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By admin, November 11, 2009 8:29 am

Slow Food Snail Trail

Newsletter of the Cape Town Convivium

Number 74, October 2009

Year-end party and fundraising raffle, Sunday November 29, 12h30 at the home of

Stephen and Pat Flesch, 11 Peninsula Road, Zeekoevlei

Our year-end party this year will be a GENUINE WOOD FIRED LAMB SPIT BRAAI by Leon Patterson, with wonderful accompanying salads and desserts, prepared by Slow Food members. You should bring rugs to sit on the lawn or if you prefer, tables and chairs. You will also need plates, cutlery and glasses and if it is sunny, an umbrella. Also if there is a South Easter blowing it may be chilly and you should bring a jersey or jacket.

Soil for Life This year your Committee has decided to donate funds to Soil for Life, an NGO helping people and communities to become self-sufficient by growing their own vegetables. Please go the website http://soilforlife.co.za to get an idea of the activities.

As usual there will be a raffle with many great prizes to be won. Members who have items which they are prepared to donate to be raffled are asked to contact Lorna to let her know what they will be donating and whether they will be bringing the items with them or require them to be collected.

Raffle tickets will be sold at R40 each or R100 for three. Even if you are unable to come to the picnic you could still buy tickets or simply make a donation.

The cost of the lunch, including wine, will be R120 each to members and R130 to guests.

To book your places, please deposit payment into the Cape Town Slow Food account at FNB, Grassy Park, code 203109, account number 62023929378. Please do not deposit cash. When making payment please put your name as a reference on the deposit slip or EFT payment. Payment will confirm your booking.

Please let us know if you are coming and how many guests you will be bringing by Monday, November 25th.

If you are not coming but would like to buy raffle tickets or make a donation (R40 each or R100 for three) please deposit payment  into Cape Town Slow Food at FNB, Grassy Park, code 203109, account number 62023929378. When doing this please put your name as a reference on the deposit slip.

Directions to no 11 Peninsula Road:

Head south on the M5, which becomes Prince George Drive alongside Royal Cape Golf Club. After crossing the railway bridge, turn left into Victoria Road at the third traffic light where there is a big sign for Grassy Park. Continue straight down Victoria Road through Grassy Park and at the end turn right into Peninsula Road. Continue along Peninsula Road past the ZV Environmental Centre to no 11, a double story house on the left. From Plumstead followVictoria Road or from Constantia, Kendal Road to Prince George Drive.

2010 Date for your Diary:

February 20th:– A Visit to Tierhoek, a certified organic farm in the Robertson area, producing fruit, olives and vegetables.

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By admin, October 23, 2009 3:27 pm

GET STUFFED / THE REAL CHEESE: Owned by Valerie Elder

The Real Cheese Shop supplies the best of SA Artisanal cheese, raw milk and pasteurized, made with loving care from small and medium size farms around the country. Most of the farms operate with organic principals and some are listed, nothing artificial here !!

Marian & Claudette have extensive knowledge of the cheese and will assist in creating anything from a wedding cake, fondue or cheese board.

Goat, sheep and cow cheeses, & imported buffalo are the bases of our range, we stock yoghurt from sheep’s & goat milk, butter from goat & cow including smoked. Our cured meats come from Cremalat a renown Italian outlet, parma ham to pancetta.

Come and taste before you decide, talk though the ideas, and then find the perfect accompaniment, Suurtjies, Maketaan, Aubergine, the list is long, or select olives from Kloovenburg. We also stock some biscuits and biscotti.

Come where the chefs shop and indulge…….

LOWER MAIN RD, OBSERVATORY

CONTACT: VALERIE ELDER
CELL: 082 321 3846

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By admin, October 23, 2009 3:26 pm

Bon Fromage artisanal breads & cheeses Owned by Brian Said

This restaurant and cheese outlet stocks many of the prize-winning local artisanal cheeses, as well as a selection of imported cheeses.

Cnr Main Road and Dean Street, Newlands.

Tel. 021 685 3631; email: bonfromage@vodamail.co.za

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By admin, October 23, 2009 3:24 pm

Where to find sour figs in Cape Town…

Sour figs:

For the unprocessed fruit:

Atlas Trading Co.

94 Wale Street, Cape Town 8000

Tel. 021 423 4361

Yellow SubmarineDistributers:

59 Bamboesvlei Road,Ottery, Cape Town

Tel.: 021 7032364 / Fax: 021 7034832

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By admin, October 23, 2009 3:22 pm

Visit www.odeds-kitchen.co.za to find stockists of their products

Oded’s Kitchen offers a delicious and unique range of preserves, available for both resale (260ml bottles) and wholesale (1, 2.5 & 5 litre bottles) purposes. Batches are hand produced and limited in number to ensure our exacting standards are maintained.

