Chef ingredients

Chef's Ingredients: The Building Blocks of Great Cooking Some ingredients don't just add flavour, they transform a dish entirely. Our Chef's Ingredients collection brings together over 100 specialist pantry staples, artisan condiments and hard-to-find cooking ingredients used by professional chefs and passionate home cooks alike. Hand-picked by our team, stocked across our four London stores and chosen because they make the food you cook genuinely better. Preserved & Fermented Beldi preserved lemons from Belazu are the anchor of this collection, a fridge staple for tagines, grain salads and dressings that fresh lemon can't replicate. Alongside: non-pareilles capers, Perello salted capers, pomegranate molasses, and artisan miso pastes from Yutaka and Clearspring. Specialist Pastes & Bases Mae Ploy red and green curry pastes. Belazu rose harissa. Gochujang, tamarind, tom yum paste, wasabi and Isle of Wight black garlic purée. Flavour bases covering Persian, Japanese, Korean, Mexican, Thai and North African cooking. Umami Builders Ortiz and Zallo anchovies dissolve into sauces and dressings, adding depth without fishiness. Geo Watkins Mushroom Ketchup, Henderson Relish, Pommery Moutarde de Meaux, Kikkoman and Lee Kum Kee soy sauces, Yutaka mirin and Shimaya bonito dashi: the ingredients that make food taste like it came from somewhere that knows what it's doing. Specialist Oils & Vinegars Tartufi Morra white and black truffle oils. Toasted sesame oil. Belazu balsamic glaze. Yutaka rice vinegar. Bragg apple cider vinegar with the mother. Odysea pomegranate molasses. Chef-Quality Fats & Stocks Cooks & Co duck fat for the crispest roast potatoes you'll ever make. Happy Butter ghee. Longmans farmhouse butter. Freja bone broths (beef, chicken and fish), Borough Broth and Potts stocks. Specialist Grains, Rices & Flours Bomba rice for paella. Belazu arborio for risotto. Palestinian freekeh and maftoul couscous from Zaytoun. Chickpea flour, masa harina, ground almonds, cacao powder and pine kernels. Specialist Tinned & Jarred Goods Rega San Marzano DOP tomatoes, grown in volcanic soil and categorically different from standard tinned tomatoes. Large-format Spanish pulses from El Navarrico and Navarrico. Odysea flame-roasted peppers, Belazu semi-dried balsamic tomatoes, artichoke hearts and dried shiitake and forest mushrooms. The Finishing Details Maldon sea salt flakes. Saffron. La Chinata smoked paprika. Zaytoun za'atar. Pimentos de padrón. Fresh kaffir lime, tomatillos, shallots and turmeric: the ingredients you can usually only find when you know exactly where to look. Available online with UK-wide delivery, or click and collect from our stores in Islington, Highbury and Walthamstow.