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Welcome to Riverford meatbox – real, full-flavoured, local and organic meat boxes, brought to you in exclusive partnership with Riverford Organic Vegetables home delivery.
Explore this site to find out more about the Riverford meatbox, view box contents, find recipes and information about our suppliers, read our fortnightly newsletter or use our meal planner. Below are details of the meatbox options we currently offer.
Order a standard small, medium or large meatbox, or box for the freezer, and add extras too if you wish. Alternatively a bespoke Riverford meatbox is now available for a minimum spend of £25 - choose your own box contents from the extras list. Place your order via www.riverford.co.uk or by calling 0845 600 2311 |
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| in this fortnight's newsletter |
Home curing ...
Firstly, curing salts. We put them in the box once before and had some fairly complimentary feedback and, as it is a pork box this time, we thought we would try again. The idea of soaking a joint of pork in brine seems so alien in these days of limited salt intake that it does need a little explanation cookingforengineers and wikipedia do it much better than me). The idea is that the joint will stay moist when cooked and, for once, it isn’t bad science. In essence, salt gets in via osmosis, changes the proteins to form a water retentive molecular structure...
Ben Watson |
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| this fortnight's recipes |
burgers & goat’s cheese with beans, tomatoes & spinach
lamb chops, courgettes & pine kernels
warm potato, bacon & poached egg salad
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click here to view this fortnight's meatbox meal planner |
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| free taster suggestions... |
curing salts :
- for pork
- for pork belly
- for chicken
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