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

Starting Tuesday 26th February

Tuesday & Wednesday:
Saffron scented chicken pilaf ($8.60)

Wednesday & Thursday:
Asturian style baked fish with garlic mash ($8.90)

Friday & Saturday:
Moussaka ($8.90)

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.

Lavender Flowers: What on earth do you do with that?

Lavender is an incredibly versatile herb for cooking. In today's upscale restaurants, fresh edible flowers are making a comeback as enhancements to both the flavor and appearance of food.

As a member of the same family as many of our most popular herbs, it is not surprising that lavender is edible and that its use in food preparation is also returning. Flowers and leaves can be used fresh, and both buds and stems can be used dried. Lavender is a member of the mint family and is close to rosemary, sage, and thyme. It is best used with fennel, oregano, rosemary, thyme, sage, and savory.

English Lavender (l. angustifolia and munstead) has the sweetest fragrance of all the lavenders and is the one most commonly used in cooking. The uses of lavender are limited only by your imagination. Lavender has a sweet, floral flavor, with lemon and citrus notes. The potency of the lavender flowers increases with drying. In cooking, use 1/3 the quantity of dried flowers to fresh. The key to cooking with lavender is to experiment; start out with a small amount of flowers, and add more as you go. NOTE: Adding too much lavender to your recipe can be like eating perfume and will make your dish bitter. Because of the strong flavor of lavender, the secret is that a little goes a long way.

Lavender Peppered Beef

1 (3- to 4-pound) beef tenderloin roast
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
1 tablespoons whole black peppercorns
1 tablespoons whole white peppercorns
2 tablespoons fennel seeds
1 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
2 tablespoons dried culinary lavender flowers

Bring roast to room temperature before cooking. Trim the tenderloin of fat and silverskin. Note: Silverskin is a silvery-white connective tissue. It doesn't dissolve when the tenderloin is cooked, so it needs to be trimmed away. If the silverskin is not trimmed off, it will cause the tenderloin to curl up into the shape of a quarter moon.

Pat the beef dry with paper towels. Lightly oil outside of roast.

In a small spice or coffee grinder, coarsely grind the black peppercorns, white peppercorns, fennel seeds, thyme, and lavender flowers; rub mixture all over the meat. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 2 hours or overnight (preferably).

Preheat oven to 425°F. Unwrap roast and place onto a rack in a shallow baking pan, tucking the thin end under to make it as thick as the rest of the roast. Place roast onto a rack in a shallow baking pan, tucking the thin end under to make it as thick as the rest of the roast. Roast for 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 325°F and continue to roast until the internal temperature reaches desired temperature on a meat thermometer (see below).

Rare - 120°F
Medium Rare - 125°F
Medium - 130°F

Remove from oven and transfer onto a cutting board; let stand 15 minutes before carving (meat temperature will rise 5 to 10 degrees after it is removed from the oven). Transfer onto a serving platter and serve immediately with any accumulated juices.

Makes 6 to 8 servings.

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