Taste of the Week
Una's Pies are becoming widely available though it was from her regular Mahon Point Farmers Market stall that I bought this Chicken, Chorizo and pepper beauty, a real warmer-up on a cold winter's day and our Taste of the Week.
No wonder she has been picking up Blas na hEireann awards in Dingle for the past three years, including Artisan Producer of the Year in 2011. The pies are produced in Cork "with the finest Irish ingredients and using suppliers we know and trust".
The chorizo in this one comes from Gubbeen and the pastry is absolutely gorgeous. A pie full of flavour and my current favourite. But that could change as Una has quite a list to choose from including Chicken,Leek and Cheese; Steak & Murphy's; Chicken Thai Green Curry; Chicken and Asparagus; Roast Veg and Goats Cheese; 4 Bean Chilli; and Chicken and Mushroom.
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Showing posts with label Mahon Point Farmers Market. Show all posts
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Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Monday, October 14, 2013
Market Meal #6. Scallops and Rashers, John Dory and Puy Lentils, Bromleys and Dates
Market Meal #6
Buy local, fresh and fair!
Scallops and Rashers, John Dory and Puy Lentils, Bromleys and Dates
Bought the scallops and the
John Dory from the cheery crew at Ballycotton Seafood. I was on the lookout for
the Ummera Smoked Rashers but the Market’s Good Food Shop was out of stock and
they didn’t have them in Brown Thomas Food Emporium either but there was a super sub available in the nearby Supervalu where I got a pack of Truly Irish
Beechwood Smoked.
Buy local, fresh and fair!
Scallops and Rashers, John Dory and Puy Lentils, Bromleys and Dates
A three course meal, sourced
mainly in Cork’s English Market on Saturday morning.
Chateau Soucherie Anjou Blanc 2009. |
You’ll find lots of Scallops
plus Rashers recipes on the internet and most follow the same pattern. Fry the
rashers first but take them up before they start to get hard; wrap them around
the scallops, securing each "parcel" with a cocktail stick.
From the local market! |
Heat some butter and crushed
garlic in a pot and brush the exposed parts of the scallops with this. And you’re
on your way to a terrific starter. The bacon is a very compatible wrap for the
sweet scallop in terms of structure, colour, texture and flavour and certainly a
change from the black (sometimes white) pudding option.
The John Dory was fresh as
could be and, pan-fried with a knob of butter and olive oil, went very well
with the Puy Lentils (from Lenny in Mahon Point Farmers Market) and some
sun-dried tomatoes from the Olive Stall in the English Market.
A healthy dessert might seem
like a contradiction in terms but there are quite a few of them in Healthy
Ways, the new cookbook by CroĆ, including Winter Spiced Baked Apples by
Gregan’s Castle Hotel. They use eating apples (Granny Smiths) but we had some
Bromleys from Cahir’s Apple Farm to use up and they worked well (with an extra
bit of brown sugar!).
The spice is provided by a
combination of dried dates (€1.99 for a packet from Dunne’s Stores), raisins,
light muscovado sugar, mixed spice and orange zest and juice.
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