase these gift packs can do so here: http://www.wallaceandgromitcharityshop.org.uk/collections/tasty-treats
Since 1995, The Grand Appeal has helped to transform the lives of sick babies and children at Bristol Children’s Hospital and the Special Care Baby Unit, providing life-saving equipment, patient activities, new services and family accommodation. 2016 also marks the 150th anniversary of the very first children’s hospital in Bristol.
Bristol Children’s Hospital is one of the UK’s leading children’s hospitals, treating over 100,000 patients every year from across the South West, South Wales and beyond with life-threatening illnesses, and serving as the paediatric intensive care centre for the whole South West region. The hospital is an international specialist centre of excellence for a range of services including neurosurgery, burns, cardiac, leukaemia and bone marrow transplants.