Author Archives: Kim Hartshorne

Antipasti

If you love a pickle onion you must try these extra special Italian Borettane onions in balsamic vinegar, they are so moreish. £3.50 per pot

Chickpeas are a rich source of fibre, along with vitamins and minerals like manganese, copper, folate, and iron, which makes our houmous perfect for snacking on or adding to sandwiches. It took lots of tasting to find our perfect houmous, our suppliers based in Lancashire, a family run business since 1900, are suppliers of fine food and cheeses, their houmous is a simple blend of chickpeas, garlic, lemon juice and olive oil. Our customers agree with us that this is definitely the best tasting houmous, great for dipping and layering on sandwiches £3.30 per pot 330g 

Roscoff Onion

We have new season Roscoff onions this week, full of flavour and slightly sweet,

You’ve heard of rosé wine, but this is a rosé vegetable! Totally versatile, the Roscoff Onion can be used as a vegetable, a side-dish or as a condiment, raw or cooked. They are celebrated not just for their colour, but also for their unique flavour, their high vitamin C content and their long shelf-life. They won’t be around long you can add them to your box for £7.50, they come in a 1kg rope and will keep really well hung in a cool location.

Potted shrimp

Potted shrimps is a traditional English dish made with brown shrimp flavored with nutmeg and baked in butter. The butter acts as a preservative.  Regarded as a delicacy, it is traditionally eaten with bread. £5.50 per pot

We also have our usual fresh fare of Salmon, Cod, Plaice, Sea Bass, Tuna, Scallops, Smoked Haddock, Manx Kippers and Dressed Crab on our Seafood counter this week. To order go to our Fresh Fish section or ring the shop on 01457 852456.

This Week’s Cheese

This week we have Snowdonia Truffle Trove cheese,  which luxuriously combines Italian Black Summer truffles with extra mature Cheddar encased in pure white wax, the cheese has a distinctive earthy aroma and a perfectly balanced flavour, with undertones of wild mushroom and hazelnut leading to notes of garlic, £7.00 150g truckle

Colston Bassett Stilton is now available approx 300g £10 Colston Bassett Dairy is the home of traditional Stilton, their dairy has been making outstanding cheese for over one hundred years. The farming co-operative which was first established in 1913, is still in operation today. The Dairy developed from the vision of a local doctor, Dr William Windley – and they continue to make their cheese in the traditional way, using milk from local farms – all within 1.5 miles of the dairy in the Vale of Belvoir.

Wensleydale with stem ginger deliciously moreish; the warming notes of stem ginger effortlessly complements the freshness of the creamy, crumbly & full of flavour Yorkshire Wensleydale cheese.

The Wensleydale Creamery in Hawes in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales is an award winning artisan cheesemaker steeped in heritage and provenance, and home to the iconic creamy, crumbly classic Yorkshire Wensleydale Cheese; a cheese that’s as timeless, traditional and universally loved as the beautiful Dale from which it comes.

To enjoy it as they do in Yorkshire, serve with fruit cake or apples. £5.50 150g waxed truckle

Flavoured Butters

We have a new range of our own flavoured butters. They are an amazing condiment, one of the best ways to add great flavours to any meal, including vegetables, pasta, fish, steak and chicken.  Just add to the pan a couple of minutes before the end of cooking and baste.

We are including our Orange and Thyme Butter in our Christmas Boxes because it is so good over roasted carrots and parsnips.

You can choose from 

Garlic, parsley & Lemon Butter

Sage Butter

Parsley, Chilli & Lemon Butter

White Truffle Oil, Parmesan Cheese Butter

Parsley, chilli, garlic, curry powder, paprika Butter

Anchovy Butter

Oregano Butter

Orange & Thyme Butter

Pies, Pies, Pies !!!

There will be pies available from Tuesday lunchtime. We will let you know the fillings as soon as they arrive, we do know there will be a beef, chicken and Vegan option along with cheese and onion, but just like us Jo from Sett Valley Cafe likes to use seasonal and local produce where possible. She will see what is best on the day and this does mean you can’t always plan too far ahead.