Welcome again....

Many of you have tried our pasta sauces which we used to sell frozen. In the last month we have been busy at the back cooking... We have started preserving them and selling them in jars. (which we are happy to recycle and reuse if you bring them back to us). Napolitana, Speck and red wine, Bolognese, Meatballs in tomato sauce, Arrabbiata,Puttanesca...come and give them a try.

Email us your suggestions to alimentodeli@optusnet.com.au and we will try to include your recepy in our repetoire.

Starting Tuesday 6th March

Tuesday & Wednesday:
Chicken skewers with coconut pilaf ($8.60)

Wednesday & Thursday:
Spaghetti and meatballs ($8.20)

Friday & Saturday:
Greek style lemon and oregano roasted chicken with baked potatoes ($8.60)

Did you know that if you buy 12 meals your 13th meal is free?

Please call us if you'd like to order in advance on 02 9797 2484

'If there is a meal that you have really enjoyed and would like a repeat of, send us an email/call and let us know.

New Products

Tourree de L'Aubier: Commonly known as the ‘woodcutter’s cheese’, Touree de L’Aubier is a surface-ripened washed rind cheese that has the outer rim carefully surrounded by a layer of spruce bark. It is regularly washed in a salt brine and matured on pine shelves. Over several months it develops a soft creamy texture and a sweet mild flavour with just a hint of pine & pungency. The rind will attract surface moulds in the form of black spots – whilst still edible at this stage the rind is usually lifted off the top & the sumptuous ripe pate eaten with a spoon. It is a pasteurised version of the famous French Mont d’Or.

Yerba Mate: What on earth do you do with that?

The yerba mate plant is a shrub or small tree growing up to 15 meters tall. The leaves are evergreen, 7–11 cm long and 3–5.5 cm wide, with a serrated margin. The flowers are small, greenish-white, with four petals. The fruit is a red berry 4–6 mm diameter.

The infusion called mate is prepared by steeping the dry leaves (and twigs) in hot water rather than boiling water like black tea or coffee. It is slightly less potent than coffee and much gentler on the stomach. Drinking mate with friends from a shared hollow gourd (also called a mate in Spanish, or cabaça or cuia in Portuguese) with a metal straw (a bombilla in Spanish, bomba or canudo in Portuguese) is an extremely common social practice in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, eastern Chile and southern Bolivia and Brazil.

The flavor of brewed yerba mate is strongly vegetal, herbal, and grassy, reminiscent of some varieties of green tea. Many consider the flavor to be very agreeable, however, it is generally bitter if steeped in boiling water, so is made using hot but not boiling water. Unlike most teas, it does not become bitter and astringent when steeped for extended periods, and the leaves may be infused several times.

That's all folks for now and we hope you tune in next week.

Kiri & Ana
alimentodeli@optusnet.com.au

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Alimento Deli
99 Smith Street,
Summer Hill NSW 2130
Ph / Fax: 02 97972484
Mon to Fri 9.00am to 7pm
Sat 9.00am to 4pm
Sun 9am to 1pm