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SLOW FOOD SNAIL TRAIL No 80 June 2010

By PatR, July 4, 2010 4:20 pm

Slow Food Snail Trail

No 80, June 2010

Cheese and wine tasting and pairing with Kobus Mulder

Thursday, 29th July at 18h30
Silwood Kitchen, Cnr. Silwood and Riverton Roads, Rondebosch

Kobus Mulder of Agri Expo, affectionately known as the ‘Big Cheese’, South Africa’s highly respected cheese expert, will offer us a tasting of seven local cheeses. He will also offer some wines to accompany them.

Kobus has adjudicated at various competitions in France, the UK and America. The international community’s high esteem for SA cheesemaking was demonstrated when Kobus was knighted in Paris by the Confrèrie des Chevaliers du Taste-Fromage de France for his contribution to popularising French cheese types in Africa. In South Africa, Kobus is a consultant to local cheeseries and has introduced many small artisanal cheese makers to the annual SA Cheese Festival. He is also the only international cheese judge in South Africa.

As the tasting will be over before 20h00, members could go for a meal to one of the excellent restaurants in the Southern suburbs. We will not be taking bookings for dinner, but here are some suggestions of restaurants in the area:

Cargills, 20 Station Road, Rondebosch
Tel: 021 689 2666

A Tavola, Wilderness Road, Claremont
Tel: 021 671 1763

Caveaux Restaurant, Wine Bar & Deli – Josephine Mill, 13 Boundary Road, Newlands.
Tel: 021 685 5140 | email: themill@caveau.co.za | web: www.caveau.co.za/themill

The cost of the cheese and wine tasting will be R80 each for members and R95 for guests. Book with Lorna van Besouw as usual vbesouw@iafrica.com
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, as this costs us R15 per deposit. If you need to deposit cash, add R15 to the amount to be deposited. When making payment please put your name as a reference on the deposit slip or EFT payment. Payment will confirm your booking.

Please let Lorna know the number of members and guests attending the tasting, with the names of guests, by Monday July 26th.

Slow Wine

We still have supplies available of delicious Neethlingshof Pinotage 2008 at R300 per case of six bottles. If you would like to order supplies of this wine, which our members crushed two years ago, make a deposit to our account and we will make arrangements to get the wine to you. We also have a few bottles left of the Stellenzicht Shiraz which we made in 2007.

When ordering wine please post your payment or deposit it to Cape Town Slow Food at FNB, Grassy Park, code 203109, account number 62023929378. Please do not deposit cash. When doing this please put your name as a reference on the deposit slip. Payment will confirm your order.

Date for your Diary

Saturday, September 11th:
A guided tour through the vineyards and culinary fynbos and renosterveld garden of the Solms Delta farm in Franschhoek, with a meal prepared from their garden produce.


3 Lutgens Road, Rondebosch, 7700 \| Tel: 021 685 1197 \| Fax: 021 685 1577 Email: vbesouw@iafrica.com \| Website: www.slowfoodcapetown.co.za

Cheese, Events, News

Get Stuffed: The Real Cheese

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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

Cheese | Cheese, cookery courses, observatory

Bon Fromage

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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

Cheese, Suppliers | bread, Cheese

Sour figs

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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

Suppliers | cookery courses, sour figs

Oded’s Kitchen

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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)

Suppliers | chutney, cookery courses, harrief, konfyt, preserves, quince

Vyge Vallei Farmstall

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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:

Nuweland Farm, Nuweland Rd, Malmesbury Tel: 022 4865824
Frank Immelman Verspreiders - Bellville, Tel.: 021 9484124
Totally Wild ( Pty) Ltd. - 2 Evelyn Park, Evelyn Road, Retreat. Info@totallywild.co.za Website: www.totallywild.co.za. Tel.: 021 70107443
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.

Food Markets, Suppliers | jams, mushrooms, preserves, vyge vallei