Ingredients- What’s in your store cupboard?

If you are a novice cook or a seasoned professional you will most likely have a list of ingredients that you always have at hand in your kitchen store cupboard  or larder.

You probably replenish these items whenever you are getting low as a matter of fact and without too much thought.

Store cupboard ingredients are an individual choice usually chosen by the types of food you cook most often.

The list of ingredients that can be found in store cupboards around the country vary greatly and it is likely that no two store cupboards are exactly the same.

We have put together below a list of basic food ingredients that will cover many of the items required for easy home cooking recipes and dishes found on this website and others across the internet.

This is a list of my personal “must have at all times” store cupboard, fridge & freezer contents, and works well for me.

Store Cupboard Ingredients

1) Stock cubes- chicken and beef.
2) Dried pasta such as penne, spaghetti, lasagne sheets.
3) Rice -easy cook long grain & brown.
4) Dried herbs and spices: sea salt, black & white pepper, garlic salt, fennel seeds, chilli flakes, coriander, cumin, turmeric, parsley, cinnamon, cloves, nutmegs, and smoked paprika. Others may include, thyme, bay leaves, and Bouquet garni.
5) Good quality tomato ketchup, tomato puree and brown sauce. worcestershire sauce, soy sauce light and dark. English mustard, mayonnaise and salad cream are also included.
6) Dry sherry, cider and a dark ale or stout such as Guinness.
7) Parmesan, mozzarella, and cheddar cheese.
8) Lentils, pearl barley, tinned beans, tinned sweetcorn, kidney beans and jars of olives, anchovies & roasted peppers.
9) vegetable oil, olive oil, extra virgin olive oil, red wine vinegar, white wine vinegar, balsamic vinegar and cider vinegar. Malt vinegar and homemade flavoured oils.
10) Plain, self raising and wholemeal flour.
11)Dried Mushrooms such as porcini.
12)Tinned chopped tomatoes, tinned cannellini, and pinto beans.
13)Granulated, caster, brown, and demerara sugars.
13)Other staple ingredients – milk, bread, butter, lard, eggs, bacon, cream, fresh garlic, fresh chilli peppers, fresh herbs, ready made pastry (homemade and frozen, or shop bought).

This is a basic list of my everyday basic store cupboard ingredients. Your list is likely to be slightly different as you will add extra items according to the styles of food you cook and the recipes you follow.

For a beginner, this basic list will get you started and stand you in good stead. What’s In Your Store cupboard?