Food
Shopping with a foodie: Thom and James Elliot, founders of Pizza Pilgrims
by Tom Shepherd
![Shopping with a foodie: Thom and James Elliot, founders of Pizza Pilgrims](/uploads/media/720x600/01/12171-Thom-and-James.jpg?v=1-0)
We hit the aisles with brothers Thom and James Elliot, founders of the Pizza Pilgrims restaurants and authors of food guide Pizza
![OPIHR ORIENTAL SPICED GIN](/uploads/media/100x100/08/12168-5010296001020_T1.jpg?v=1-0)
OPIHR ORIENTAL SPICED GIN
‘A really different-tasting gin; the main flavour is cardamom. It almost feels like you’re drinking the start of a spice mix from a curry, but in the best possible way.’
![HÄAGEN - DAZS PRALINES & CREAM](/uploads/media/100x100/07/12167-3415581153026_T517.jpg?v=1-0)
HÄAGEN - DAZS PRALINES & CREAM
‘As good as any gourmet ice cream brand, even though it’s mainstream. Have it with hot treacle tart and you’re on to a winner.’
![CAULDRON VEGGIE SAUSAGES](/uploads/media/100x100/09/12169-5013683305503_T1.jpg?v=1-0)
CAULDRON VEGGIE SAUSAGES
'These are the best vegetarian meat product in the biz. The texture is perfect, and they’ve nailed that classic butcher’s banger flavour profile.’
![BASIL POT](/uploads/media/100x100/05/12165-01065664_T187.jpg?v=1-0)
BASIL POT
‘When you buy a basil plant, you can crack it open and repot all the different individual plants – then you can have a sort of basil farm going on.’
![BOURSIN CHEESE](/uploads/media/100x100/06/12166-3175460000017_T1.jpg?v=1-0)
BOURSIN CHEESE
‘Just one of those definitive articles – a bit like Heinz ketchup. You can’t really better it. Scatter blobs over dauphinoise potatoes. That’s the way to do it.’
![TALIAN BURRATA](/uploads/media/100x100/00/12170-8000430138931_T1.jpg?v=1-0)
TALIAN BURRATA
‘In the restaurants, we have a dish that is burrata drowned in truffle oil. Then we take our pizza dough and stretch it into what looks like a grissini but just 10 times as fat. So it’s hot fresh bread, white truffle oil, burrata and a good pinch of Maldon salt. It’s glorious.’
![FRANK’ S REDHOT SAUCE](/uploads/media/100x100/04/12164-0041500888125_T1.jpg?v=1-0)
FRANK’ S REDHOT SAUCE
‘It goes with everything. If you’re making chicken wings at home, you can use a whole bottle of Frank’s with a whole stick of butter to make the buffalo sauce.’
Pizza Pilgrims’ ‘Pizza in the Post’ home recipe kits are available from pizzainthepost.co.uk.