I had a fun day today - cooking!
We've acknowledged that we need to develop our pudding menu - so I had a little play at home. The rhubarb in the garden needed cutting, so I made Rhubarb and Vanilla Yoghurt ice cream and it's really delicious - so that's an idea for Peppercorn. We've also made a really delicious Orange ice cream which could go onto the Bank Holiday menu.
Blackcurrant Leaf cordial sounded yummy, so we tried it, but it's so delicate that it doesn't really bear diluting- so seems hardly worth making again. A shame because it sounded wonderful!
We have also been looking at some new salads to serve as main courses and they seem to be very popular;
Butterbean and roasted butternut squash with herbs and a sweet chilli dressing has sold really well and the latest new addition is Roasted aubergine with a herb dressing and crumbled feta. I shall post a couple of photos soon to tempt you!
We have decided to look at the world of Apprenticeships here at Peppercorn!
Amy - our lovely manager- is with us for another year, which is fabulous news; and Becca will be spending a year with us full time from September. Becca has worked with us for 4 years now on a part time basis - so we have a couple of really experienced ladies to help us develop Peppercorn as well as our wonderful part timers. Ollie will be leaving us at some stage later in the year to begin a new career, and although we are thrilled for him - we are gutted at the thought of losing him and really don't want to think about it too much! Apart from being charming, considerate, handsome and extremely able - he is also bloody funny!
Anyways - back to the apprenticeships - Amy and Becca are looking at the scheme as a way to develop their front of house and management skills and we are advertising for an apprentice who will work in the kitchen with us and who we hope will have a particular penchant for patisserie......so you can see which way we're headed...!
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