Houmos to go with your Roasted Romero Peppers

Houmous & Vegetables

This week we have popped Romero peppers into your boxes and they are deliciously versatile. Keep it simple and eat them raw, slice into strips and serve with a generous pot of our delicious hummus for a colourful, crunchy snack or a lovely little lunch or roast them for extra flavour. Halve the peppers, remove the seeds, drizzle with olive oil and season with sea salt and black pepper. Roast at 200°C for around 20–25 minutes until soft, sweet and slightly charred around the edges. Delicious served warm with hummus, crusty bread or alongside grilled fish.

Add hummus to your order this week£3.30 for 330g pot.

This week’s choice of cheese – Wooky Hole

Our cheese of week – Ford Farm’s Wookey Hole Farmhouse Cheddar is cave-aged Cheddar matured in the Wookey Hole Caves in Somerset, England. The cheese is first created at their Dorset Cheese Farm using pasteurised cow’s milk and vegetarian rennet. Then, they wrap it in cloth and take it to the heart of the caves where the cheese is matured at a constant temperature for up to six months.

This award-winning authentic handmade cheese is protected by PDO (Protected Designation of Origin), whereby it can be manufactured only in the counties of Dorset, Somerset, and Devon & Cornwall. Wookey Hole Farmhouse Cheddar is crumbly with earthy undertones and a distinctly nutty, tangy flavour.

This week’s cheese – Comte

Comte

This weeks 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. This is definitely one of our favourite cheeses. Why not add a packet of our delicious fruit toasts, the flavours and crunch are the perfect accomplement for cheese.

Smoked Salmon is this week’s fish

Smoked Salmon

Our fish of the week, smoked salmon, pairs beautifully with our fennel salad. Perfect for this warmer weather, expertly crafted using time honoured smoking methods to deliver a delicate, buttery texture and rich, refined flavour.

Hand-prepared and slow-smoked over natural wood Ideal for elegant canapés, gourmet breakfasts, or refined summer dining. Whether you are entertaining guests or elevating your everyday meals, this is smoked salmon at its finest. £10.50 (large 200g pack)

Seasonal Best – Asparagus

Asparagus definitely hasn’t disappointed this season, we just can’t get enough of this seasonal favourite. British Asparagus is widely recognised for its flavour & freshness and superior taste. An incredibly versatile product, a great accompaniment with eggs at breakfast or brunch, a perfect partner at the side of your plate for lunch or dinner, boiled, steamed, roasted, grilled or fried! It’s low in calories and fat, full of fibre, folic acid, vitamins C & K. Our amazing asparagus comes from J W Allen & sons in Norfolk, producing 250 tonnes annually!! This is only a very short season so don’t hang around.

Antipasti

Our olive pick of the week are Nocellara del Belice, whole Sicilian olives, naturally vibrant green in colour, these olives have an amazing nutty, buttery taste! £5.00 per pot

We have Italian artichoke hearts this week, perfect for salads, they are preserved when perfectly ripe in a marinade of oil and vinegar, blended with garlic, spices and salt to enhance their natural, earthy flavour. £3.50 per pot

Artichoke Hearts Marinated
Artichoke Hearts Marinated