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Who said you could not use vegetables to prepare exciting dishes …The super chef and owner of The Basque 3* Michelin restaurant Mugaritz, Andoni Aduriz ( from El Bulli of course ) make one of the most appreciated salads amongst food critics. His “VEGETABLES, OVEN ROASTED AND RAW, SPROUTS AND GREENS” salad contains 80 different ingredients, each individually prepared / raw, broiled, baked, fried, sautéed, marinated etc. Everything beautifully bound together with an Emmenthal infusion and browned butter. All the 80 different ingredients are placed with pincers on the plate in a creative manner by the chefs themselves. They serve the salad only from May to October and because of the high level of difficulty in preparing it, they only make 8 to12 plates a day or simply until they are out of creativity. The last and ultimate taste impression of this artistic dish is no less than a Brazilian berro de para flower!!
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Viowhite 5 from Greenhouse in Huelva the 16.03.10. A whine flesh Stone fruit with expected date of harvest around the 15/20 April
Artichokes: Last Friday most of the crop in Cartegena and Elche suffered from frost and that has already affected the prices which have gone up slightly. The plants will probably need another 2 weeks before they have recovered completely and can yield normally again. Asparagus: Due to frost in Granada, the asparagus has been delayed another 1 or 2 weeks. Avocado: The prices have increased this week and they will continue to do so the next week. Chile has more or less finished and only larger sizes are available. From Israel the supply is limited as well and most of the available avocados are larger sized. Broccoli: The supply has suddenly diminished to almost nothing and as is the case of Iceberg, many growers are closing down until the start of next week. Very high prices Capsicum: Very limited supply and the quality is very poor. The growers are expecting very high prices per kg and the fact is more than 60 percent are not good enough for export. Season has finished much earlier than last year. New crop of Padròn available from Murcia (Cartagena) Carrots: The supply of carrots from the area of Cadiz is beginning to increase. Israeli new carrots are being offered on the Spanish market, but the Spanish is now beginning to be competitive. From next week there should be availability of bunch carrots.
Cauliflower: Season has almost finished Celery: Very little green celery at this moment. However, there are available quantities of white celery. This variety is very appreciated in Spain and the prices in supermarkets are normally twice as high as the green. It has a much milder taste than the green and because of this and together with excellent nutritional qualities; it is a very used vegetable in the infant diet in Spain. We recall that celery has so few calories that you will actually burn more calories than you take in only by chewing (normally) this vegetable.
Cherry: Trees are now flowering… Very nice
China cabbage: limited supply from Valencia
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Clementines: There are very few Nadorcott available and what can be offered is mainly sizes 3 and 4. The very few quantities of size 1 and 2 are sold already at high prices. The quality of Clementines from Murcia and Almeria are of poor quality and we recommend to get your clementines from Valencia and Castellon. Cucumber: There are only few Spanish cucumbers now but prices are extremely low and many suppliers are considering sending what remains of the old crop for processing. First new crop will begin next week. The supplies of organic cucumbers increase steadily but are still rather expensive. The reason most likely, of these continuous high prices, is that the Dutch supply is even more limited and will continue to be so. New crop of mini cues starts this week.
to plant and they expect a difficult season. On the other hand, we have also heard that China suffers with rain and they expect much lesser quantities from the Far East as well. Hence, expect high prices for the coming season….Some might claim that Spanish always have high prices but this year they should be even higher. Iceberg: As we predicted last week there is a serious lack of Iceberg and prices have increased again. This situation with few Iceberg will continue and now with serious quality problems. large demand for all sizes 10 -12-14 and since supply is limited the prices are very high. Many growers are not harvesting until beginning of next week. Kumquat: There are few kumquats on the trees and prices go up. We estimate that the season continues until week 14. Lemon: The Spanish growers continue to demand more for their lemons than the Dutch market offers so it is very difficult to export direct now. There is an oversupply, with many large sizes but it is still difficult to find the right prices. The reason as we have mentioned many times is that growers have sold their lemons to many exporters at high prices.
Eggplants: Prices have mysteriously maintained a higher level than expected during this week. The quality improves and the supply is increasing so prices logically should have declined this week. However, there must be some kind of demand, as prices apparently also will maintain steady the coming week. Garlic: The planting of garlic for the coming season is very complicated. The incessant rain has made it almost impossible
Little gem: The demand is relatively high and the supply is limited. From next week we will be ready with red little gem 8x2
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Loquat: New crop from Malaga is only 3 weeks away. As always we expect very high prices for this very popular fruit in Spain.
Oranges: Last week we mentioned that demand had started to increase and this tendency is continuing. Nonetheless for good fruits of large calibres they are still demanding prices much higher than the market is willing to pay for.
Pointed cabbage: Demand is increasing and since supply is limited, the prices are going up.
Potatoes: There has been new crop of baby potatoes in Seville for some time now and this Thursday the first new potatoes from Mallorca will be harvested
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Romaine salad: The demand does not seem to slow down on contrary it is increasing and the quality is good. The salads are slightly lighter than normal but all leaves are perfect so no waste in this salad. Salads: Lollo rosso, biondo and Oak Leafs are all with very limited supply and most are sold on the domestic market. Export prices are very high.
Strawberry: After one entire week without rain the fields have now recuperated in a satisfactory manner. The supply is still limited and there are not enough to meet the entire demand. The low temperatures are keeping the strawberries from ripening and not until the temperatures will increase can we expect the prices to fall.
Spring onion: Excellent quality
Tomatoes: Many tomatoes now with better quality and supply are increasing. In general, all tomatoes ( Kumato, cherry etc) show the same tendencies. The quality improves and the supply increases. Stone fruit: This week they are thinning the trees of excessive fruits in Huelva and Seville. The harvest of the crops is delayed approximately 15 days and sizes are smaller than expected. The thinning of trees should help to obtain larger sizes. With these perspectives, speculation has already started that we can expect high prices when this season starts.
Xanadu: A very sweet and crispy salad. The quality is good and there are no problems with supply. Zucchini: Very limited supply and prices are still high although more steady now
Zincal 10 a yellow flesh Stone fruit with estimatet time of harvest around 1 May and in open area around 15 May Yelloe flesh peah Zinzal 10 the 16.03. Estimated harvest for greenhouse around 1 may ( top picture) and outdoor plants around 15 May (2 bottom pictures)
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