NEWS NIBBLES

What’s hot and happening in the culinary world, in the UAE and across the Middle East

SEASONAL ENTERTAINING

Meats & Cuts, an independently run artisan butchery and gourmet deli, recently opened its doors at The Pavilion, Jumeirah Park. The first butchery to feature a dry-aging room, the neighborhood shop has expanded the concept of a traditional butchery by offering more than what ‘meats’ the eye, going above and beyond in product sourcing and innovation. The dry-aging room offers customers a front-row seat to the process, and boasts a temperature and humidity-controlled environment, air-purification and Himalayan salt stone walls, acting as a natural antibacterial element against moisture. You can hand-pick your meat, choose the aging time, and look forward to a matured, flavourpacked and tender product. The space also features a glass ‘meat lab’, providing customers the chance to observe the meat production process, allowing for a transparent, educative experience. In addition to this, the brand offers a barbecue box, pre-orders of smoked beef such as brisket, beef and ribs, a wide selection of premium meats, exquisite cheese, and hand-crafted cold cuts that are free of added sugars, preservatives, additives, colourants, enzymes, and antibiotics. On-demand delivery option available within Dubai.

Enjoy Trill is now available in the UAE! Created by The Healthy Ice Cream, a US and Switzerland-based company, this low-calorie pint contains less sugar than an apple. Made with oat milk, coconut, cacao or vanilla, the range includes its signature chocolate, vanilla and salted caramel flavours, all dairy-free, gluten-free and keto. Containing just 2.5 per cent sugar, compared to a regular ice cream pint that has 25 per cent sugar by weight, Enjoy Trill is also free from artificial sweeteners and additives – a great dessert for all ages!

Available at Spinneys, Carrefour, Al Maya, Union Coop and online via Shop Kitopi and Talabat Tmart. Visit enjoytrill.com for more information.

DUBAI’S FIRST SALUMIST

What’s a Salumist? An individual who makes high-end charcuterie and sausages. Amr Rahman, a self-acclaimed aficionado of all cured meats and founder of homegrown artisanal concept Sausage Fabrique, traveled across the globe with a sausage pitstop in each city to expand his palate. His aim is to re-establish the connection between food and heritage, and as a result, now creates meats and sausages that are halal, grass-fed, free-range and free from MSG, preservatives and colourants.

Visit @sausagefabrique on Instagram.

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Our community cookbook

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Spinneys has launched its first-ever cookbook “Better Together” to reflect and celebrate the country’s rich food heritage, cultures and diversity. It features a total of 60 recipes by 60 regional food enthusiasts including chefs Natasha Sideris, Reif Othman and Hattem Mattar, amongst restaurateurs, bloggers, home cooks, bakers, loyal customers and Spinneys’ employees, who have made the UAE their home.

Vegan delights

Kind Lyfe, a homegrown vegan healthy snack startup, has launched in the UAE to offer delectable, guilt-free treats. Featuring clean snacks that don’t compromise on flavour and texture, the range is free from chemicals, preservatives, gluten, refined sugar and GMOs. Take your pick from the Raw chocolate dipped cookie, the Fruit mix cookie, the Raw double chocolate chunk cookie and the Raw chocolate chunk cookie. The brand has also formulated cookie dough variations: the Classic cookie dough bites and the Chocolate brownie cookie dough bites, so you can indulge and stay on your healthy eating bandwagon.

Available at kindlyfe.com and leading supermarkets across the UAE.