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NO TRICKS, JUST TREATS! A HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR ISSUE RESTAURANTS, COCKTAILS, TEA ROOMS, RECIPES
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Editor Nicola Knight nicola@caruentertainment.co.uk Feature Editor David Heath food.drink.cardiff@gmail.com Twitter: @CaruFoodMag Facebook: CaruEntertainment Instagram: @CaruFood 3 5 6 12 16 20 24 25 27 30
Foreword Bearing the Fruits Cream of the Crop Spooktacular Recipes National Pizza Month Hidden Gems Bring Home the Bacon Shop Local Trick or Treat Christmas Markets
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FOREWORD With a passion for great food and drinks, a love for Wales and a desire to shout about these from a roof top, CARU FOOD was born! This magazine has been created to support as many of the awesome companies within the Food & Drinks industry, particularly in Wales, to land on your doorstep free of charge, showing you where to eat, where to drink, or where to buy from. With so many franchises selling processed foods, so many added nasties hidden in mass produced products, and so much worry over ethically sourced ingredients, switching to a local, independent business will not only support the local economy, but you can know exactly what you eat and drink! Let’s give our farmers, producers, brewers and manufacturers a stronger voice. We are very new and welcome all feedback. In the meantime we do hope you enjoy reading!
Nicola Knight
FRESH. HOME-MADE. SEASONAL.
Can’t cook, won’t cook or haven’t got time to cook? Cooked From Scratch caters for those who care about what they eat and where their food comes from. Everything is made 100% from scratch. There are no bought-in products or processed foods. Just high quality, seasonal ingredients used, to produce fantastic food.
Catering
If you’re looking for help with an office lunch, works party or family celebration, speak to me. A wide variety of hot and cold options to suit all budgets is available and dietary requirements can be catered for.
Dine at Home Holding a dinner party?
Whether you require the full dinner party treatment (including service), or want to finish the cooking yourself (so it looks like you’ve done all the hard work) I can help. I can provide menu options for you, or work with you to create your own.
Fill Your Freezer
Seasonal Cooked From Scratch ‘ready meals’ are available on my website all made with high quality ingredients. You can order just a few for those busy days or stock your freezer. Home delivery is available across South Wales.
Call Claire on 07516 255652 or visit w w w. c o o k e d f r o m s c r a t c h . c o . u k
Bearing the Fruits Claire Davies, Owner of Cooked From Scratch is definitely bearing the fruits from her hard work and efforts. Just ask her customers!
Dave Dean, MD of Risk Monitor, Llantrisant Supplied with Lunch Buffet “I just wanted to say how impressed we were with your (Cooked from Scratch) buffet on Monday. The food arrived in plenty of time and was presented beautifully with a professionally produced menu of ingredients. The flavours were fantastic and the leek and cheese tart was just awesome. Our guests were hugely impressed and asked me to pass on their “compliments to the chef”. I’ve no doubt that this will be just one of many more such buffets. Thanks again.”
Cream of the Crop What a year it has been for our Welsh Food and Drinks companies! The Great Taste Awards saw so many taking away awards, be it a 1 Star Award or a Golden Fork Award! We want you to support these companies to help them go from strength to strength, so here they are listed for you to see! GOLDEN FORK AWARDS: Apple Country Cider Co for their Dabinett Medium Hilltop Honey fo their Raw Thyme Honey
3 STAR AWARDS:
Apple Country Cider Co, Bodnant Welsh Food, Dawn Meats, Hilltop Honey Ltd
2 STAR AWARDS:
Black Mountain Gold Chocolate, Bodnant Welsh Food, Calon Wen, Cathryn Cariad Chocolate, COSTIS TRADING LTD, Cryms Cyf, Dawn Meats, Felin Talgarth Mill Ltd, Firstleaf Produce, Footprint Coffee Ltd, Glam Lamb, Gower View Foods Ltd, Hawarden Estate Farm Shop, Mon ar Lwy, Moody Farm Shop (Cefn Mably), Neuadd Fach Baconry, P.J. & R.P. Best Ltd, Radnor Preserves, SA Brain & Co. Ltd, Selwyn’s Seafoods Ltd, Talar, The Untapped Brewing Company Ltd, Traditional Fine Foods.
