This Week at the Market

This Week at the Market

8th August 2019

Hi there

Exciting times at the market as we welcome back Goat Island Dairy, Waikouaiti Gardens and Terracotta Plants. The goats have had their winter break and are now producing lots of milk which is udderly fantastic! And spring must be in the air if our wonderful plant vendors are returning.

I recently had the pleasure of visiting with the team from Ronia and Pippi. Good health radiates from these three gorgeous women. Petra and her two daughters Anika and Kiersten-Anna are the team that produce this range of dairy free mylks and cold pressed juices. Eating well is just a way of life for this family and it made sense for them to start selling their highly nutritious produces at the farmers market.

Their juices are dependent on seasonal produce but all aim to cleanse and foster great health. Where possible they procure fruit and vegetables from other vendors at the market and aim for organic where possible.

Their mylks are made from nuts or seeds and are blended with fresh spring water from Speights.

Petra is German and the girls were bought up on the stories of Astrid Lindgren, a Swedish writer who penned Ronia, the Robber’s Daughter and the Pippi Longstocking books. Hence the name of their business.

All Ronia and Pippi products are made on Friday night before the market, refrigerated overnight and transported in chilly bins with ice packs to the market on Saturday morning. They have a very attractive market stall with tastings of their mylks and juices available. They happily re-use bottles that are returned to them and have a hit rate of about 50% returns.

If you haven’t called by and tasted their products be sure to this weekend!

Best Regards

Kate

This Week in the kitchen

Jamalia is back in the kitchen with a mix of slow cooked comfort food, hearty desserts, sweet treats and a delicious fresh salad. Be sure to call by and taste and pick up the recipes. Stock up at the vendors who have donated produce and viola your weekend menu is sorted!

Pear, Baby Kale and Blue Cheese Salad with Honey Thyme Vinaigrette

Produce from Rosedale Orchard Whitestone Cheese

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Slow Cooked Beef with Creamy Cauliflower Mash and Parsnip Chips

Produce from Blue Mountain Butchery Oamaru Organics Ettrick Gardens Rosedale Orchard Princes St Butcher Caithness Farm Ltd

View Recipe

Apple and Sour Cream Slice

Produce from Willowbrook Orchard Agreeable Nature Free Range Eggs

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Pumpkin Pie

Produce from Rosedale Orchard

View Recipe

Ettrick Gardens

SPINACH, BRIGHTLIGHTS SILVERBEET, YAMS, POTATOES, CELERY, LEEKS, CELERIAC,COLOURED CARROTS, GARLIC, PARSNIPS, CAULIFLOWER,CARROTS, SHALLOTS, ONIONS, GREEN CABBAGE, ARTICHOKES, KALE, CAVOLO NERO, SPRING ONIONS3 TYPES BEETROOT, ELEPHANT GARLIC, PARSLEY, SILVERBEET, WALNUTS & GREY PUMPKIN.

CHECK OUT OUR “BRING YOUR BAG” TO “BAG YOUR OWN” SECTION

COLOURED CARROTS, PARSNIPS, BEETROOT ( 3 TYPES), YAMS, WASHED AGRIA & RED FANTASY POTATOES.

CRUNCHY ROYAL GALA, GOLDEN DELICIOUS, FUJI & PACIFIC ROSE, BRAEBURN & HUAGUAN, GRANNY SMITH, STURMER ,PINK LADY & BALLARAT COOKING APPLES TAYLORS GOLD, BEURRE BOSC, WINTER NELIS PEARS

FROZEN RASPBERRIES, BOYSENBERRIES, BLACKBERRIES, TAYBERRIES, BLUEBERRIES AND MIXED BERRIES

Check out our range of reuseable bags!!

SUPER SPECIAL’S THIS WEEK

ELEPHANT GARLIC only $1 a bulb

“CELERIAC” Great mashed with your potatoes in soups

or roasted are just 3 very easy ways to enjoy this tasty treat.

“FREEFLOW TAYBERRIES” a Raspberry Blackberry cross, breed in Scotland in 1977,

at a research facility near the Tay river. “VERY SWEET” great for breakfast, with ice cream,

made into jam or a couli or even eaten frozen like an icecream.

ETTRICK GARDENS

ON YOUR RIGHT AT THE MAIN GATE, or RAPID 5104, STATE HIGHWAY 8, ETTRICK.

CENTRAL OTAGO. 03 446 6863

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La Crepe

LA CREPE SPECIAL

NEW: LEMON CURD OR PASSION FRUIT WITH LOW SUGAR PISTACHIO MERINGUE AND WHIPPED CREAM $8

JAM OF THE DAY : BLACKCURRANT & RHUBARB

SWEET CREPE : APPLE & CINNAMON DELICACY

Butterscotch sauce
Poached apple with cinnamon
with confectioner’s custard $10
Or with whipped cream $9.50

SAVOURY CREPE:

ROASTED PUMPKIN AND ORGANIC BROCOFLOWER WITH BLUE CHEESE SAUCE (VEGETARIAN)OR ORGANIC BROCCOLI & CARROT WITH TOFU AND TERIYAKI SAUCE (garlic, ginger, onion, tamari) (VEGAN) OR HOT SMOKED MANUKA MACKEREL WITH VEGAN HORSERADISH CREAM

With Cheese or Hummus

And with Salad & Dressing OR Egg $10.50

Waikouaiti Gardens

Waikouaiti Gardens return to the Otago Farmers Market this weekend with a great selection of vegetables plants for your spring planting...

We have new season packs of Vegetable plants - Broad Beans (1 variety), Broccoli (3), Brussel Sprouts (1), Cabbage (3), Cauliflower (1), Endive (1), Kale (3), Lettuce (3), Peas (4), Rocket (1), Silverbeet (2), Spinach (2) and a good selection of herbs and strawberry plants.

Spring bulbs – include flowering daffodils, dwarf iris, hyacinths and snowdrops with lots more to follow as they flower.

Our selection of plants will continue to increase in varieties over the coming weeks and will include our selection of flowering annuals and perennials.

Shawn’s hens have started laying so we will have a limited supply of our ‘Certified Organic eggs’ for sale.

We look forward to catching up with you soon at the market… Lynley & Mark Hunter

POP UP

ORGANIC SAUERKRAUT& A NEW MIX OF ORGANIC FERMENTED VEGETABLES (broccoflower, green cabbage, beetroot, onion, garlic & fennel seeds)

Made by Marie (from La Crepe stall) with Oamaru Organic’s certified organic vegetables

Kapowai Brewing Co.

~Farmers Market Special: Spiced Pear Kombucha~

Pear + Cardamom + Cinnamon + Kombucha = WIN!!!

Our market special this week is an oolong based-kombucha, infused with Beurre Bosc Pear, cinnamon quills and cardamom pods. The initial flavour is clean and crisp, followed by a burst of spice, with a sweet pear finish. Come check it out this Saturday! Recipe on our Facebook and Instagram.

~Kombucha on Tap (BYO Bottle)~
It's been a while since we've had our standard flavours on tap, so this week we've got both Blueberry & Cinnamon AND Lemon, Ginger & Turmeric for you, as well as our special flavour, Spiced Pear.

~Heidi & Dave x