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For the next 2 weeks we will be celebrating the rich flavours of the game season. National Taste of Game Fortnight is launched this Sunday and it’s a wonderful excuse to indulge in great seasonal game meats like partridge, grouse and venison.

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Did you know…There are strict shooting seasons for wild game?
This is to ensure that these valuable birds are not over-hunted and continue to flourish. That’s why this is the best time of year to enjoy these amazing birds – make the most of the season while it lasts!

Pheasant: October 1st- February 1st
Partridge: September 1st – February 1st
Grouse: August 12th – December 10th
Duck and Goose: September 1st – January 31st

Recipe: Roasted Partridge with Rosemary and Brandy Sauce

Serves 2

2 partridges
60g slightly salted butter
2 sprigs rosemary
freshly ground black pepper
fine sea salt
1.5 tbsp. brandy
3 tbsp. water

Preheat the oven to 200C.

Season the birds with salt and pepper. Truss them and set aside.

Melt the butter in a cast iron casserole dish. When it stops foaming, lay the partridges on their sides and brown for a couple of minutes on a low heat, basting all the time. Then do the same on their backs for another couple of minutes.

Put the rosemary in the pan and bake for 10 minutes without the lid, basting regularly.

Remove from the pan and put the partridges in an oven proof dish. Cover with the buttery cooking juices and put the lid on. Cook for 3-5 minutes.

Take out of the oven and leave to rest for 10 minutes.

While they are resting, make the brandy sauce. Add the brandy to the cast iron pan where you seared the birds, add the water and bring to the boil. Scrape the pan to get all those lovely juices. Season and leave to simmer for 5 minutes until thickened.

Then remove the trussing and serve with the brandy sauce and some seasonal vegetables.

Well…treat of course! Place an order before Halloween and we’ll drop in a FREE DELICA PUMPKIN*!

You can do as you wish with it, but if you need some inspiration (aside from carving it into a ghoulish face), visit our blog for some delicious pumpkin recipes.

To claim your free pumpkin*:
1. Place an order before midnight 31st October 2011
2. Enter code TREAT at checkout
3. Receive your free pumpkin!
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*Offer expires midnight Monday 31st October. Not valid in conjunction with any other offer excluding price discounts. No cash alternative. Offer valid once per address or account holder. Offer may be withdrawn at any time. We reserve the right to refuse or restrict orders. Subject to availability

Spiky Artichokes, just £1.76 each

The spiky Sardinian artichoke might look menacing with its streamlined shape and long, sturdy thorns, but don’t be fooled. Inside is a delicate heart, packed with tenderness and superb flavour. In fact, the reason why its exterior is so sharp is to protect this precious prize, and once you peel away the outer leaves and cut off the spikes, it is one of the few artichokes which is so tender you enjoy the heart raw.

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These incredible Piennolo tomatoes are in a league of their own. They are protected by the slow food Presidia and have PDO protected status since 2009. They are grown on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius. The volcanic soil gives them an incredible fresh flavour, with a good contrast of sweetness and acidity. which is best enjoyed in tomato sauces.

In Winter in Naples these tomatoes are traditionally hung in home attics and cellars to intensify the flavour, and if you are lucky enough to have a cellar at home, you can try this yourself! Otherwise they will keep for a good few days in the fridge.

Please note: These tomatoes taste incredible but they typically have a wrinkly skin and soft texture.

Piennolo Tomatoes, from £3.33/250g

This weekend marks the beginning of British Food Fortnight, a time to celebrate the best that British producers have to offer.

Britain’s culinary reputation has had a chequered past. We’re not sure who’s idea it was to put jelly with eels in the first place, but British food has come a long way since then.

Luckily at Natoora, we have some of the best fresh food that Britain has to offer, and to celebrate British Food Fortnight, we are offering 10% off our top 10!

Choose from sophisticated Scottish smoked salmon, juicy Jubilee strawberries from Kent, vibrant purple sprouting broccoli, succulent organic chicken from Herefordshire and much more…

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French Carrots de Sable – Save when you buy 1kg

Sand isn’t just for sandcastles, well not in France anyway. All along the beautiful coast of La Manche, they use this seaside favourite to grow a very special carrot. Known in France as ‘carottes de sables’ or ’sand carrots’, they are sweet, crunchy and lightly tender. The sandy soil gives the carrots perfect drainage, resulting in a sweeter flavour. They are appreciated by the French (and by everyone at Natoora) as the very best variety of carrot, and are sold with their light sand coating as proof of origin.

They are perfect enjoyed raw as crudites, or roasted to bring out their incredible flavour and sweetness. Try them in our recipe for roasted root vegetables with honey and parsley.

What’s more, save 10% when you buy a kg!
Natoora “French Carrots de Sable” – £3.06/1kg

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Black Figs – just 70p each

Fresh in this week is a real Natoora favourite – gorgeous, moreish, and simply incredible black figs. We source ours from France, renowned for producing the best figs in the world. They are sticky sweet, with a jammy, luscious centre. We simply can’t get enough of them!

They are tasting wonderful at the moment, and will only get better as the season progresses. They are at their best when you start to see a dewy honey starting to escape from their beautiful black skin. They are simply incomparable to the under-ripe versions you might see in the supermarket – what’s more, they are even better value:

Natoora “Black Figs” – 70p each
Waitrose “Fresh Figs” – 75p each

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The Queen of Plums – just £2.95/250g

This week we welcome back the incredible Reine Claude plums. The finest dessert plum, they have a confectionary sweet juicy flesh which is absolutely full of flavour, and a lightly tart skin – in our book, the perfect plum.

We source ours from Moissac, near Toulouse in France, which is generally considered to be the home of the true Reine Claude plums. They are available for a short time, starting now until September.

Known in England as Greengages, their French name (in some areas they are called La Bonne Reine – the good queen) is said to be in honour of Claude, wife of François I of France.

Natoora “Reine Claude Plums” – £2.95/250g

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Succulent, plump, juicy cherries are one of our favourite stone fruits. They have the feel of luxury, from their rich regal colour to their incredible flavour. It’s a wonder then that in 1998, they were thought to be a fruit under threat and in the last 50 years, 90% of our British cherry orchards have been lost. National Cherry Day (16th July) was hence born to get people to grow, cook with and most of all, enjoy, this juicy favourite…as if we needed any persuading!

Thankfully, there is certainly no shortage of cherries at Natoora. We source the finest cherries direct from small producers, including a specialist fruit farm in Kent. Wellbrook Farms cherries are the best English cherries we’ve ever tried… Buy them today – just £3.68/500g

At the moment, you can also enjoy our wonderful French cherries from Moissac, the fruit capital of France… Save 50% when you buy 1kg!

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Baby Italian Watermelon – just £4.95 each

You know it’s summer time when you bite into a wonderfully refreshing, juicy watermelon. We get ours direct from a small producer in Mantua in South-East Lombardy. The Lorenzini family have been growing melons for generations. In Mantua they have the optimum growing conditions – gorgeous Italian sunshine and very little rain. The result, a sweet, plump, phenomenally juicy melon with a refreshing red pulp.
Natoora Baby Watermelon, £4.95 each

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