Sarau Festival

Get your blackcurrants here!! This year you will be able to buy packs of frozen blackcurrants and boysenberries or place orders for larger quantities – watch out for the Sarau Fruits stall over by the stage. don’t forget to bring your chilly bin and a cold pack to get them home. Not forgetting...

Creative and skilled Miles of Food owner and chef, Miles Drewery, has agreed to share some of his recipes using good local produce (including blackcurrants). Be in the audience in the function area at 5pm or 6pm to watch him cook and share his ideas. Just who is Miles Drewery? Miles’ first foray...

Beetroot, Apple and Blackcurrant Salsa by Steve Richards of The Jester House In a bowl mix: 250g peeled and grated beetroot 200g unpeeled and grated apple 4 cloves garlic finely chopped 1/2 cup blackcurrants season to taste with 2Tblsp balsamic vinegar 2Tblsp sugar 1/4 cup (60ml) olive oil salt and ground...

BLACKCURRANT COOKING COMPETITION RESULTS: PRESERVES: 1st     Susie Lees with her Blackcurrant jam 2nd    Janette Stevens with her Blackcurrant and plum jam 3rd    Sue Walker with her Blackcurrant Jelly Highly recommended    Joyce Frye with her Blackcurrant Jam BAKING: 1st    Betty Rae...

Summer Pudding by Steve Richards of The Jester House Line a 1 litre glass bowl with stale toast slice white bread (crusts removed), (save enough to cover the top as well). In a pot warm 250g black currants with 100g sugar until the juices start to run Add 250g raspberries 250g blackberries 250g strawberries continue...

Here is the recipe for Tasman Tart (Apple and blackcurrant shortcake) by Steve Richards of The Jester House: The pastry: Cream together 200g butter 125g castor sugar beat in 1 egg Add 350g flour 1teaspoon baking powder Mix until combined, knead lightly, wrap and refrigerate. Pastry will keep for several...

Creative and skilled Jester House owner and chef Steve Richards has agreed to share some of his recipes using good local produce (including blackcurrants). Be in the audience in the function room at 5pm or 6pm to watch him cook and share his ideas.

Copies of the recipe book are now available for purchase from Moutere Gold in Upper Moutere, and Mapua Country Trading Co. in Mapua.  Hurry – get yours while stocks last!  With 42 fabulous ways to serve healthy, delicious blackcurrants, these books make excellent gifts.  No cook should be without...

A huge thank-you to our guest chef, Horst Wellmeyer, of Seifried Vineyard Restaurant for his fabulous cookery demo, and an equally huge thank-you to all of you who made it to yet another wonderful day for the Sarau Festival. As promised, here are the recipes that featured: Horst’s Blackcurrant...

Most supermarkets carry Sujon packs of Blackcurrants in their freezers – if you can’t find them – ask for them! Alternatively this weekend and week only they are available to pick FREE off the Moutere Highway at Harakeke. The farm entrance is opposite the Moutere end of Harley Road. Happy Picking! If...