Welcome to the June edition of Fresh which marks its first birthday this month. We sincerely hope you’re enjoying the blessings that winter brings - hearty stews, well-stocked woodpiles, glasses of red by the fire. Can’t enjoy all that with the sun beating down outside, can you?

What’s more, as the weather chills down, the Clevedon Village Farmers’ Market heats up. We’ve got everything you need for some top quality winter nesting, all fresh to you from the farm gate.

IN SEASON
This month at the market, you’ll find: pears, apples, mandarins, casimora, potatoes, salad greens, spinach, fennel, parsnips, beetroot, kumara, cabbage, pumpkin, spinach, tamarillos, leeks, lemons, limes, carrots, cucumbers, Jerusalem artichokes, avocados, kumara, baby beets and baby turnips, leeks, broccoli, brocolini and carrots - plus a huge range of non-seasonal edibles. For a full list of stallholders and their produce click here..

NEW STALLHOLDERS

Pasta La Vista - fresh artisan pasta now available at the market

We’re very excited to welcome Pasta La Vista to the market - producers of fresh artisan pasta that’ll transform the simplest dish. Visit Pasta La Vista for a range of plain and naturally flavoured pastas (described by an avid fan as ‘the Sistine of egg, flour and water’), plus delicious handmade ravioli and panzotti.
A warm welcome back to Estuary Orchards, who are at the market with juicy, sweet and super-fresh citrus fruits, including easy-peel mandarins and from July their world-famous-in-Clevedon navel oranges.

MARKET BITES
Joyful tidings
Congratulations to Bill and Marylyn of Tikapa Moana, who were married in the middle of May (which explains their mysterious two-week absence from the market). Bill and Marylyn had a perfect day in the Coromandel ranges with their closest friends and family. “It was a true celebration of life, of family, of community, and of love,” says Marylyn. “We feel very blessed.”
Meanwhile, Sue of Heart of the Globe has taken temporary leave from the market to have her baby. All our affection and best wishes go with her. She’ll be back with her superb highland beef and gourmet treats in a few months.

Vege sins
Interesting - if yukky - food-related news from the pages of the NZ Herald (May 15). Testers from the Food Safety Authority found some commercially grown produce had significantly more chemical residue than is permitted by FSA rules. Lettuce was the biggest transgressor, at 200% over the Maximum Residue Level (MRL). Meanwhile, mushrooms were found to be 120% over the MRL and capsicums 95% over. The growers concerned were reported to be ‘correcting their processes’ and no prosecutions were anticipated. Makes one grateful not to be employed as one of their pickers, doesn’t it? (Source: NZ Herald, May 15).

RECIPE OF THE MONTH

Tamarillo Clafoutis

Clafouti, sometimes spelled clafoutis, is a custard-like baked French dessert that is typically made by baking fresh fruit (traditionally cherries) and a batter, somewhat similar to pancake batter, together in a baking dish.
Originally from Limousin, the dish’s name comes from the verb clafir, meaning “to fill up” - most appropriate for this time of year. Clafoutis apparently spread throughout France during the 19th century.
This recipe is great with any tart fruit to balance the sweetness of the batter. Individual servings can also be prepared in small ramekins.

Ingredients
1/2 cup flour
Pinch of salt
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla essence
30g melted butter
8 small or 6 large tamarillos, peeled and sliced

Method
Preheat oven to 220 degrees celsius. Peel and slice tamarillos - set aside. Place butter in a small baking dish or pan (a metal dish works best) and warm in the oven for at least 5 mins to melt the butter. The dish needs to be hot.
Beat together flour, salt, baking powder, sugar, eggs, milk and vanilla essence.
Arrange fruit in the baking dish and pour over the batter, then sprinkle with 1 tablespoon of sugar.
Bake for approx 15 minutes, until the clafoutis has risen and browned. Insert a skewer to ensure the dish is cooked through.
Serve with whipped cream, ice cream, thick yoghurt, mascarpone or crème fraiche.

CLEVEDON VILLAGE FARMERS' MARKET VENDORS & PRODUCE

• Farmhouse Treats & Produce - fruit; vegetables and provisions
• Soggy Bottom Holdings - purveyors of rare breed free-range meats
• Sunset Coast Organics - organic fruit, vegetables and herbs

• Playing her flute at the Market - Mandy of Mandeville Gardens. Photo by Lisa Harrington

  Holmbrook Produce – chutney jams, mustards, pickles
• Fancy Lettuce - lettuce; spinach; living herbs
• Pacific Skye - seasonal fruit; fruit juice
• Cuconics - telegraph cucumbers
• Wild Bee - fresh local bush and field honey
• Hamlin Nursery - garden plants
• Dig This - Eion & Ann Scarrow’s garden plants
• Waiuku River Wines - red & white wines, verjuice
• Roses Galore - fresh cut roses
• Clevedon Valley Cheese - handmade cheese
• Piako Pete - wet fish; smoked fish and eel
• Estuary Orchards – mandarins
• Pasta La Vista – Fresh Artisan Pasta
• Clevedon Animal Farm - pony rides for the kids
• Bentru - smoked specialty meats and sausages; traditional proscuitto
• Hungarian Twisters - ‘Kurtos Kalacs’ traditional Hungarian pastries
• I Love Pies – handmade pies with a New Zealand flavour
• Blackwood’s Gourmet Breads - freshly-made bagels and flatbreads
• Salmonman - hot smoked salmon cured in a variety of ways
• Zakar - BioGro beef cuts; premium beef mince and sausages
  Running Brook Seeds - quality heritage flower and vegetable seeds
• Lime Kitchen – gourmet sauces, tarts, terrines and baking
• Wild Wheat - artisan bakers of traditional and sourdough breads
• Paella Pan - traditional paella cooked on-site; fresh crepes
• Blueberry Deli - blueberries
• Market Espresso - great coffee and refreshments
• River Estate - premium olive oils and table olives
• Pilgrim’s - organic lamb
• Broccolini - broccolini
• Alvita - fresh and roasted nuts
• Avoculture - avocados
• Tikapa Moana - subtropical fruit; seedlings
• Mandeville Gardens - native plants
• Sweet Art - cakes and chocolates
• Nature’s Corner - free-range eggs
• Truly Tasty - delicious gluten-free baking
• Dullumbunda Farm - fruit; vegetables and herbs
• Hungarian Deli - traditional air-dried meats and gluten-free sausages
• Limes on the Firth - fresh limes; cooking demonstrations 10-11am
• Alison’s Pony & Trap Rides - pony & trap rides for kids and adults
• Willow Brook - lavender products; Iris plants and lavender

Clevedon Village Farmers Market
Every Sunday 8:30am-12 noon, Clevedon Showgrounds, Monument Rd, Clevedon.

Visit our website at www.clevedonfarmersmarket.co.nz
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