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This weeks fish is Icelandic Plaice

Plaice is a very popular fish in northern Europe, especially in Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Norway and the UK, which border its main fishing area in the North Sea. It’s also found in much smaller quantities in the neighbouring seas – the Baltic, the English Channel and the Irish Sea as well as around Iceland, but is not present anywhere else in the world.
It’s a flat fish, meaning that it spends most of its time on the sea bed. Its underneath side is white and its topside is brown with orange spots. Lying flat on the sea bed, it is well camouflaged. Plaice can live for 40 or more years and grow to a metre in length at which the weight would be five kilos or more. Luckily ours aren’t that big. 

Plaice is a delicate fish and only needs cooking simply, we like to dust the fillets in a little seasoned plain flour, then heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large frying pan over a  medium/high heat. Add the fish, skin-side down, and cook for 2 minutes. Carefully turn over and cook for a further 2 minutes, or until cooked through. 
One side of plaice has 2 fillets enough for 1 portion £8 per side

We have a number of homemade pastries and tarts you can add to you delivery and available at the shop.

We will have hot cross buns available from Wednesday onwards, baked fresh each day for us £1.50 each. 

Potato cakes will be available all week.

Apple Turnovers – Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday (Friday and Saturday to order )

Almond Croissants, Almond and Cranberry Croissants – Friday Saturday

Treacle Flapjacks, Bakewell Tarts,- All week

Lemon Tarts – All week to order

We have put together a selection of our customer’s most popular choices of the famous creamy flavoursome Longley Farm fruit yoghurt. £3.60

Of course any of our range of Longley Farm products can be added to your order just go to the Deli section and click on Dairy to see the full range that we stock.

Our range of butters 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.

This week’s suggestion is Sea Bass with Garlic and Lemon butter.

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

Herb Butter

Go to our Bakery section to Choose from

Chicken, Leek and Mushroom Pie £6.50

Kinder Beef & Thornsett Brewery Ale Pie £6.50

Beef Saag Pie £6.50

Cheese & Onion Pie £6.00

Vegan Wild Mushroom & Spinach Pie £6.00

Both boxes this week include all the ingredients to make our hearty soup packed with spinach and red lentils. Lentils are rich in fibre, folate and potassium making them a great choice for the heart and for managing blood pressure and cholesterol. They are also a source of energising iron and vitamin B1 which helps maintain a steady heartbeat. If that wasn’t enough spinach is a rich source of iron, can restore energy, increase vitality and improve the quality of the blood. We should all be dancing about after this week’s soup

Did you know our £15 fruit and vegetable boxes (ideal for 2 people) usually contains at least 12 items and always includes all the ingredients to make one of our popular recipes. Our £25 box (ideal for 4) contains the same as the £15 box but in larger quantities and with an additional 3 or 4 items. We also have lots of different options available, some customers prefer vegetables or fruit only, or the recipe of the week, with a breakfast box, and deli items. It is important to us that your box works for you, just message us with your requirements and we can made a box to suit your needs. 

We have Jersey Royal potatoes – spring is really on the way. The Jersey Royal is a unique potato, lovingly crafted and carefully grown on the island since the late 1800s. The island itself is optimal for growing potatoes, with its unique microclimate, soil and environment creating the perfect conditions for this special potato to flourish, £7 per kg, to give you a rough idea 400g is enough for 2 adults

You can still contact us via messenger sending us a private message (we don’t always see messages left in the comments section of our post) or contact the shop on 01457 852456 or text Sharon on 07838 256631

Our £15 box (ideal for 2/3 people)

Lentils (R)

New season new potatoes

Onions (R)

Carrots (R)

Celery (R) just 2 sticks this week for the recipe

Baby leaf spinach (R)

Red pepper

Lettuce

Cucumber

Cherry vine tomatoes

Nadacots

Braeburn apples

(R) items needed for the recipe

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

Conference pears

Cauliflower

Broccoli 

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

Our new potato cakes have been very popular, made for us by All Things Nice in Marple, these are the most authentic potato cakes we have ever tried. They are a substantial size £1.10 each and you can add to your order from Wednesdays onwards.

Our very popular artisan bread will be available from Wednesday onwards. we will have white and seeded sourdough, white and wholemeal cob available every Wednesday and Thursday, Friday and Saturdays we will also have focaccia and French sticks, our bread can sell out very quickly to make sure you aren’t disappointed send us a message or phone the shop on 01457 852456 and we will make sure we save one for you. Bread always seems to be the first thing that people cut out of their diets when trying to cut down, but sourdough not only delivers a tangy flavour that’s perfect for toast and sandwiches, it is good for you, too! The fermentation process for sourdough bread can lead to an increased number of prebiotic and probiotic-like properties, which help improve gut health. It freezes exceptionally well so you won’t be tempted to eat the whole loaf.