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Antipasti

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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 

Houmous & Vegetables
Houmous & Vegetables
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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.

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Cheese of the Week

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This week’s cheese is the delicious Comte. The flavours are clean and greatly influenced by their surroundings. Dotted with charming villages and luscious pastures, the mountains of Jura in eastern France provide fresh grass for the Montbéliarde and French Simmental cows during the summer. From their milk, the local creameries produce the iconic flavours and aromas that characterise Comté.

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This week’s Fruit

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Our apple of the week is new season English Red Windsor, aromatic, sweet and similar in taste to a Cox apple with a hint more sharpness. You may know it by the name Sweet Lilibet, the marketing organisation behind this variety organised a UK-wide schools competition to come up with a new name and this was chosen.  This is the name mostly used by the supermarkets.

We have added some delicious Blue Queen Plums.

And you’ll be pleased to know, also a lovely hand of bananas in both boxes.

Bananas
Bananas
Blue Queen plums

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Fish of the Week

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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

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Flavoured Butters

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Village Greens 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 Butter

Sage Butter

Parsley, Chilli & Lemon Butter

White Truffle Oil, Parmesan Cheese Butter

Parsley, chilli, garlic, curry powder, paprika Butter

Anchovy Butter

Oregano Butter

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Pies, Pies, Pies !!!

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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.