1 STAR AWARDS:
A.J. Pugh Butchers, Apple Country Cider Co, Arla Foods, Bim’s Kitchen, Black Mountain Roast Ltd, Blas ar Fwyd Cyf, Bragdy Lleu Cyf, CDT Sidoli, CK Food & Drinks Ltd (The Coconut Kitchen), Celtic Country Wines, Cighowatsonmeats, Cilgwenyn Bee Farm, Conti’s Cafe, COSTIS TRADING LTD, Cryms Cyf, Dangerous Food Company Ltd, Estelle’s Gower Goodies, Fire and Ice, Firstleaf Produce, Footprint Coffee Ltd, Glam Lamb, Gorg Cakes Ltd, Grocery Box, Hawarden Estate Farm Shop, Hilltop Honey Ltd, Hooton’s Homegrown, Llaeth Y Lan Cyf (T/a Village Dairy), Llanerch Vineyard, Marvellous Superfood, Matt and Ben’s Ltd, Miranda’s Preserves Ltd, Mon ar Lwy - Taste of Anglesey, Monty’s Brewery Ltd, Neuadd Fach Baconry, Oh Sugarplum!, Orchard Pigs (WALES) Limited t/a Nicolettes, P.J. & R.P. Best Ltd, Pant Glas Bach Preserves, PASSION PRESERVES by Chef on the Run Foods, Pembrokeshire Beach Food Company, Penylan Preserves, Pleser Pur, Radnor Preserves, Rhug Estate, S.A. Brain & Co. Ltd, Sarah Bunton Chocolates, Siwgr a Sbeis, Sloane Home, Snowdonia Cheese Company, Terry’s Patisserie, The High Street Delicatessen, The Patchwork Traditional Food Company, The Preservation Society, The Sweet Shop, The Tan Y Castell Foods Ltd, The Traditional Welsh Sausage Co. (Edwards of Conwy), Trailhead Fine Foods, Welsh Lady Preserves, Welsh Specialty Foods, Wern Ganol Smallholding.
What is Great Taste?
Since 1994 Great Taste has been discovering exceptional food and drink and making sure that other people know about them. More than 100,000 products have been judged by Great Taste over those years, blind tasted by expert judges who discuss the merits of each product in their search for those that deserve to be championed and garnered with the Great Taste logo. You’ll see the Great Taste logo wherever you shop for food and drink – in delis and farm shops, at food festivals and farmers’ markets, butchers, bakers, and all other good food shops. Just keep your eyes peeled for the logo. It’s not about smart packaging. It’s simply about taste – the kind that stops you in your tracks and makes you go WOW!
What do the stars mean?
★★★ Exquisite. Wow! Taste that ★★ Outstanding ★ Simply delicious
Who judges and what are they searching for?
The judges are made up of top chefs and restaurateurs who know their onions. People who run delis and farm shops, top food hall and retail buyers, acclaimed cooks, food writers and journalists, jam and cake experts from the WI, cheese makers and farmers. This diverse mix of judges ensures that every product is judged fairly and that nothing can slip through the net. Go to www.greattasteawards.co.uk and search for Great Taste winners. You’ll be able to find a list of good food shops here as well as links to the producers of Great Taste award-winning food.
@guildoffinefood | #greattasteawards | #Top50Foods | www.greattasteawards.co.uk
Exquisite Enjoy the finest dining experience at The Corran Resort, Laugharne.
Scallops with lava bread, cockles & samphire as featured in ‘The Great British Cook Book’ Cyril Royer - Executive Head Chef
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SPOOKTACULAR RECIPES STUFFED PEPPERS INGREDIENTS:
500g Turkey Mince 1 Cup Basmati Rice 1 Onion Diced 2 Tsp Cumin 1 Chilli (Seeded if less heat required) 2 Garlic Cloves Minced 1 Cup Chicken Stock 2 Tsp Rapeseed Oil Handful of Corriander Salt and Pepper to taste
METHOD:
Heat oven to 170°C. Add oil to pan and gently sautÊ onion, garlic and chilli for 2 minutes. Add in turkey mince, cumin, salt and pepper and cook until lightly browned. Pour in chicken stock and leave to simmer. Meanwhile, bring rice to the boil and then combine rice with turkey mince. With your pre-carved spooky Halloween pepper, add the turkey mince and rice, garnish with corriander and bake for 30 minutes. Serve immediately.
