Posted by Patrick Woolmer on Thu 27th September 2007 at 07:42 AM, Filed in Luxury Food
Spanish company, Alba Quercus Reserve can look forward to a flurry of enquiries from ham lovers all over the world when they offer their most expensive ham in the world – ‘Maldonado
Extremadura’.
Set for release in late 2008, the hams, which have been cured for the past 2 years, will be sold for £80 / pound or you can take the entire leg for around £1000!
The pigs themselves reared on the open range in woodlands in southwestern Spain are pure bred Iberian pigs fed on a diet of acorns grasses, roots and tubers.
Want to know more about the pigs or place an order, click here. But hurry there are only 3 units left! (Sept 21 2007)
Posted by Bob Bulmer on Mon 27th August 2007 at 02:06 AM, Filed in Luxury Food
Caviar is a delicacy and one of food’s pure luxuries, we all know that. But would you pay £25,000 GBP for a 1.8 kilo tin?
This stuff is called Almas and comes from Beluga Sturgeon that are 60 and 80 years old and found in the Caspian Sea. Unusually the roe is pale amber in colour – it gets whiter the older the fish gets (useless fact for the day!)
Love caviar so much you dream about it? - this site’s for you then!
Is this the most expensive foodstuff in the world today?
Posted by Bob Bulmer on Thu 23rd August 2007 at 01:05 AM, Filed in Luxury Food
No 1 - Caciocavallo Podolico
Believe it or not the world’s most expensive cheese is Italian, made in the province of Avellino in the area of the Picentini Mountains, and called Caciocavallo Podolico. It’s made from a breed of cow called Podolica (a bovine race that has the capability to adapt to the difficult ambient conditions of the inland area of the south of Italy, which is not only a strength but the main reason for their survival).
In the summer months the herd feed from pastures in the mountains at an altitude of 1200m and a lower plateau in the winter months. The animals live completely free in the bushy undergrowth of the woods, where they utilize their grazing to their maximum ability. They are milked in the Spring/Summertime and the cheese is hung for 6 months before it’s ready.
The cheese itself is rich in fat and protein and costs the same in weight as silver!!!
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Posted by Bob Bulmer on Wed 22nd August 2007 at 04:41 AM, Filed in Luxury Food
If you thought marmalade just looked like a load of orange peel in a jar with a Golliwog on the front of it you’d be very wrong.
F Duerr & Son have taken marmalade to the extreme with this jar of 125th anniversary Seville Orange Marmalade, created with vintage Dalmore 62 whisky from Whyte & Mackay, with a splash of Pol Roger Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill 1996 vintage champagne and garnished with flakes of 24-carat gold leaf.
The marmalade will set you back a juicy £5000, with the jar alone valued at £1,100.
Posted by Hayden Allen on Sat 19th May 2007 at 07:41 AM, Filed in Luxury Food
The record books have welcomed a new winner, the £100 von Essen Platinum Club Sandwich!
“What do I get for my £100” I hear you say:
• Iberico ham
• Poulet de Bresse
• White truffles
• Quail eggs
• Semi-dried tomatoes
• Fermented sour dough bread
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