{"title":"Drivers","description":"\u003cp\u003eEvery Drivers product we sell, made in Leicestershire. Each listing carries the size, the ingredients and the allergens as the maker declares them, and a note on what to eat it with.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"drivers-spicy-calypso-chutney-350g","title":"Drivers Spicy Calypso Chutney, 350g","description":"\u003cp\u003eA mango and pineapple chutney with a chilli kick, made by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/drivers\"\u003eDrivers\u003c\/a\u003e at their Braunstone Frith factory in Leicester, Leicestershire, where the fourth generation of the Driver family still runs the pickle and vinegar company founded in 1906. The producer calls it a taste of Caribbean sunshine, and the ingredient list backs that up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePineapple and mango make up 20% each, cooked with sugar and white wine vinegar, onion and red pepper. The heat comes from 7% red chillies and a further 2% Scotch bonnet, which the producer describes as a delicate kick rather than a scorch. Sweet fruit arrives first, the sharpness of the vinegar keeps it from cloying, and the chilli builds behind it. There is mustard in the seasoning, which is declared as an allergen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe producer suggests it alongside jerk cooked meats and fish, with a mature hard cheese, or as a marinade to cook with. Try it beside a wedge of \u003ca href=\"\/products\/quickes-mature-cheddar\"\u003eQuicke's Mature Clothbound Cheddar\u003c\/a\u003e, spooned into a chicken wrap, or brushed over pork before it goes on the barbecue. Any of the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/crackers-for-cheese\"\u003ecrackers for cheese\u003c\/a\u003e will carry it to the cheese.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 350g jar. The producer lists it as vegan and gluten free, and the ingredients contain no animal products. Keep refrigerated once opened.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Drivers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53424243048791,"sku":"CHU-DRV-DRIVERSSPICY-350","price":5.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/3917\/1159\/files\/tracklements-mango-chilli-chutney-BACK.jpg-17.jpg?v=1777569933"},{"product_id":"drivers-free-range-pickled-eggs-in-a-jar","title":"Drivers Free Range Pickled Eggs","description":"\u003cp\u003eHard-boiled free range eggs steeped in spiced distilled malt vinegar, pickled by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/drivers\"\u003eDrivers\u003c\/a\u003e at Braunstone Frith in Leicester, Leicestershire, where the Driver family have run their pickle and vinegar business since 1906. Pickled onions and malt vinegar were the firm's first trade, sold to local fishmongers, and the eggs sit squarely in that chip shop tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ingredient list is short: free range eggs, water, distilled barley malt vinegar, flavouring and salt. The producer describes the vinegar as spicy, so expect a sharp, savoury bite around a firm white and a dense yolk. The eggs and the barley in the malt vinegar are both declared allergens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrivers call them the accompaniment to fish and chips, and that is the obvious place to start. They also belong on a pub bar with a packet of \u003ca href=\"\/products\/brown-bag-crisps-sea-salt-malt-vinegar-40g\"\u003eBrown Bag Crisps Sea Salt \u0026amp; Malt Vinegar\u003c\/a\u003e, on a ploughman's plate beside a spoon of \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tracklements-perfect-ploughmans-pickle-jar\"\u003eTracklements Perfect Ploughman's Pickle\u003c\/a\u003e and a slab of cheese, or halved into a salad with cold ham. Quartered on buttered bread with a shake of white pepper they make a fair Saturday lunch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 550g jar. Suitable for vegetarians according to the producer. Keep the eggs under the vinegar and refrigerate once opened.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Drivers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53444203839831,"sku":"PKL-DRV-EGGS-550","price":4.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/3917\/1159\/files\/made-in-england-pickled-eggs-jar-a1b2c3d4.jpg?v=1777570977"},{"product_id":"drivers-1906-pickled-onions-in-vinegar","title":"Drivers 1906 Pickled Onions In Vinegar","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhole hand peeled onions in spiced vinegar, pickled the traditional way by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/drivers\"\u003eDrivers\u003c\/a\u003e at Braunstone Frith in Leicester, Leicestershire, using what the firm calls its secret vinegar recipe. The 1906 in the name is the year Frederick Charles Driver set up the family's pickle and vinegar company, and his descendants still run it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe pickling liquor is spirit vinegar with barley malt extract, black and white peppercorns, mustard seeds and birds eye chillies, plus salt and a sulphite preservative. That gives a sharp, clean vinegar bite with pepper warmth underneath and a small nudge of chilli heat. The producer says the onions are selected and hand peeled, and they stay whole and firm in the jar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrivers suggest them with cold meats and cheese, which is exactly right. Put a few beside a hunk of \u003ca href=\"\/products\/mrs-kirkhams-lancashire-truckle\"\u003eMrs Kirkham's Clothbound Lancashire\u003c\/a\u003e and a pork pie, or line them up with ham, bread and a spoonful of \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tracklements-spiced-plum-chutney\"\u003eTracklements Spiced Plum Chutney\u003c\/a\u003e for a proper ploughman's. They are also the right thing to fish out of the jar with a fork while the chips are in the fryer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 550g jar. The producer lists them as vegan, and the ingredient list has nothing from animals. Barley, mustard and sulphites are declared as allergens.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Drivers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53693516972375,"sku":"PKL-DRV-PICKLEDONIONS-550","price":6.