Archive for the ‘Food News’ Category

Join us tomorrow at the new Dock Kitchen Market and try some of our wonderful fresh food! The Dock Kitchen will open up their terrace from 11am-5pm and you can explore stalls from their best suppliers. It’s a wonderful chance to get your hands on the ingredients Stevie and the team use to create their delicious dishes.

You’ll find Natoora’s best seasonal fresh offerings, plus natural wines and delicious spices mixes from their other suppliers.

So come along, meet the team and don’t forget to pick up some lunch at the Dock Kitchen while you’re there!

The Dock Kitchen Market
Friday 24th June
11am-5pm
342-4 Ladbroke Grove
Get directions here

This Bastille Day (14th July 2011), The French Institute is hosting a Charity Ball under the high patronage of HE Mr Bernard Emié French Ambassador to the United Kingdom.

With a touch of French style,  in the beautiful Kensington Palace Gardens, the ball will raise funds for the Fédération des Association Françaises en Grande-Bretagne (FAFGB). It is being arranged by France In London, with beautiful fresh produce from Natoora.

Kensington Palace Gardens will be transformed into the glamorous world of the 1920s. Vintage cars, flapper girls, swinging music and, of course, champagne: the evening will encapsulate all the glitz and the glamour of the roaring twenties.

With the Marquees decked out to the theme of “Black and White silent movies”, champagne pyramids courtesy of Mumm, delicious food from Nomad, Androuet, and themed cocktails by Pernod Absynth, Absolut Vodka… this will be Bastille Day like you’ve never celebrated it before.

The meal will be a visual and sensory delight with the combined creative flair of Nomad and the freshest of ingredients provided by Natoora.

Read more and get your tickets here!

Natoora has teamed up with L’atelier des Chefs to sponsor a series of 90 minute cookery classes. For just £27 you will get to cook with the freshest Natoora produce under the expert eyes of L’atelier’s professional chefs. The first class takes place on Tuesday 28th June, and using our seasonal ingredients you will learn how to make:

-Lemon posset with strawberry cream and candied peel

-Panzanella salad with buffalo mozzarella

-Crisp fillet of bream with provencal vegetables

Once the cooking is over, you can relax and enjoy your meal with your fellow classmates. They’ll even email you the recipes after the class so you can recreate all these fabulous dishes at home – a sure fire way to impress your friends and family!

For more information and to book, click here

The lovely people at Gourmet Britain have awarded Natoora “Best Mail/Internet Order Supplier 2011″. Gourmet Britain is an amazing resource for all things food, from the best restaurants, independent shops and much more. They selected Natoora out of their 920 listed mail order and internet suppliers:

“Quality is the name of the game – and as well as retail customers, they now supply some of the countries best restaurants. British food is well to the fore – and provence given. www.natoora.co.uk. A browse through their web site is must.”

See all the winners here

This Friday we are teaming up with France in London for a night of French fun and fancy. Come along for some great quality food and a showing of this classic film.

It’s National Herb Week so not only is it time to don your “I love Herbs” t-shirt and dust off those Herb Week decorations, but also a chance to whip out the saucepan and indulge in some herby delights.  But which will win Natoora’s Top Trumps….?

Let us know your favourites by leaving a comment or post on facebook or twitter.

There’s a whole bouquet of fragrant and fresh herbs to explore. Shop all herbs here

English asparagus is back and tasting as fantastic as ever. It has to be one of the finest things about British springtime and we think we’ve found the best of the best with our tender spears from South Lincolnshire.

All our British Asparagus comes from Nick and Ros Loweth at Abbey Parks Farm. They have been producing asparagus for 10 years and it is truly some of the finest asparagus we have ever had the pleasure of tasting. We’re obviously not the only ones who think so as they also supply the prestigious London restaurant The Ivy.

Each spear is individually cut by hand whilst still young and tender so however you decide it cook it, it’s going to taste fantastic.

We recommend you peel the asparagus’ outer skin down about 2″ from the tip, cook for a couple of minutes in boiling salted water until slightly tender. You can then serve with melting butter and a dash of lemon. Alternatively, sautee in good quality olive oil, a generous amount of salt and of course a good knob of butter.

