http://test.cornishfoodmarket.co.uk/ The Cornish Food Market Blog en Copyright 2012 2012-05-09T15:07:31+00:00 http://cornishfoodmarket.co.uk/blog/article/tell-us-about-your-perfect-meal/ http://cornishfoodmarket.co.uk/blog/article/tell-us-about-your-perfect-meal/#When:15:07:31Z We’ve put together our perfect meal based on produce and ingredients available at cornishfoodmarket.co.uk this week, send us yours and we might just put it together in another email… Saturday evening the table is laid, best cutlery and glasses gleaming but what to cook - here's our suggestion for the perfect meal this week: - Start with some mixed charcuterie from The Courtyard Deli and olives from The Cornish Olive Company, a rosemary and rocksalt foccacia from BakerTom and a dipping bowl of Monte Pollino extra-virgin olive oil and 12 year aged Gran Sigillo balsamic vinegar (if you've never tried this astonishing vinegar before we'd recommend it). Follow with a 21 day matured fillet steak from Trevarthen's (10% off this month), chips, sauteed or Cornish new potatoes, roasted cherry vine tomatoes and steamed asparagus. We'll leave the sauce to you...but all of our Cornish cream is 10% off through May if you want to fry off a few mushrooms, add a splash of white wine, some chopped fresh tarragon, a touch of double cream... Cornish strawberries, fresh from Trevaskis Farm with Trewithen clotted cream or, for a 'cheffy' twist, with a drop or three of the aged balsamic vinegar. What about drinks we hear you say? We'd say Camel Valley Rose brut as an aperitif, chunky Cline Californian Zinfandel with the steak and an Origin Finca Shekinah coffee to finish. For a different (but equally calorific) accompaniment to the steak try a garlic herbed butter. Take a handful of chopped fresh herbs - parsley, tarragon and chives for example, very finely chopped garlic, rocksalt and ground black pepper, and a tablespoon of lemon juice. Mix with slightly softened Cornish butter using a fork, spread onto a sheet of clingfilm and then roll into a cylinder. Chill well in the fridge and to use just cut a disc off the end and place on top of the freshly cooked steak - how thick the disc is id entirely up to you. You can also use the garlic herbed butted to make garlic bread - slice very thin disks and place into cuts made in a baguette  (don't cut the baguette all the way through). Wrap the baguette in foil and bake in a moderate oven for twenty minutes. Feel free to post your perfect meal below, email it to us at hello@cornishfoodmarket.co.uk or post it on our facebook page - we may even feature it in a future email.  2012-05-09T15:07:31+00:00 http://cornishfoodmarket.co.uk/blog/article/10-off-cornish-dairy-produce-and-a-free-trewithen-yoghurt/ http://cornishfoodmarket.co.uk/blog/article/10-off-cornish-dairy-produce-and-a-free-trewithen-yoghurt/#When:14:12:53Z We’ve got a fantastic promotion this month - we’ve made may our first ever Cornish dairy Month where we are showcasing the best of the County’s dairy produce…   Whether it's Trewithen's luscious clotted cream, Roskilly's extraordinary organic milk or the multi-award winning Cornish Yarg cheese there is one common factor, our County's lush pasture fed the cows that made the milk that was turned into the product. In celebration of our amazing quality and range of dairy produce we've got a month long promotion - 10% off everything. So, dive in and give Cornish Dairy produce a go, and if it's clotted cream that floats your boat, new season Cornish strawberries are in stock now from Trevaskis Farm at Connor Downs. We've got a range of Cornish cheeses to suit every palette and cheeseboard from creamy Cornish Brie to the World Champion Cornish Blue, Gevrik and Little Allet Goat's cheeses and the Taste of the West Award winning Olde Smokey. Don't forget Trevarthen's finest fillet of Cornish beef, as steaks or in a whole piece is also 10% off as is the chef's favourite - pork belly.  