Sunday, 22 August 2010
Our website
Okay, we'll make it easy for everyone - we announced our new website but failed to supply the address. You can find us at http://www.peppercornkitchen.co.uk/ and if you click on the 'news' button it takes you straight to this blog. Isn't t'internet amazing!
Saturday, 21 August 2010
More exciting news....
More exciting news -( apart from the fact that the roof is now on our new cafe - it looks fantastic!) our new website is up and running.
Andrew and Sarah have created the website of our dreams. It has some gorgeous photos taken by the lovely Amy (who will be working with us in the kitchen at Peppercorn Kitchen Cafe all year - hurrah!) and it includes Peppercorn Kitchen Cafe, Peppercorn Kitchen Catering and Peppercorn Kitchen Spice- our very own on- line spice shop- check it out!
Andrew and Sarah have created the website of our dreams. It has some gorgeous photos taken by the lovely Amy (who will be working with us in the kitchen at Peppercorn Kitchen Cafe all year - hurrah!) and it includes Peppercorn Kitchen Cafe, Peppercorn Kitchen Catering and Peppercorn Kitchen Spice- our very own on- line spice shop- check it out!
Thursday, 12 August 2010
Arty Party Wednesdays at Lynfield
Last night we had our first open evening in the yard from 6pm - 9pm, and we all agree that it was a great success! Stewart gave an excellent demonstration on how to recognise a very fresh fish and then how to fillet and souse mackerel. Anna tempted quite a few villagers and visitors to taste her selection of wines, and we did a steady trade in selling our wraps - pork and lemon polpettini or goats' cheese with honeyed pecans and caramelised nectarines. We also put out a small mountain of rosewater and almond meringues that disappeared in a flash! Claudia soothed away customers' troubles with a relaxing head massage and Emily from Pure Nuff Stuff filled the yard with the delicious perfumes from her soaps and bathroom luxuries. We're looking forward to next week when we'll all be back along with some exciting new stalls. We'll keep you posted.
Jenni and I set aside today to make apricot ice cream, lemon muffins, chocolate and cardamom meringues and cauliflower and cumin soup. We did all of those but whilst at Thorne's the Greengrocers on Causewayhead, Penzance we came upon trays of juicy sticky figs and couldn't resist. So, we've also made a very fragrant fig, cinnamon and ginger jam. The meringues are still cooking, the lemon muffins are filling the kitchen with their delicate aroma and the ice cream maker is working overtime! The cauliflower soup is chilling in the fridge ready for the lunch menu at the cafe tomorrow.
Jenni and I set aside today to make apricot ice cream, lemon muffins, chocolate and cardamom meringues and cauliflower and cumin soup. We did all of those but whilst at Thorne's the Greengrocers on Causewayhead, Penzance we came upon trays of juicy sticky figs and couldn't resist. So, we've also made a very fragrant fig, cinnamon and ginger jam. The meringues are still cooking, the lemon muffins are filling the kitchen with their delicate aroma and the ice cream maker is working overtime! The cauliflower soup is chilling in the fridge ready for the lunch menu at the cafe tomorrow.
Tuesday, 10 August 2010
August rain.....!
Raining today, so we can't open.
It's really tricky when your only cooking facilities are two electric hotplates on a trestle table al fresco; we are pretty good at improvising but when it rains- there's not a lot we can do!
So - home to make giant rosewater and almond meringues, lavender and honey ice cream, fig jam and, if there's time (and energy) apricot and vanilla ice cream too.
There's so much ripe and fragrant fruit available at the moment so whenever there's an opportunity, we make ices, jams, cordials and sauces to try to capture the fresh summery flavours to give those dismal, dark winter months a litle bit of a zing!
Tomorrow is the first of our six Summer Evenings at Lynfield Yard.
We've joined forces with The Cowhouse Gallery, Village Crafts, The Victoria Inn and several local musicians and craftspeople (is that a real word?) to create a weekly event offering food, wine tasting, acoustic music, arts and crafts and hopefully some masssage too!
The evening starts at 6pm and closes at 9pm and we're hoping for fine, dry Wednesday evenings until mid September at least.
We are selling wraps filled with pork and lemon polpettine and salad - or goats' cheese and nectarines fried in butter with a tangy sauce (yet to be invented!), along with our puddings, cakes and drinks, of course.
Stewart Eddy will be giving cookery demonstrations at 7pm- this week it's seafood- all available to buy afterwards; and Anna will be hosting a wine tasting ( that's where I'll be...)
We also have music from Rosie McGahan and Jake Terry, Annie and the Perranners, Kirk and Liam, and there will be more...
We must remember to take photos.
It's really tricky when your only cooking facilities are two electric hotplates on a trestle table al fresco; we are pretty good at improvising but when it rains- there's not a lot we can do!
So - home to make giant rosewater and almond meringues, lavender and honey ice cream, fig jam and, if there's time (and energy) apricot and vanilla ice cream too.
There's so much ripe and fragrant fruit available at the moment so whenever there's an opportunity, we make ices, jams, cordials and sauces to try to capture the fresh summery flavours to give those dismal, dark winter months a litle bit of a zing!
Tomorrow is the first of our six Summer Evenings at Lynfield Yard.
We've joined forces with The Cowhouse Gallery, Village Crafts, The Victoria Inn and several local musicians and craftspeople (is that a real word?) to create a weekly event offering food, wine tasting, acoustic music, arts and crafts and hopefully some masssage too!
The evening starts at 6pm and closes at 9pm and we're hoping for fine, dry Wednesday evenings until mid September at least.
We are selling wraps filled with pork and lemon polpettine and salad - or goats' cheese and nectarines fried in butter with a tangy sauce (yet to be invented!), along with our puddings, cakes and drinks, of course.
Stewart Eddy will be giving cookery demonstrations at 7pm- this week it's seafood- all available to buy afterwards; and Anna will be hosting a wine tasting ( that's where I'll be...)
We also have music from Rosie McGahan and Jake Terry, Annie and the Perranners, Kirk and Liam, and there will be more...
We must remember to take photos.
Saturday, 7 August 2010
Thursday, 5 August 2010
From Acorns...
It was like being on the set of a spaghetti western when the flat-packed sections arrived and the men began to assemble them, but it was amazing how quickly the building started to come together. Jenni and I practised serving in the kitchen area, and I was pleased to find that despite pregnancy bump that I can turn around in our broom cupboard of an office!
We've had such an exciting week at Peppercorn Kitchen. Ian from Property Care turned up on Tuesday afternoon with what looked like a load of Ikea wardrobes, but within minutes it seemed the timber frame cafe began to take shape. We had to keep a watchful eye between customers to make sure that we recorded each stage of construction, and that was pretty difficult with the speed with which the men were progressing. It seems that bacon sandwiches on site are a good incentive!
Speaking of food, Jenni and I are pretty pleased with our blackcurrant ice cream, our lemon balm and marjoram sorbet and our cardamom chocolate mousse. Last week was definitely the week of puddings. This week, Jenny from the hairdressers in the yard gave us a marrow, which set us thinking. So, we de-gorged and fried marrow slices in olive oil, added a schnitzel coating with gluten free breadcrumbs and then topped it all with feta and olives marinated in oil infused with fennel, mustard and black onion seeds. We really must remember to take pictures of the food.
The way that the day works at Peppercorn is very different from down at the beach café. There is a gentler pace; people seem more inclined to linger over lunch, taking time to enjoy a pudding and a second drink. We knew that we wouldn't have the surge of orders for take aways that we had down the road and this change has given us the opportunity to think very carefully about the menu and to come up with food that excites us. We hope our customers feel the same!
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