The Aga Shop celebrates its passion for fresh local ingredients with their local food producers

With an extensive range of locally produced food on our doorstep - the Local life campaign was always due to be a great success at the Aga Shop Ringwood! From the moment we opened our doors, we has a steady stream of customers (we stopped counting at 278!) - all eager to find out more about their local producers and Aga cooking.

Our demonstrator, Diane Van Bueren, excelled herself with delicious, varied dishes and scrumptious tastings. And judging from the empty plates, our visitors were very pleased with the tasty results. The dishes Diane cooked included many ingredients sourced from our local producers. Cheeses from Loosehanger Cheeses, New Forest Goat Dairy and Lyburn Cheeses were very popular - both in our Aga cooked dishes and simply as a sample. Ringwood Brewery had an impressive display in-store, and their Old Thumper Ale proved to be a great little refresher for our customers. It also was the perfect ingredient for a delicious casserole that we aptly named ' Thumping Good Beef Casserole'. Flour from the old Eling tide mill as well as great sausages from Forest Fresh also formed key ingredients for our various dishes.

An egg-laying demonstration proved to be a popular activity. Our very own shop manager Lesley Wigmore, kindly brought in her own rare breed chicken (a Blue lace Wyanandot Bantum) to do the job! Lesley's son soon joined in the festivities and volunteered his services by holding an informative discussion about rearing your own poultry at home.

Visit our Ringwood Shop webpage, to view pictures and recipes from the event and find out what other activities we have on this season.

Our Partner Producers:

Crowe Farm Shop - 01425 473290

New Forest Smoothies. Specialising in fresh fruit smoothies, using locally produced fruits where possible. http://www.newforestfinefoods.co.uk

Ringwood Brewery. Brewer of local ales, such as 'Old Thumper' and 'Ringwood Best', and suppliers of a selection of wines. http://www.ringwoodbrewery.co.uk

Loosehanger Farmhouse Cheese. Producer of various, hand-made cheeses including an award winning blue cheese! http://www.loosehangercheeses.com

Eling Tide Mill. The only remaining and working tide mill in the UK, which produces fresh flour. http://www.elingtidemill.wanadoo.co.uk

Lyburn Farmhouse Cheesemakers. A local farm which uses its own cows to produce a variety of home-made cheeses. http://www.lyburnfarm.co.uk

New Forest Spring Water. Spring water which is sourced, filtered and bottled locally. http://www.watersuppliers.co.uk

Sunnyfields Organic. A working farm, local producer and supplier of seasonal, organic food products. http://www.sunnyfields.co.uk

Fold Farm. Local goat farm, producing healthy goats milk and yogurt. jsholmes@lineone.net

 

 

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