HALLOWEEN CAKE POPS INGREDIENTS (Lollipop sticks required)
Vanilla Sponge: Buttercream: 180g Self-Raising Flour 150g Unsalted Butter 180g Caster Sugar 300g Icing Sugar 180g Unsalted Butter 1Tsp Vanilla Extract 1Tsp Vanilla Extract 2Tbsp Milk (more if needed) 2 Large Eggs Orange Food Colouring Orange Food Colouring
METHOD:
Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease a 20cm round tin. Cream the butter and sugar until fluffy and peaks then add the vanilla extract. Gradually beat in the eggs one at a time. Fold in the flour and combine. Add orange food colouring to suit desired colour. Pour in tin and bake for 40 minutes. Leave the cake to cool on a wire rack and prepare buttercream. Whisk the butter and slowly add icing sugar. Combine with vanilla extract, milk and orange food colouring as required. Crumble the cake mixture into the buttercream and mold into a ball. Roll balls in sugar, insert stick and place in refridgerator. Decorate as desired with fondant or sugar paste.
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NATIONAL PIZZA MONTH It started in America, then moved to the UK - a whole month to celebrate the wonders that is a Pizza! That’s right! A month to indulge in the Italian delights of carbs, cheese, meat and so much more, all completely sin free! (Disclosure - please ensure a healthy balanced diet is maintained). So to celebrate National Pizza Month, we wanted to share our TOP 5 PIZZERIAS with you! Please do let us know your favourite pizza! Tweet @carufoodmag with #nationalpizzamonth and #carufood!
DUSTY KNUCKLE PIZZA
One of the top 25 pizzerias 70 Llandaff Road, Cardiff, CF11 9NL in UK, Dusty Knuckle make their neapolitan pizzas all by hand and top them with locally sourced ingredients. Available in a hidden gem of a courtyard at The Printhaus, Cardiff, this is not one to miss. www.dustyknuckle.co.uk
FFWRNES PIZZA ARTISAN Cardiff
Serving up delicious Neapolitan style pizza from a beautiful Piaggio Ape, this is one of the favourites - The Jiawl Bach Pizza! www.ffwrnes.co.uk @ffwrnes
THE ARTISAN COOK Sully / Mobile
A wood burning oven based in the back of a custom build truck. With everything to make your events a success. In less than an hour the roaring fire warms the oven to over 350°C and they are ready to go. www.theartisancook.co.uk
PIZZATIPI
Cambrian Quay, Cardigan, SA43 1EZ Handmade wood fired pizza, great local craft beers and good times under giant tipis in a private riverside courtyard. See their Instagram account for specials. www.pizzatipi.com / @pizzatipi
PORRO
22 High Street, Llandaff, Cardiff Porro embraces the Italian philosophy of celebrating simple, quality ingredients. www.porrocardiff.com
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HIDDEN GEMS Porro, Llandaff, Cardiff - 3 courses, £21 per person Porro is an Italian-inspired gem hidden in plain sight on the High Street in Llandaff. The team behind the restaurant have taken great care to create an environment that is smart and relaxed, where you can enjoy a leisurely breakfast, a rapid lunch or an evening out depending on your mood. Exposed red brick walls, leather seats and dark wooden tables provides a warm atmosphere where you can enjoy simple Italian cuisine elevated to an elegant, sophisticated dining experience focused on quality ingredients cooked to perfection. I opted for buttery cod cheeks to start, accompanied by a luxurious salsa peppered with little pieces of bacon. My wife chose haddock croquettes with a pea puree and pea shoots and both dishes brought smiles to our faces and nods of satisfaction. Although the menu is seasonal, it was with great reassurance that the ever present ox cheek pappardelle was available. It’s a deep, flavorsome ragu with meat that just falls apart in your mouth, which I was fortunate to be able to taste before my wife devoured it.
I chose Pizza pollo – roast chicken, olives, pepper, rocket and chilli. It had a great base, great sauce and really fresh toppings and, to my joy, I learnt that they now provide a takeaway menu! To finish, we shared a chocolate torte with hazelnut ice cream, which was velvety smooth, gooey and provided that intense chocolate hit needed after a good meal. Porro is building on its success with its takeaway menu for pizza and pasta, a children’s ‘Bambini menu’, and a second restaurant which is about to open on Wellfield Road, Roath. You can’t have too much of a good thing and I’ll definitely be going back for more.