Another great way to dress your asparagus, brought to us by Stevie from Dock’s Kitchen, is to make a light anchovy sauce. Mash some anchovies in a pestle & mortar with excellent olive oil a dash of vinegar, salt and pepper. Then pour over your cooked asparagus. Simply superb!

Find out more about our English asparagus and buy online today!

If ever a vegetable deserved a day of its own, it has got to be garlic. Thankfully, the nation agrees and today marks National Garlic Day. Forget Easter and the Royal Wedding, and spend some time celebrating this most marvellous of flavours.

We well and truly love this pungent, spicy, aromatic delight at Natoora and have a deliciously garlicy 7 varieties to tempt you with…

	Fresh Garlic Fresh garlic is a wonderful spring treat and as the name suggests is garlic which hasn’t been dried. It has a lighter, more delicate flavour than its dried counterpart, but is still punchy and aromatic. We love it used to flavour tomato salads or cooked with buttery mushrooms. Try it today: Fresh Garlic Fresh Purple Garlic
	Wild garlic Wild garlic or garlic leaves are slightly peppery with a good hint of mellow garlic flavour. You can use them in a salad to get their fresh flavour or cook in the same way as spinach. They are beautiful sauteed with buttery mushrooms and a squeeze of lemon juice or used in stir-fries. Buy wild garlic today
	Smoked Garlic The aroma of this smoked garlic is simply fantastic. Delicately smoked, the bulbs remain raw and fresh. The flavour is subtle, slightly sweeter and milder than unsmoked garlic. It is fantastic roasted with potatoes. Buy now
	Other Garlics We also have the very French and very fantastic Lautrec Garlic, along with French white garlic and superb purple garlic – which one will you try first?… View them all here

Looking for ways to celebrate?

If a garlic party isn’t quite up your street it’s definitely a good excuse to at least cook something garlicy. There’s plenty to choose from in our recipe section, but if you are really after a garlic hit, try our pickled garlic recipe.

Looking for your closest Garlic Party?

Unfortunately you might have to travel to America to find garlic day celebrations, or wait until August when the Isle of Wight hosts “the Island’s biggest and merriest summer show” (aka the Isle of Wight Garlic Festival of course).

Shop for garlic today!

New in to Natoora are some fantastic freshly squeezed juices from Sundance. All  their juices are made with the finest seasonal fruits and absolutely no preservatives, pressed and squeezed by Sundance every morning.  They use only fresh, seasonal ingredients which they select each morning from New Covent Garden Market where they are based.

For a limited time, you can try a sample of their fantastic juice FREE!

How to get your free Sundance sample…

1. Place an order before Sunday 6th March (while stocks lasts)
2. Enter code SUNDANCE at checkout
3. Receive your free sample*

Click here to start shopping

*Offer valid while stocks last. No cash alternative. We reserve the right to refuse or restrict orders. Offer may be withdrawn at any time and without notice.Valid once per address or account.

Need some inspiration for February 14th? Our friends at New Covent Garden Market have come up with this amazingly fresh and delicious menu – all made with the best seasonal produce. Along with our buyers based in Milan and Paris, we also have dedicated buyers in London who find the very best British produce every morning at New Covent Garden. That means amazingly fresh chantenay carrots, perfectly tart English Rhubarb, crunchy russet apples and much more…

Starter

Purple Sprouting Broccoli with soft boiled quails eggs:
When the frosty weather clears, we can welcome back our favourite type of broccoli with these gorgeous quail eggs from Moen and Sons butchers. A perfectly sophisticated starter…

Main

Roast quail on couscous with roasted red peppers, chantenay carrots and pomegranate seeds garnished with purple shiso micro leaves:
Making the most of British Chantenay carrots and their lovely sweet flavour in this gourmet main course. The lightly gamey roasted quail is the perfect match…

Pudding:

Rhubarb baked with cardamom with hazelnut ice-cream:
English forced Rhubarb is the best there is and now in season it is the best time to enjoy them. Zingy and bright pink – what more could you want in a Valentine’s dessert?

Cheese Board:

Ragstone goats cheese from Herefordshire with Millers Damsels sourdough wafers and russet apples:
The perfect end to a Romantic meal…

Have your own delicious Valentine’s day recipes? Share your photos and recipe ideas with us to be in with a chance of winning £100 spending spree at Natoora! CLICK HERE FOR FULL DETAILS