And, as if that's not enough, for every order containing Trewithen milk, cream and butter we're giving away a 500ml pot of their superb new yoghurt*   *One per order, while stocks last. 2012-05-02T14:12:53+00:00 http://cornishfoodmarket.co.uk/blog/article/cornish-aspargus-festival-may-27th-2012/ http://cornishfoodmarket.co.uk/blog/article/cornish-aspargus-festival-may-27th-2012/#When:11:14:13Z Come along to the Cornish Asparagus Festival on May 27th at the Penventon Parl Hotel. Cornish Food Market are proud to announce our involvement in the first ever Cornish Asparagus Festival at the Penventon Park Hotel on Sunday 27 May 2012, 11am – 4pm. This showcase of this seasonal delicacy will include cookery demonstrations from some of the county’s most talented chef’s giving you the chance to pick up top tips, recipes and insight into how best to cook with asparagus. The line up of chefs who will be displaying their skills includes:   Joe Lado Devesa, Penventon Park Hotel's Executive Chef and the man who's idea this celebration of Cornish asparagus was. Joe is renowned for having a real passion for Cornish produce whicih is echoed in his style of cooking. He uses fresh, local, seasonal produce, cooking simple dishes which allow the quality of the produce to speak for itself. Nigel Tabb, Head Chef from Tabb’s in Truro who prides himself on a weekly changing menu that reflects the very best seasonal and local produce. Arty Williams, Head Chef at The Cove in Maenporth, where Arty's commitment to using quality Cornish produce, grown and caught locally, within its dishes. from scallops to samphire, his local knowledge and experience allows him to source the very best ingredients that Cornwall has to offer. John Waterhouse, an acclaimed pastry chef who worked in hospitality catering for top UK hotels and restaurants in Manchester, Oxford and Scotland before joining Cornwall College, where he shares tips, techniques and his passion for cooking with Cornwall’s budding young chefs. In addition you will be able to enjoy a stroll around the beautiful hotel grounds and enjoy their lunchtime asparagus menu. Cornish Food Market will have a strong presence at the festival giving you the chance to meet members of the team and see some of the range of Cornish produce that we provide. We will also be offering hourly prize draws for selections of our great locally sourced products. As well as all this entry is FREE!! The Cornish Asparagus season is very short so please keep checking our site and reading the email for availability. In the meantime why not try using some of our British Asparagus in this tasty Asparagus quiche or  Creamy Chicken with Asparagus and New Potatoes 2012-04-25T11:14:13+00:00 http://cornishfoodmarket.co.uk/blog/article/latest-news-from-the-little-hands-garden-project/ http://cornishfoodmarket.co.uk/blog/article/latest-news-from-the-little-hands-garden-project/#When:14:05:44Z Local schools have just taken delivery of their summer salad and vegetable “Rocket Gardens” courtesy of cornishfoodmarket.co.uk and West Cornwall’s “Rocket Gardens” organic fruit and vegetable company. Last year we launched the Little Hands Garden Project with our partner Rocket Gardens with the aim of encouraging local schoolchildren to grow some seasonal produce in their own school kitchen gardens. The schools’ winter gardens were a stunning success and we have just delivered the spring gardens - boxes full of organic baby plants packed in straw - to give the children a feast of spring/summer flavours but also help them to understand the benefits of growing your own food and keeping the produce local. Our deliveries were greeted by hordes of beaming schoolchildren - as Lorraine Evans at Penryn Infants said: "The children are all very enthusiastic about the garden and can't wait to get planting." Getting children out and about is high up the national priority list with the government’s Learning Outside the Classroom manifesto making it clear that exposing children to the world around them is an essential part of learning and personal development. A number of schools are taking part in the scheme including Marlborough School, Penryn Infant School, Penryn Junior School, Flushing School, Mawnan Smith School, King Charles School, Falmouth Primary School, Mabe Primary School, St Mary’s Primary, Mylor Bridge Primary School, Constantine School, Sennen School, Falmouth Secondary School, Penryn Senior School, Stithians School.   