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New Season Produce available.

Lot of new season produce to choose from:-

We have English asparagus £6.00 per bunch.

We also have delicious Belgium strawberries from the Hoogstraten cooperative, which is based in Northern Belgium, where, more than 30 million kilograms of strawberries are marketed under the Hoogstraten label each year. The aroma and flavour is amazing. There is actually a Strawberry Museum in Belgium, which, is also a Berry Garden, with 35 acres of flower beds, 20 species of local fruit, 15 varieties of strawberries, an orchard of native varieties and beehives. £5.00 per punnet. 

The most amazing tasting Cornish potatoes have arrived. Cornwall’s south westerly location and maritime climate mean that it warms up that bit sooner than the rest of the country. Potato growers here reap the benefits by working with the natural landscape as they have done for generations. Planting starts here as early as January in the smaller fields that slope down to the coast, with the benefit of the Gulf stream and the breeze off the sea keeping the land here largely frost-free these earliest Cornish New potatoes can be ready as early as April. These Fluffy-skinned, buttery-fresh tasting Cornish new potatoes are delicious. Much of the very early harvesting is done by hand to protect the delicate skins and make sure they can get the most out of these smaller more geographically challenging areas. You can add them to your order £9 per kilo (as a guide 200g is an average portion size)

This week’s Fruit

Both boxes include Charentais melon this week, sometimes known as French cantaloupes or Cavaillon melons, they are extremely sweet, with deep orange flesh. They are exceptional!!

The large box also has Kiwi fruit and some gorgeous first of the season peaches.

This Week’s Cheese

This week we are featuring Rosary Garlic & Herb goat’s cheese. A lovely soft & zesty fresh flavoured cheese with the savoury edge of the garlic & herb. It is made by The Moody family in Landford just outside of Salisbury and has been since 1988. They have their own small herd of goats which they milk themselves for consistency. In 2014  cheese was awarded Supreme champion at the British Cheese Awards because it was beautifully perfect and the stand out cheese. With a Mousse like texture which is light & savoury it is the perfect cheese for a biscuit or for a salad.

Fish of the Week

Our “Fish of the Week”, this week is Sea Bream or
Gilthead bream. Named after the little gold bar on their forehead, with a metallic sheen and chunky profile, the gilthead bream is a beauty of a fish.

Gilthead bream are predatory coastal fish found in estuaries and bays, growing to lengths of 70cm, and can live for as long as 11 years. Interestingly, these fish start life as males and change sex at about three years of age. With dense, juicy white flesh, sea bream  have a meaty texture, a clean taste and a delicate flavour. Great fried, grilled or steamed. We are including one of our popular flavoured butters just add to the pan towards the end of cooking. £11.50 for 2 fillets and flavoured butter you can choose from:-

Garlic, parsley, lemon juice and lemon zest

Parsley, Chilli, Lemon Juice & Zest

Parsley, chilli, garlic, curry powder, paprika

Antipasti

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 

We have Semi sun dried cherry tomatoes this week. Perfect for salads, pasta, pizza or antipasti boards £4 per pot

This weeks olive is our antipasti Mix containing pitted Halkidiki and Kalamata olives, roasted red peppers, baby gherkins & sweet garlic cloves in a Provencal Italian herb marinade. £4.50 per pot

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.

You can choose from 

Garlic, parsley, lemon juice and zest

Sage, salt and pepper

Parsley, Chilli, Lemon Juice & Zest

White Truffle Oil, Parmesan Cheese, Salt & Pepper

Parsley, chilli, garlic, curry powder, paprika 

Breakfast Box

Breakfast Box ICON

Looking for breakfast inspiration, then try our popular breakfast box which includes Kim’s homemade, all natural muesli, bursting with oats, coconut, almonds, cashews, cranberries, sultanas, pumpkin, sunflower, sesame seeds, natural puffed corn and cinnamon.

Blueberries

Raspberries

grapefruit x 2 or bananas

Large Longley Farm natural whole milk yoghurt 

£13.60

Yorkshire Forced Rhubarb

It is always an exciting time 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 for a period of two years so that the exposure to frost toughens the roots. After initial exposure to the frost, the Rhubarb is lifted from the ground and placed into forcing sheds. Once in the darkened sheds, heat is applied causing the rhubarb to grow quickly in search of light.
The Rhubarb is harvested by candle light to maintain the tenderness of the shoots and ensure that growth continues. This growing process produces rhubarb that is sweeter and more delicately flavoured with an especially vivid red colour.
This really is the best of British produce.

We all have our favourite way of using Rhubarb, simply stewed, in a crumble or my favourite rhubarb and stem ginger fool – delicious

Our grower picks once a week on a Wednesday these will arrive at the market tonight ready for us to collect in the morning it really doesn’t get any fresher, not 100% sure of the price this year, possibly £6 for 500g (slight increase on last year at £5.50 for 500g)

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This week’s Boxes- The Veg

This week both boxes include all the ingredients for our very popular chickpea and potato curry. If you haven’t tried this curry recipe before you are in for a treat. This simple to make, but delicious curry is full of flavour, delicious served on its own or with naan bread/flat bread or chapati. 

We use chestnut mushrooms in our recipe, they have a slightly nutty flavour. The flesh is firmer than that of White mushrooms so are perfect for our recipe.

English lettuce has started to arrive in the market, this week we have chosen a Cheshire grown Lollo Rosso, this classic Italian lettuce is a loose leaf variety with sweet, tender leaves. 

Our £15 box (ideal for 1 or 2)

Spices (R)

Chickpeas (R)

Onions (R)

Garlic (R)

Salad potatoes (R)

Chestnut mushrooms (R)

Ginger (R)

Spring onion

Cheshire grown lollo Rosso lettuce

Cherry vine tomatoes

Coriander (R)

Charentais melon 

(R) items needed for the recipe

Our £25 box (ideal for a family of 4) contains all of the above in larger quantities plus

Broccoli 

Romero peppers

Kiwi fruit

Peaches

Some items may change to bring you what’s best available on the day