Publicity!

What a magical week!

It's been great fun at Peppercorn - busy, busy lunches; cards and e mails from appreciative customers (how absolutely lovely is that?); we've joined Taste of the West, applied to join the West Cornwall Food Guide and tomorrow we have a review coming out in the Western Morning News.....let's hope it's a good one!

I have to say that our staff training on Thursday evening was a joy - Di came along as our baking consultant and tutored the lovely Angela - who now makes sponges to die for!
Honestly - they're huge!!! Photos to follow I think.

The dish of the week has to be the Peppercorn Pavlova - an individual circle if piped meringue, with tangy lemon and lime curd topped with delicate peaks of chantilly cream and drizzled with a blackberry and blackcurrant coulis. There are still a handful left, if you're quick.....!

Next week we have a Children's Morning Birthday Party - so I anticipate some stupendous 'photo opportunities coming up.

Fritter heaven!

So this week has been largely about Fritters....
The Green Fritters with Lime, Chilli and Coriander butter is a real favourite with our customers, but sometimes change is good. Carrots are currently cheap, tasty and readily available and chickpeas provide a lovely creamy texture so Carrot, Chickpea and Parmesan Fritters were creatd by the lovely Lisa this week. They are wonderful! They rise like scotch pancakes and are very light; they have a crunch from the carrot, creaminess from the chickpeas and a salty tang from the parmesan. Of course - they contain a little cumin too - Lisa made them after all, and cumin is her trademark!!
Next will be the  Beetroot , Butterbean and Cardamom Fritters - I can't wait!

Today, Amy and I have ben making vatloads of Lime and Lemon curd - we sold three jars within an hour - so hurry down if you want to buy some before it all disappears.

In the summmer we picked lots of blackberries and blackcurrants and froze them. January seems a good time to transform them into a scrummy red fruit coulis with which to top our Peppercorn Pavlovas. They are individual Pavlovas which contain home made lime and lemon curd, freshly whipped and piped chantilly cream and our gorgeous summery coulis. Can you afford to miss out on this treat?

Amy - our fabulous manager - is going to add some photos to our weekly blog so that you can see more clearly the tempting offerings available at Peppercorn each week. Watch this space.......

here's a picture of the Butterbean, Beetroot and Cardamom Fritters!!!!!

It has been a busy week at Peppercorn with lots of catering for Team Teach as well as a full cafe for lunches.

My favourite dish of the week?  Spanish pork & almond stew - simple, full of flavour of bay, thyme, garlic and obviously pork and almonds!

Apparently there are some huge mackerel ripe for the catching so if anyone fancies jumping in the nearest kayak and bagging a few we'd be more than happy to take them.

Forecasts are predicting cold and clear this weekend, so a good walk ending with a roaring fire and a hearty dish at Peppercorn may be just the ticket!