The Week At Farm Direct....

It's the final week of our game sale and we've still got plenty of birds for you to fill your freezer. This will be the last of our pheasants, mallards and partridges until October, so grab them while you can!

To see off the season in style we have brought back our pheasant supper of the week (complete with recipe card) and Andy is even portioning pheasants into fillets, legs and supremes.

From Perry Court Farm, we have a brand new vegetable - the flower sprout. This cross between curly kale and Brussels sprouts is so sweet and nutty that even the kids will like it (if you don't tell them what it is!).

A few dates for the diary next week: On the 12th, Shrove Tuesday -
the traditional time to use up your rich foodstuffs (butter, eggs, milk, sugar) before 40 days of fasting. See our Shrove Tuesday section for some pancake-based inspiration. 


Thursday marks Valentines day, the perfect opportunity to lovingly craft a romantic meal for your significant other. Always keen to facilitate romance amongst our customers - let us know if you would like your meat vac-packed to see you through to Thursday.

Finally, Dylan and his fleet have had another difficult week of fishing and with only one net hauled today, our catch is set to be very small. We will, however, have plenty of haddock roe. Bread it, flower it, fry it - simple (and absolutely delicious - something unique for Valentine's!).

This Week At Farm Direct....

The guns fall silent tomorrow as reared game season draws to a close. Cue our annual game sale - excellent value pheasant, partridge and mallard, primed and perfect for the pot (or freezer!).

On our farms, it's been a week of thawing, with fields turning from white to green as our leaves emerge from their snowy cover.

The increased temperature has given a huge boost to our winter salad, spinach and chard - with such an array of leaves returning it feels like spring already!

We have a new free range chicken producer this week - Sutton Hoo of Suffolk. Sadly, SJ Fredricks are no longer able to supply us, but our new great taste award-winning birds are a more than adequate replacement (whole birds are even cheaper too), with a range of new products - chicken mince, burgers, sausages, livers & marinaded spatchcocks - progress indeed!

From the La Tua Pasta kitchen, we have filled gnocchi for the first time. A completely unique product, It has gone down a treat on their market stalls. One to try this week.


Finally, very strong winds and a spring tide (deep waters) have forced our fishing fleet inshore this week. This brings them into the realm of the pollock and basking fish, meaning we are also likely to have wrasse and a bit of monk.

 

Game Season Ends - Time To Fill Your Freezer

With the end of reared game season approaching we have decided to slash the price of of birds to allow you to fill up your freezer.
At this time of year, game reared birds will have lost most of their fat, while their flavour will have intensified after months of living off natural vegetation. I think this is when they are at their best - perfect for a pot roast, with a medley of seasonal root veg and kale as an accompaniment. 


We have:
Pheasant - now £3.99 each or £6.99 for 2.
Partridge - now £3.99 each or £6.99 for 2.
Mallard - now £4.99 each.