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Puy Lentils
Here is a recipe for Puy lentils that my friend and employer in London, Victoria Fairfax shared with me. Victoria grew up just outside of Paris in a house once owned by Alexandre Dumas, author of the ‘Count of Monte Cristo’. Tres romantique non? This is a French peasant dish and it is simple yet superb. Maybe a bit wintery for now but this weather isn’t co-operating much so just go for it! Bon Appetite!
Vicky’s Puy Lentils:
Puy lentils, 1 onion, garlic, carrot, vegetable stock, chunks of ham or lardons of bacon, lots of thyme (lemon thyme is super good)
Fry Onion and garlic in butter or oil until clear. Add about 1 cup of water and vegetable stock, thyme, carrot, ham and salt and pepper with lentils (soak those quickly first). Cook for appx 40 mins until water is gluggy and lentils are al dente. Serve as a side (without meat) or as an entire dish with meat.
Christmas Hampers
Jingle bells! We’ve got two beautiful Christmas hampers on the shelf filled with scrumptious, carefully selected deli goods. Here’s what is inside:
Grande Hamper in a basket of 37cm x 37cm $155.00: Karamu coffee beans, Connetable Sardines Huile de Olive, apple syrup, Revillon Sarments du Medoc Chocolat, Grano Duro alphabet pasta, Old Hautere Road Olive Oil, ginger bread men, 2 lovely teatowels, Revillon Chocolat Pralines, Dunshea’s own spicey tomato relish, Nairns oat cakes, Orecchiette pasta, Salsa Pronta di Pomodoro
Medium Hamper in a basket of 28cm x 28cm $85.00: Karamu coffee beans, Revillon Sarments du Medoc Chocolat, Ginger bread men, Stockman’s Orkney oat cakes, Leone Christmas sweets, Old Hautere Road Olive Oil, Dunshea’s own spicey tomato relish and a lovely teatowel
Of course this is our selection. If you’d like to put your own hampers together we would be happy to package them up for you.
Last day to order is 20th December. Right around the corner!
Paella Kits – super cool christmas pressies
How cool would it be to impress the well travelled culinarian or the spice-loving man in your life with a Paella Kit this summer? Think long paella lunches, a bottle of rose and a well earned siesta afterward. Nice.
Our paella kit contains a classic 30cm paella pan, Arroz ‘Calasparra’ paella rice, Chiquilin paella seasoning with saffron, Santo Domingo paprika and just to throw in a touch of New Zealand; Old Hautere Road extra virgin olive oil. All beautifully packaged and ready to roll. $79.00
Ho Ho Ho! grown up stocking fillers
There are so man sweet treats on the shelves perfect for wee Christmas gifts and Daddy’s Christmas stocking…
Craig’s Special Summer Recipes Part Two and Three
If you’ve tried the bacon buttie you’ll know all about the deliciousness that is Craig’s spicey tomato relish. He’s been asked to bottle it countless times so here it is right in time for Christmas. It’s $10 and action packed. We’ve also produced a special recipe, very lovely ham glaze perfect for the big festivities. $11.50 – and also available from our lovely Khandallah butcher.
Relishy goodness
Glazing goodness
Spelling disclaimer: spicey or spicy – both correct depending on which dictionary you’re reading. But I’m just wishing that I’d gone for the ‘spicy’… I must get a hobby or something…
Craig’s Special Summer Recipes Part One
These are perfect grown up stocking fillers and both the Cajun Spice Mix and Dry Rub will be essential ingredients this bbq season. At $8.50 they’re worth a try!
Sprinkle the spice mix on fish and pan fry or on chicken or meat for the BBQ. Rub the dry rub on raw meat for the BBQ or when hot smoking.
The coloured ribbon sets these apart...
It’s a Tea Pea Christmas!
Check out our wee Christmas tree adorned with candy canes and little wooden decorations that we bought at the Christmas markets in Berlin (whilst downing glu wine and pretzels a zillion years ago…). Today I found a gift under the tree from Meg and Scott from the super stylish Tea Pea. A beautiful paper heart garland made up of pages from old children’s books. So cute and a perfect complement to our decorations! If you haven’t checked out the Tea Pea site, do so immediately! Everything is made with love and the packaging and presentation takes things to a whole new level. We LOVE. And our tree looks loved now too.
Our Christmas tree
Our Tea Pea gift
Harrington’s Christmas Ham
You can order your Harrington’s gold medal winning 100% Free Farmed New Zealand Eco-Pork ham from us. What a mouth full! These hams are hand crafted and made using traditional recipes, only the best ingredients and then Manuka smoked for a full, clean flavour. Prices below are per kg. A whole ham is approximately 7 – 10kg and a half is approximately 4-5kg.
Cooked on the Bone: Whole: $25.95 p/kg Half: $26.50 p/kg
Champagne (Fema bone removed for easy carving): Whole: $26.95 p/kg
Boneless (bone completely removed): Whole: $27.50 p/kg Half: $27.95 p/kg
Festive (single muscle ham approx 700g – 1kg): $29.95 p/kg
Turkey (frozen size 4. Must pre order as there is a limited supply): $73.95
Harrington’s stocks are limited so please order soon to avoid disappointment.
Wee wooden toys zipping around the shelves
Speed boats
Kerin Dunshea, Craig’s very talented brother (who incidentally built the deli from the ground up, crafted all of the interior panelling and produced the yellow garden bench), has whipped up a few super fun wooden toys and we have them zipping around the shelves. Little boats and racing cars in red and blue and a lovely blue bus. The fabulous pink bus sold within minutes of going on display but I’m sure if you asked nicely… These will certainly make cute little gifts for for cute little people.
Little bus
Racing cars
