Belvoir Fruit Farms
Down on the farm
24th November 2011
When you see all our lovely drinks on the supermarket shelves it’s easy to forget that Belvoir Fruit Farms is a fully functioning farm, as well as being a drinks manufacturer. So, we thought we’d show you some of the “behind the scenes” stuff of what goes into our bottles. We’ve got over 90 acres … [more…]
Banish winter blues
15th November 2011
If you find yourself besieged by colds and a feeling of malaise through the winter months, now is the time to do something about it. You’re much more likely to thrive during the difficult days of January and February if you’ve made time beforehand to build up your immune system. Here are some tried and … [more…]
Come and visit us at the shows
7th November 2011
The Spirit of Christmas show has now finished, it was a great show and the new gift fair layout near the food hall seemed to work really well with lots of unusual and gorgeous gift stands, so a really diverse show to visit. We sampled our new Mulled Punch last week at the show and … [more…]
Cinnamon and Spiced Winter Berries Ice Cream
7th November 2011
This is a really quick and easy delicious ice cream recipe as there’s no need to stir the mixture part-way through freezing. Ingredients 1 pint double cream 160ml Belvoir Spiced Winter Berries cordial 100g of Cinnamon spiced biscuits such as wafer thin Speculaas biscuits Serves 4 METHOD Whip the cream to a floppy custard-like consistency. … [more…]
Witches and Bonfires
1st November 2011
Did you go trick or treating last night? The custom of trick or treating probably has several origins one of which stems from the Druids believing that the dead would play tricks on mankind and cause panic and destruction during Samhain. They had to be appeased, so country folk would give the Druids food as … [more…]