• Carrot & Almond Chutney - (based on an old Middle Eastern recipe for carrot jam called ‘angels hair’ this recipe is updated for the new millennium, incredibly versatile; great with cheese, cold and hot meats)
• Harrief – (a smoky roasted red pepper and chilli sauce. A pasta sauce as is; mix with yoghurt to make a marinade for chicken/meat or mix with mayonnaise to make the perfect “peri-naise” dip)
• Caramelised Onion Marmalade – (a sublime combination of flavours. Adds instant flavour to a stir fry during cooking or add a tablespoon to your pan after cooking and make a delicious gravy.)
• Onion Konfyt – (sweet, delicious and great with pretty much anything!  An original alternative to the traditional fig konfyt.)
• Quince Jelly* – (a seasonal product – it looks amazing, almost too good to eat; great with pork and game meats or smother a piece of brie and enjoy.)
• Quince Chutney* – (also seasonal – a fresh and young flavour; works great as a garnish. Just like “ouma” used to make…only better!)
• Membrillo* – (a fruit cheese/jelly – one of the crowning glories of the Spanish kitchen, excellent on your cheese platter together with some hard, strong cheeses)
• Moroccan Lemons* – (the cornerstone of any Moroccan dish or instant flavour to any dish)

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By admin, October 23, 2009 3:18 pm

R27 – West Coast Road, (opposite the turnoff to Jakkelsfontein)
Tel.: 022492 2586

They stock a variety of jams and preserves made by local groups and people. They also stock cheeses made by local farmers:

Some of these are:

1. Nuweland Farm, Nuweland Rd, Malmesbury Tel: 022 4865824
2. Frank Immelman Verspreiders - Bellville, Tel.: 021 9484124
3. Totally Wild ( Pty) Ltd. - 2 Evelyn Park, Evelyn Road, Retreat.  Info@totallywild.co.za Website: www.totallywild.co.za. Tel.: 021 70107443
4. Darling Gourmet Mushrooms - sold at the monthly Vyge Vallei farmers’ market.  Contact Kotie and Ida van Tonder to find out about other stockists. Tel.: 084 583 3566, email: somersveld@gmail.com

There is a monthly farmers’ market at the Vyge Vallei Farmstall, held on the first Saturday of every month.

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By admin, October 23, 2009 3:14 pm

They make the following products which are available at various outlets in Cape Town. Call them to find out where to buy their products:

• Curried peach slices
• Quince jam
• Sliced peach jam
• Orange Marmalade
• Strawberry Jam
• Watermelon konfyt
• Moskonfyt
• Sour fig preserve
• Green fig preserve

11 Barlinka Street, Montagu, Western Cape

Contact Zelda Roscherr - Tel: 023 614 2719 |  Cel: 082 469 0094 | Fax: 086 542 7792

e-mail: zelda@goedgeloof.co.za

website: http://www.thejamfactory.co.za/

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By admin, October 23, 2009 3:12 pm

Die Veldskoen Padstal (on the N1 at De Doorns)

They sell moskonfyt and other traditional preserves and jams ( figs etc.) made by local people:

Wennie & Lorna Barnard

De Doorns, Hex Valley

Tel. 0233562619

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By admin, October 11, 2009 1:23 pm

SATURDAY 17^TH OCTOBER, 2009,10.00AM

VINEGAR TASTING AND FARM VISIT

PROTEA HILL FARM, STELLENBOSCH

On Saturday, 17^th October, we will be visiting Slow Food Cape Town members Erica and Martin Gruenert on their farm, to taste and learn about their award-winning range of fruit, herb and flower-infused vinegars.

Erica and Martin will explain the processes behind their range of vinegars, and offer a tasting of their range. Vinegars will be available for purchase, at farm prices (please bring cash).

After the talk, we will take a stroll through the farm, so please wear appropriate shoes and sun protection.

The visit should not last more than two hours, and members are welcome to visit the many restaurants in the area for lunch afterwards.

Erica and Martin are generously hosting this event free of charge for members and their guests, but as space is limited, please book your place by emailing Lorna van Besouw as soon as possible at Email: vbesouw@iafrica.com

DIRECTIONS: Protea Hill Farm is close to No 13 on the map (see attachment), in the Knorhoek valley but on top of a hill, neighbors to Delheim, Muratie, Quoin Rock and Knorhoek Wine Estates.

Turn off from the R44 into Knorhoek Road, go 1km straight, before the entrance of Quoin Rock Wine Estate leads a steep Private Road (signposted “private road”) to the right up the hill.

Follow the road all the way up for 1km (do not enter Hoog Eind, or Wild Peacook, neighbors), turn left at the very top, white house green roof.

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By admin, September 18, 2009 1:15 pm

Newlands Village is establishing itself as a centre for exciting and unusual food and wine shops, eateries and bakeries. Two recent additions are both adherents of the Slow philosophy.

Sonia Cabana, the well known chef and presenter of the TV programme Pampoen tot Perlemoen is to open a fine food shop, café and small bakery in the Dean Street Arcade. Sonia lived in Britain and Europe for twelve years before returning to Cape Town and received her chef’s training at, among other establishments, Anthony Worrall-Thompson’s Bistrot 190, Rowley Leigh’s Kensington Place, Justin de Blank and Blacks Soho. Her emphasis will be on organic and environmentally friendly products.

At Montebello, off Newlands Avenue, there is a new café and organic deli: Kwalapa. They serve breakfasts and light lunches and stock a range of organic and eco-friendly products. The day I went, they had, amongst other things, a range of fabulous-looking mushrooms – varieties I had never before seen in this country – also beautiful little baby beets, kohl rabi, free-range eggs, and pork sausages.