2012-04-18T14:05:44+00:00 http://cornishfoodmarket.co.uk/blog/article/our-latest-basket-comparison-and-were-beating-the-big-3-supermarkets-a/ http://cornishfoodmarket.co.uk/blog/article/our-latest-basket-comparison-and-were-beating-the-big-3-supermarkets-a/#When:13:47:59Z Every couple of months we check our prices against a typical food shopping basket containing meat, bread, eggs, milk, fresh fruit and veg - our April basket is 10% cheaper than Asda, 12% cheaper than Tesco and over 13% cheaper than Sainsbury’s   We've run another price comparison on a pretty standard basket of goods and we've beaten Tesco, Sainsbury's and Asda yet again on a like for like comparison. More details of what was in our basket can be seen below: - Milk 1ltr Whole Milk 1Ltr Semi-Skimmed Free Range Eggs Medium x 6 Loose Baking Potatoes 1.5kg Loose Carrots 1kg Loose Broccoli 500g Loose Large Onions 1kg Cucumber Whole Salad Tomatoes 1kg Iceberg Lettuce Potatoes 2.5kg bag Bananas 750g Large White Loaf Topside of Beef 1.5kg Dry Cure Back Bacon 500g Finest Pork Sausages 454g Granny Smith Apples x 6 Conference Pears 1kg Extra Large Oranges x 5 If you wonder how we do it it's actually pretty simple - the supermarkets have a few products that they sell very cheaply - the headline grabbers like bananas and white bread - to be fair we struggle to compete with them on those products (but our Berryman's bakery bread is a far superior product!) On the rest we can compete and more often than not beat them on price and quality. For example, our topside of beef is over £2 per kilo cheaper than Tesco's and ours comes from Cornish beef, hand-picked by butcher Robert Trevarthen and hung properly for twenty-one days to let the full flavour develop. Try finding out how long you supermarket beef has been hung or where it really comes from - you may be surprised. Similarly on eggs - we have free range eggs from St Ewe at £1.39 for six medium, Tesco and Asda equivalents are £1.48 and Sainsbury's are £1.58 - we pay St Ewe a great price and eggs produced locally are sold locally. This price comparison is on products only and excludes any delivery charges that the supermarkets may apply - delivery charges may also apply to your cornishfoodmarket.co.uk order depending on your location. 2012-04-18T13:47:59+00:00 http://cornishfoodmarket.co.uk/blog/article/a-great-time-had-by-all-at-fifteen-farmers-market/ http://cornishfoodmarket.co.uk/blog/article/a-great-time-had-by-all-at-fifteen-farmers-market/#When:12:50:54Z The Fifteen Farmers Market was a great success last weekend. We would like to thank everyone who came to see us at the Fifteen Farmers Market at Watergate Bay (Newquay) last Saturday, we were blessed with some glorious sunshine, wonderful Cornish produce and some fascinating demonstrations from some of the county's talented chefs. For those of you who were not able to make it, it’s not too late to enter our competition which gives you the chance to win £200 to spend on Cornish Produce from cornishfoodmarket.co.uk. To enter the competition, visit the Fifteen Cornwall website . Some of the produce on display, all available to buy from cornishfoodmarket.co.uk    Demo kitchen where chefs like Andy Appleton (Head Chef at Fifteen), Jack Stein and Dave Jones (barista from Origin Coffee) took to the stage.   2012-03-26T12:50:54+00:00 http://cornishfoodmarket.co.uk/blog/article/easter-delivery-times/ http://cornishfoodmarket.co.uk/blog/article/easter-delivery-times/#When:12:17:47Z Please check our delivery times for the Easter weekend We look forward to bringing you fresh Cornish produce over Easter but please bear in mind our delivery schedule and adjusted cut off point. For delivery on Good Friday 6th April orders need to be in by 11pm on Wednesday 4th April. We are not delivering on Easter Monday 9th April deliveries are as normal as of Tuesday 10th April. 