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/3917\/1159\/files\/made-in-england-drivers-pickled-onions-vinegar-chili-jar-a1b2c3d4.jpg?v=1780425717"},{"product_id":"drivers-real-ale-chutney","title":"Drivers Real Ale Chutney","description":"\u003cp\u003eA dark apple and onion chutney with a measure of ale, made by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/drivers\"\u003eDrivers\u003c\/a\u003e at Braunstone Frith in Leicester, Leicestershire, where the fourth generation of the Driver family carries on the pickle and vinegar business started in 1906. The producer says apple pulp, onions and mixed fruits are brought together into something so more-ish you will struggle to put it back in the fridge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eApple pulp leads, followed by rehydrated onions and sugar, then the ale and a mix of sultanas, currants and candied peel. That is a sweet, fruity chutney with the onion and ale giving it a savoury, malty base rather than a jammy one. The ale brings gluten, and there are sulphites in the apple pulp and the peel, so both are declared as allergens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a ploughman's chutney first: cut a wedge of \u003ca href=\"\/products\/wookey-hole-cave-aged-cheddar\"\u003eWookey Hole Cave Aged Cheddar\u003c\/a\u003e, add cold ham, a pickled onion or two and a hunk of bread, and let the chutney do the rest. It also works in a cheese toastie, under the lid of a pork pie, or spooned over sausages with mash. Any of the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/crackers-for-cheese\"\u003ecrackers for cheese\u003c\/a\u003e will carry it happily.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 350g jar. Suitable for vegetarians according to the producer. Refrigerate once opened.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Drivers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53706552508759,"sku":"CHU-DRV-REALALE-350","price":4.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/3917\/1159\/files\/made-in-england-drivers-real-ale-chutney-jar-a1b2c3.jpg?v=1780536862"},{"product_id":"drivers-chunky-piccalilli-350g","title":"Drivers Chunky Piccalilli","description":"\u003cp\u003eA mustard pickle with the vegetables left in chunks, made by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/drivers\"\u003eDrivers\u003c\/a\u003e at Braunstone Frith in Leicester, Leicestershire, where the Driver family have pickled since 1906 and, the firm says, still make things in the same tradition as their founder. Vegetables account for 55% of the jar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThose vegetables are rehydrated onion, cauliflower and gherkin in variable proportions, held in a sauce of barley malt vinegar, water and sugar, thickened with maize starch and coloured and flavoured with turmeric and mustard. Expect the classic piccalilli balance: sharp vinegar, sweetness behind it, and the mustard and turmeric giving it that yellow, nose-tingling edge. The pieces keep some bite rather than collapsing into the sauce.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt belongs with a pork pie, cold ham, or a plate of cheese. Try it against a crumbly \u003ca href=\"\/products\/mrs-kirkhams-lancashire-truckle\"\u003eMrs Kirkham's Clothbound Lancashire\u003c\/a\u003e or a wedge of \u003ca href=\"\/products\/long-clawson-blue-stilton\"\u003eLong Clawson Blue Stilton\u003c\/a\u003e, or use it to sharpen up a gammon sandwich. With \u003ca href=\"\/products\/drivers-free-range-pickled-eggs-in-a-jar\"\u003eDrivers Free Range Pickled Eggs\u003c\/a\u003e and a slice of bread it makes a chip shop supper without the chips.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 350g jar. Mustard and barley are declared as allergens. The ingredient list contains nothing from animals, so it suits vegetarians and vegans. Refrigerate once opened.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Drivers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53865244098903,"sku":"REL-DVR-PICCALILLI-350","price":5.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/3917\/1159\/files\/1000_dvr084.jpg?v=1782336934"},{"product_id":"drivers-sundried-tomato-chutney-350g","title":"Drivers Sundried Tomato Chutney 350g","description":"\u003cp\u003eA tomato chutney with a chilli edge, made by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/drivers\"\u003eDrivers\u003c\/a\u003e at Braunstone Frith in Leicester, Leicestershire, the fourth generation family pickle firm founded in 1906. The producer describes it as a blend of sundried and cherry tomatoes with chilli and paprika.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCherry tomatoes make up 30% and sundried tomato purée another 12%, cooked with onion, apple, light brown sugar and red wine vinegar. Red chilli, garlic, olive oil and paprika round it out. That is a deep, sweet-sharp tomato flavour with the concentrated savouriness of the sundried fruit, a little smokiness from the paprika and a modest heat from the chilli. Sulphites, from the sundried tomatoes and the apple, are declared as an allergen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrivers suggest it as a dip, spread on crackers, or stirred into recipes. Spoon it onto \u003ca href=\"\/products\/peters-yard-original-sourdough-crackers\"\u003ePeter's Yard Original Sourdough Crackers\u003c\/a\u003e with a slice of hard cheese, work it into a cheddar sandwich, or dollop it beside a sausage roll. A spoonful stirred through pasta with a handful of grated \u003ca href=\"\/products\/quickes-mature-cheddar\"\u003eQuicke's Mature Clothbound Cheddar\u003c\/a\u003e makes a quick supper.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 350g jar. The producer lists it as vegan and gluten free, and there is nothing from animals in the ingredients. Refrigerate once opened.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Drivers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53865244131671,"sku":"CHU-DVR-SUNDTOMATO-350","price":5.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/3917\/1159\/files\/1000_dvr088.jpg?v=1782336935"}],"url":"https:\/\/madeinengland.com\/collections\/drivers.oembed","provider":"Made In England","version":"1.0","type":"link"}