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ISSUE 11 www.appetitemag.co.uk October/November 2012 TICKLE YOUR TASTEBUDS... 27 Chr tm cracker Ho Italia supper Hangin o th telephon wit Jea Chr toph Novell Stree foo HOT STUFF! Pumpkin, pi an al thing nic... inside spooky suppers // bonfi re fayre // gifts sweet and savoury // the joy of gin // life on the allotment APP11.indb 1 12/10/2012 13:37 CHRISTMAS FESTIVE LUNCH & DINNER SERVED FROM 3RD - 24TH DECEMBER BOOK NOW!! Fes tive Lunch Festive Dinner Mon -Sat Mon -Sun 12pm - 2.30pm Starters £14.95 pp £19.95 pp Starters 5pm - 10pm Winter Vegetable Broth Cream of Carrot Honey and Ginger Soup Served with homemade Italian bread Finished with chives Farmhouse Prawn Salad Farmhouse Pate Greenland prawns bound in a brandied seafood sauce Served with toasted ciabatta and a red onion and tomato with dressed leaves & balsamic reduction chutney Roasted Mediterranean Vegetable Bruschetta Goats Cheese Crostini With parmesan shavings and basil pesto Goats cheese, roasted peppers, sundried tomatoes & basil infused together Goats Cheese, Beetroot and Caramelised Walnut Salad Funghi Ripeni Bound in dressed leaves Breadcrumbed fi eld mushroom, fi lled with pate and served with Smoked Salmon & Prawn Bruschetta caramelised red onions Finished with a lime and black pepper mayonnaise ..... ..... Main Cour s e Main Cour s e Roasted Norfolk Turkey Breast Roasted Norfolk Turkey Breast Filled with an apricot and chestnut stuffi ng wrapped insmoked bacon Filled with an apricot and chestnut stuffi ng wrapped in smoked bacon served with rich roast gravy and pork chipolata sausage served with rich roast gravy and pork chipolata sausage Farmhouse Homemade Fishcakes Whole Roasted Sirloin of Beef Served with a rich bloody mary sauce Served on a fumet of oyster mushrooms Osso Bucco Breast of Chicken Shin of beef braised in red wine, garlic, herbs and tomatoes Served on a potato and chorizo cassoulet Roasted Mediterranean Vegetable Tart Pan Fried Fillets of Sea Bass Accompanied by dressed leaves & basil pesto Served on a bed of Gnocchi with a spicy roasted All of the main courses are served with seasonal tomato sauce vegetables and potatoes Roasted Vegetable Risotto OR CHOOSE Any Pizza or Pasta With parmesan shavings and herb oil All of the main courses are served with seasonal ..... vegetables and potatoes Desserts ..... Traditional Christmas Plum Pudding Served with a calvados crème anglais Desserts Winter Berry Eton Mess Traditional Christmas Plum Pudding Winter fruits bound in a delicate chantilly cream and meringue Served with a calvados crème anglais Chocolate Tart Winter Berry Eton Mess Served with Archers Jersey vanilla ice-cream Chocolate Tart Selection of Cheeses Selection of Cheeses BUON NATALE 2012 LIKE US ON South Street , West Rainton, Houghton le Spring, DH4 6PA FACEBOOK FOLLOW US Tel: 0191 584 1022 www.theitalianfarmhouse.co.uk ON TWITTER APP11.indb 2 12/10/2012 13:37 PLACE YOUR Editor forced to scrape ice ORDER 4 READER CLUB off car windscreen shocker. Offers to tickle your tastebuds What on earth has the 6 FEED...BACK Reader recipes and news world come to? 8 GIRL ABOUT TOON Our lady Laura’s adventures in food Blimey, it’s gone cold, hasn’t it? the Anyway, back to the point (whatever that thermometer hit 0 with a resounding was) and we’ve dusted off our autumn/ 11 IT’S A DATE clunk in Fourstones this morning and winter recipe books to create a big Foodie happenings for your diary I seriously considered retiring to the Bonfire Night supper which should warm airing cupboard until next spring. Sadly, I your cockles. We’ve also attempted a 12 STARTERS couldn’t get in for the two years’ worth of beetroot pie for hallowe’en (it sounds Foodie news and views ironing, so I opted instead for a big bowl hideous; I promise it’s actually quite good), of porridge with full-fat milk and all the and our illustrious columnist and blogger 24 THE ART OF FOOD trimmings, including whisky. Quite a bit Anna Hedworth has come up with a fab Gourmet gallery and stage hits of whisky if I’m honest, which set off our bunch of autumn recipes, including one neighbour rob’s home-produced honey for pumpkin soup. What a heroine! 26 THE GRAZER beautifully and warmed me up no end. Anna Hedworth’s autumnal fayre and while we’re talking about all things This month we have been mainly seasonal, if you thought it was too early 28 LIGHT MY FIRE scrabbling round the back of the pantry for Christmas, think again! We are happily Your big Bonfi re Night party, all sorted seeking out all those warming ingredients inspired by our festive foodie gifts and near-forgotten during the summer (or Christmas cake recipes, and the appetite 30 HERE COMES THE SUN whatever that wet thing was) and trying team’s mincemeat, rich fruit cakes and ...If only on a plate, with our Italian supper to remember what you’re supposed Christmas puds to do with mixed spice, cloves and all are done already 32 PARLEZ-VOUS NOVELLI? those other things that make you feel a and now enjoying Hanging on the telephone with the bit warmer, even when it’s bloody cold regular warming god of French cuisine already and there is the prospect only of infusions increasing and bitter cold for the of brandy and 36 CHRISTMAS BAKE next four months. I feel a bit like Ranulph whisky. A bit like Yes, it’s time...cake tins out, people! Jane Pikett, Editor bloody Fiennes. me... hic! 38 CHRISTMAS PRESENT ...Even better when you get to eat it 42 DIG THIS Life on the appetite allotment We want to hear all about the food and drink you 44 GIN AND BEAR IT appetite.TICKLE YOUR TASTE BUDS... love in the North East, The exquisite pleasure of a large G&T WE which means you can LIKE! get fully involved in the Editorial 01661 844 115 44BY THE SEASIDE region’s only dedicated Jane Pikett - [email protected] Sea, sand and seasonal grub in Tynemouth food magazine. Advertising 01661 844 115 52OUT TO LUNCH If you like something, we want to know Joanne O’neil - [email protected] And why not? Alastair Gilmour is... about it, so tell us. Better still, take a picture and send it to us. Website www.appetitemag.co.uk 55 OUT TO LUNCH (THE SEQUEL) Designed & Published by It’s all Thai to us... and if you cook something you’re proud of (or something you’re not!) email us a photo 56 THE DIARY and a description and we might even put it Beautiful people at beautiful foodie places on our website or in the magazine. Unit One, Bearl Farm, Stocksfi eld, Northumberland, NE43 7AL 58 DINING OUT DIRECTORY Fame at last! Where to eat... Photography Peter Skelton www.photo-psp.co.uk email [email protected] JUST DESSERTS Nicky Rogerson www.nrphotography.co.uk 62 The Hallowe’en sweet that’s hard to ‘beet’ appetitemag.co.uk 3 APP11.indb 3 12/10/2012 13:37 appetite Club Welcome to appetite Club, home of fantastic added-value offers for appetite readers courtesy of some of the North East’s finest food and drink producers and our favourite restaurants, cafes and delis. 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