No need to wait for open season - simply open a jar of Artemonte's Venison Pâté at any time. Richly gamey, meaty and packed with Mediterranean herbs; we adore it served on toasted granary bread, or sourdough brushed with a raw garlic clove and maybe a little apricot-based chutney. The flavour of deer also combines wonderfully with the juniper in a gin and tonic, or the blackberry flavours of a good Rhône or Ribera del Duero red. Artemonte is an artisan game specialist based on the Andalucia-Castilla-La Mancha border in Spain. This young team works hard to tweak and improve the traditional recipes past down by their ancestors. Their range of pâtés has the textureof foie gras, a very characteristic earthy and gamey flavour, and oodles of spice.£2.95 per 100.00g