This recipe is for those who love the flavour of Wasabi. We use Tracklements Spifire Chilli and it adds a real kick to perfectly cooked Salmon fillets. This dish is delicious, quick and easy to cook.
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Our amazing Basil pesto never fails to liven up a meal, perfect with pasta, fish, or to liven up sandwiches. £5 per pot
We have a new butter, Chive blossom butter. This is a seasonal, flavourful twist on herb butter, made with the mild, oniony flowers of the chive plant. It’s creamy, subtly savoury and visually stunning with flecks of purple. Perfect for spreading on bread, melting over meats or vegetables, and adding a special touch to everyday dishes. A short-season, small-batch treat that brings a bit of luxury to your table – perfect with this week’s Lancashire potatoes. £1.60 per pot
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
£13.50
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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)
Our soup of the week this week is a delicious roasted tomato, this is so easy to make and the best tomato soup we have ever tasted! All the fresh ingredients you will need are included in the £25 and £15 boxes, you will just need to add oil and balsamic vinegar (we can include a small pot of balsamic enough for the recipe 50p) We use Little Doones balsamic vinegar in our recipes, this recipe works well with the original or chilli flavour. Little Doones is a small Scottish company who take great pride in only using fresh produce to flavour their balsamic, which comes from one of the oldest and longest established balsamic houses in the Modena region of Italy.
If you would like to add a bottle to your order you can choose from
original, chilli, smoked garlic, garlic, ginger,
Gold of Modena – a luscious golden dressing made with white balsamic vinegar, the flavour is almost honeyed but still sharp and light. This dressing works beautifully with sweet or savoury dishes. Try drizzled over strawberries or kiwi fruit or use as an alternative to traditional balsamic vinegar in recipes. £5.75
By popular demand we have included the new season Lancashire Maris Bard potatoes which were in our boxes last week, you all enjoyed them and they won’t be around for too long, just scrub, steam or boil and serve with butter and seasoning, it doesn’t get much better.
Nothing says summer like the first pick of tender, sweet English broad beans – freshly harvested and full of flavour! Perfect for tossing into salads, mashing with mint, or simply steamed with a knob of butter and a pinch of sea salt. Whether you’re a foodie or just love seasonal vegetables, now’s the time to enjoy them at their very best.
New Season English Broccoli Has Arrived! Crisp, vibrant, and packed with goodness – our fresh English broccoli is back in season and looking better than ever! Perfect for roasting, steaming, stir-frying, or just enjoying with a drizzle of olive oil and a squeeze of lemon. Raw it is fantastic in our very popular broccoli salad. Don’t forget you can eat the stems, this new season broccoli has the most tender stem, just peel and chop, cook or add raw to salads.
This weeks lettuce hasn’t had to travel far at all, grown by W R & A K Halman in Cranage Nr Knutsford, we have chosen Red Oak Leaf lettuce. The leaves have a mild, sweet, and nutty flavour with a similar texture to flat/butter lettuce.
box contents listed below gallery.
Our £15 box (ideal for 1 or 2)
New season Maris Bard potatoes
Red Onion (R)
Garlic (R)
Plum tomatoes (R)
Broccoli
Broad beans
Red pepper
Oak leaf lettuce
Cucumber
Spring onion
Bananas
(R) items needed for the recipe
Our £25 box (ideal for a family of 4) contains all of the above in larger quantities
Yellow melon
Baby leaf spinach
Summer cabbage
Fuerte avocado
Some items may change to bring you what’s best available on the day
Our favourite part of January is the arrival of the Seville oranges which make the best Marmalade. We shall be busy making our own marmalade over the next few weeks. It is only a very short season so you need to grab them while they are around. Did you know you can freeze them whole for up to a year. So stock up whilst you can. We have put together a bag including recipe, oranges and lemons you will just need to add sugar and jam jars. Enough to make approx 5 jars £5.00
Seville oranges are a bitter variety that are a cross between a pomelo and a mandarin, Seville oranges earned their name from Seville, Spain, where they were introduced from Asia during the 12th century and became a symbol for the city. There are more than 14,000 bitter orange trees that line the streets of Seville.
This history of marmalade is quite interesting with a few versions where it actually originated from.
In one story, Mary, Queen of Scots, suffered from seasickness. Her doctor concocted a sugary orange mixture to make her feel better and marmalade was born.
In this story, the name marmalade came from Marie est malade, which translates into Mary’s illness. Try saying Marie est malade three times fast, and you can see how it sounds like marmalade. While this tale is pretty interesting, most historians consider it a myth.
In another story from the 1700s, a Spanish ship was damaged and had to go to land. The ship was carrying Seville oranges, and the captain sold them off to a merchant whose wife made them into a jelly-like preserve (marmalade). Unfortunately, most historians consider that a myth, too.
A more accurate (and less interesting) account is that the word ‘marmalade’ comes from a Portuguese word for quince, or marmelo. Originally, marmalade was made from quince, which is a fruit that looks like a pear. This variety of marmalade was expensive, so eventually someone decided to use oranges, which were cheaper compared to quince. Even though the quince was replaced, the name marmalade stuck.
Recipes for jams and jellies that are marmalade-like date back to the 1500s. There’s a recipe that is fairly close to today’s marmalade in a cookbook from 1677, so it’s safe to assume marmalade has been around for quite a while.
We have to say nothing beats homemade marmalade, if you haven’t tried it please have a go you will be a convert.
Fancy entering a marmalade completion Check out the British marmalade awards, this prestigious competition has entries from all over the world. www.dalemain.com/competition-entry
If you are looking to plan meals ahead, take a look at our recipe bag section, we have a great selection of soups, main courses and fish dishes. These recipes are always quick and easy to prepare and have the added convenience of all of the ingredients coming in this one bag. You just need to add the love!!
We have exceptional pickling onions available this week. 500g will make 2 large jars.
We have a great recipe as well, just ask us to pop one in your order.
I know we don’t want to think about Christmas but these make perfect Christmas gifts. Homemade gifts are always a pleasure to receive. £2 per kg