Review of Pollo by Food & Drink Cardiff September 2016
AFON MÊL
Expertly crafted for generations Afon Mel raw honey and traditional mead is produced here at New Quay Honey Farm, based in beautiful Ceredigion just outside New Quay. We’ve been keeping bees since 1995 and now have around 500 hives.
Raw Honey
All our honey is cold-pressed and raw – which means nothing added, and all the goodness left where it should be. We produce 4 kinds of honey from our honeybees; wildßower, mountain, heather and borage.
Traditional Mead
Our mead is made in the traditional way with honey, water and a little yeast – not a grape in sight. It is brewed for 6 months and then left to age for 6 months to a year resulting in a wonderful depth of ßavour.
You can order online or by phone, please quote: afonmel3 in the special instructions. www.thehoneyfarm.co.uk 01545560822 Facebook.com/thehoneyfarm @AfonMel
Cwmfarm Charcuterie Products www.cwmfarm.co.uk
tel — 07446 555102
Salami Snacks - Chorizo - Nduja - Venison Salami - Pepperoni enquiries—cwmfarm@hotmail.co.uk
BRING HOME THE BACON Are you looking to show off your creative mixology flair? Do you want to work in a venue that is not only of fine quality, but where the staff are welcomed into the family? Hare & Hounds, Aberthin are on the look out for 2 new bar staff to join their small team. We are looking for experienced bar staff for our busy dining pub just outside Cowbridge. The pub is a cosy local watering hole, important to the local community. We pride ourselves on our guest ales, interesting wines and spirits and homemade seasonal drinks. The bar provides a small daily changing menu, with a slightly longer, daily changing seasonal menu also being served in the dining room next door. Applicants will need pub experience, including cellar management and opening / closing responsibilities. Preferably you’ll also have some craft beer interest and knowledge, and any wine or spirit knowledge or training is a great bonus. Our bar staff love getting involved in making seasonal drinks and helping with other jobs that help make our pub unique in the area. Responsibilities will include, but not be limited to, cellar management, opening / closing the pub, making and serving drinks to a high quality, serving food within the pub and advising customers on food and drink. Hours are flexible, especially depending on availability of applicants, but ideally we need: - 1 team member for 40+ hours per week - 1 team member for 30+ hours per week Pay is negotiable depending on experience. Email Alex info@hareandhoundsaberthin.com with your CV, drop your CV in or call 01446 774892 for more information.
SHOP LOCAL STARTERS: Caru Food is a local food and drinks magazine created out of a passion to support independent businesses. As we are still so very new, we need your help to grow our brand not just across Wales, but nationally too. So for starters, we are offering FREE advertising, editorials and content submission in our magazine in return for engagement across social media channels and sharing the digital versions. MAINS: With the brand established, we will continue to offer low cost advertising to simply cover the cost of print. This is a hobby. This is a drive to let the people in South Wales (initially) know what fantastic companies are on their doorsteps. The aim is to print a minimum of 5000 copies a month with distribution across all cities, towns and villages in South Wales. DESSERT: The more content we have, the more we have to offer the public. The more advertising we sell, the larger the print run becomes. For a low cost way to promote your brand, support us now to support you! Lets whet the people’s appetite! If you would like any further information or would like us to do a review of your business, contact us now: magazine@caruentertainment.co.uk.
TRICK OR TREAT
HAPPY HALLOWEEN COMPETITION TIME There are no tricks here, only treats! We would like to congratulate Mr Adams on winning a delicious Afternoon Tea for 2 at the Old Stables Tearooms in Hay-On-Wye for last months treat! This month we have more treats on offer for you! And if you like kitchen gadgets this competition is not to be missed! We have on offer:
3 x Cole & Mason Kingsley Grind Mills 3 x Zyliss Easy Pull Food Processors Simply answer this question:
Mr Adams won Afternoon Tea for 2 at which Tea Room? How to answer: • Tweet @CaruFoodMag with your answer. • Post answer on our Facebook page @Caruentertainment. • Email info@caruentertainment.co.uk with your answer. Winners will be announced 30 November 2016.
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