2012-03-26T12:17:47+00:00 http://cornishfoodmarket.co.uk/blog/article/win-200-with-fifteen-cornwall-cornishfoodmarket.co.uk/ http://cornishfoodmarket.co.uk/blog/article/win-200-with-fifteen-cornwall-cornishfoodmarket.co.uk/#When:12:58:04Z Local Cornish food producers and cookery demos at the Fifteen Farmer’s Market. With the 2012 Fifteen Farmers’ Market a mere three sleeps away, we’re delighted to be able to add to the excitement by giving you the chance to win £200 to spend frivolously on Cornish goodies from cornishfoodmarket.co.uk. Check out the Fifteen competition page, fill out the form and answer a very simple question (we promise it’s easy…but if you need help, the answer is somewhere on this page). Alternatively, come and say hello to us at the market this Saturday 24th March at Watergate Bay - you can enter the competition on our stand. Submit your answer and we, along with the lovely foodie people at Fifteen, will be announcing the winner on the 29th of June 2012. What else is happening at the Fifteen Farmers’ Market? Over 20 Cornish food producers will be presenting their wares for you to taste and buy, including some of our suppliers, such as Polgoon Vineyard & Origin Coffee. Take in mouth-watering smells and sights from the cookery demos – don’t miss Fifteen’s Head Chef, Andy Appleton, as he takes to the kitchen armed with utensils and a passion for local food. Finally, we’re very excited about the pasta-making workshops! Get hands on & learn how to make perfect pasta from Andy Appleton and the Fifteen chefs. Booking is essential.   2012-03-21T12:58:04+00:00 http://cornishfoodmarket.co.uk/blog/article/something-funny-something-arty-from-the-courtyard-deli-arts-cafe/ http://cornishfoodmarket.co.uk/blog/article/something-funny-something-arty-from-the-courtyard-deli-arts-cafe/#When:12:44:03Z The Courtyard Deli in Falmouth are opening up an Arts Cafe with some very special guests lined up. We like to support local businesses and especially those who provide our customers with a tasty array of deli goods on a daily basis…so, when we heard that following their recent re-fit they were going to be injecting a bit of culture into your deli visits, we thought we’d shout about it. The Courtyard Deli have lined up James Henry and Charlotte Williams to inform, inspire and entertain. James is a screenwriter, whose credits include the award winning Green Room and Smack the Pony. For fans of his work and budding writers, he will be giving an informal talk about the writing industry on the 29th of March. Charlotte is an artist who will introduce you to a ‘New perspective for 2012’ – asking the audience to navigate and contemplate around the domestic space at the Courtyard Deli. Charlotte’s work will be on display between the 26th of March and the 26th of May with a private viewing on the 30th of March. For more information about the Art’s Café, check out the Courtyard Deli’s website   2012-03-21T12:44:03+00:00 http://cornishfoodmarket.co.uk/blog/article/eat-and-drink-like-the-irish-on-st-paddys-day/ http://cornishfoodmarket.co.uk/blog/article/eat-and-drink-like-the-irish-on-st-paddys-day/#When:14:56:11Z Selection of tasty Irish cheeses for St Paddy’s day - perfect washed down with a Guiness. New in from the Courtyard Deli in Falmouth, we bring you three delicious cheeses to help you celebrate St Patrick's day on Saturday 17th of March.   BOILIE (Gold Medal Winner World Cheese Awards)   From Irelands Five Mile Town Creamery, a small farming co-operative established in 1898. Boilie Goat Cheese Pearls are hand-made using pasteurised goat’s milk from herds that roam the lush green pastures of Northern Irelands Clogher Valley. The cheese is marinated in garlic infused oil with herbs & peppercorns. These deliciously soft little gems are perfect for salads, snacks and picnics & the oil makes a beautiful dressing or marinade! CASHEL BLUE (Gold Medal Winner World Cheese) Irelands’ original farmhouse blue cheese was developed in 1984 by husband & wife team, Louis and Jane Grubb on their farm at Beechmount in Co. Tipperary. Pasteurised cow’s milk from their pedigree herd of Friesian cows is used to make the cheese. At about six weeks of age the texture is firm and crumbly with a tangy flavour; from six to twelve weeks, the cheese develops a delicious fuller flavour. ARDRAHAN (Gold Medal Winner World Cheese)   Ardrahan cheese is a semi-soft washed rind cows milk cheese, hand made on farm by Mary Burns and her son Gerald in Kanturk, County Cork. The cheese is made using vegetarian rennet and pasteurised whole milk from the Burns family herd of Pedigree Friesian dairy cows. The herd is left to graze the lush green grass surrounding the farm which lies in the heart of the great Munster pastures. Ardrahan is a deliciously moist cheese with a savoury, buttery flavour and a fruity finish. Enjoy! Wash back with a Guiness and toast the Irish... 2012-03-14T14:56:11+00:00