Olives

We are featuring two special olives this week:Nocellara del Belice, whole Sicilian olives, naturally vibrant green in colour, these olives have an amazing nutty, buttery taste! £5.00 per pot and Gordal olives from Andalucia, with a firm bite and mild refreshing flavour. Gordal means the ‘Fat One’ in Spanish – it is a table olive with[...]

This Week’s Fish – Sea Bass and Salmon

Once again Sea Bass or Salmon will both go perfectly with this week’s recipe – Vietnamese Mangetout Salad. To finish the dish baste the fish in our new Coriander and Chilli Flavoured Butter. To order go to the fresh fish section and click on sea Bass or Salmon or mention[...]

Easter Weekend Hours

We will be open as normal this week just closing a little earlier on Good Friday 1.30pm If you would like fish for Thursday, Friday or Saturday if you could please let us know by 4pm Tuesday to avoid disappointment. All deliveries as normal this week, we just ask for[...]

Amalfi Lemons

We are excited to have Amalfi lemons this week. Grown on the Italian Amalfi coast they are definitely the queen of lemons. These unusually large and fragrant fruit are grown on cliff-side terraces. Here, the groves have long played an important role in preventing landslips, and the harvest is done[...]

Cheeses of the Week

Grated Grana Padano, which is made throughout the Po River Valley in north eastern Italy, made from unpasteurised, semi-skimmed milk and generally aged for two years. At the end of the cheese-making process, Grana Padano develops a firm, thick and deeply straw-coloured rind protecting the fragrant, dry, flaking interior. Grana means[...]

Fresh Fish of the Week – Plaice

This weeks fish is Icelandic Plaice Plaice is a very popular fish in northern Europe, especially in Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Norway and the UK, which border its main fishing area in the North Sea. It’s also found in much smaller quantities in the neighbouring seas – the Baltic, the English[...]

Cheese of the Week – Valentines

This cheese is made by a tiny family owned fromagerie Les Cateliers in Buchy, in the Seine-Maritime region in Normandy. Neufchâtel is a soft, slightly crumbly, mold-ripened cheese made in the Neufachatel-en-Bray. One of the oldest kinds of cheese in France, its production is believed to date back to the 6th century.[...]

Rhubarb!!!

It is always exciting in the shop when the first of the Yorkshire forced rhubarb arrives, Slender and bright pink, this elegant British speciality is ‘forced’ in the famously dark growing sheds of Yorkshire’s rhubarb triangle. Yorkshire Forced Rhubarb is an out of season rhubarb that is first grown outside[...]

Fresh Fish – Cod with Village Green Lemon, Caper and Chilli Butter

Our fish of the week is Scottish cod, sourced from the North East coast of Scotland. We collect fresh everyday from the market. 2 x 200g portions with our caper and chilli butter £15.50

Selection of Winter Tomatoes

This beautiful selection of winter tomatoes are perfect for adding to salads, their colour and shape make a very impressive tomato platter. Mar Azul (Marazul) a delicious variety of tomato with delicate blue, purple and pink tones with a fruity flavour, juicy with a scent of plum and green tomato.[...]

Village Greens Pastries

Potato cakes will be available all week…. Apple Turnovers – Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday (Friday and Saturday to order ) Almond Croissants, Almond and Rhubarb Croissants – Friday Saturday Treacle Flapjacks, Bakewell Tarts,- All week Lemon Tarts – All week to order.