Colchester Farmers Market - 2nd March

Just a quick reminder to let you know that the next Colchester Farmers Market will be on Friday the 2nd March at Colchester Arts Centre from 9.30am to 1.00pm.

Refreshments will be provided by Snobs Coffee

Our stallholders for this market will be:

Adrienne Barker- shortbread biscuits
Poppy's Pastries - savouries
Hull Farm - Fruit juices apples, pears
Chosan - health drinks
Mrs Kelly's Bread - Irish Soda breads
Layer Marney - lamb
Little Moos- cakes (new stall)
Pears - Honey
Sutton Hoo Chickens - Organic chickens Tony's Fresh Fish - (weather dependant catch)
Keepers Nursery- Seasonal Vegetables .
Snob's Coffee- refreshments
Taylor's Deli - cheese ( new stall )
Wigborough Traditional Meats - Beef eggs and Pork
Wok 'n' Roll - chinese food & bacon rolls
Wonky Label - Jams, marmalades. marinades

Guest Stalls (Craft)
The Card Lady - greetings cards
Colne Valley Soap Makers - Soaps

Unfortunately, we cannot avoid the fact that late, emergency cancellations are sometimes made to this list.


Information provided by -
Rowly Castiglione,
Local Food Co Ordinator: en-form, 15 Church Walk, Colchester, Essex CO1 1NS

Winter Warmer - Cabbage and Sausage Bake

With the weather turning on us, I would like to share this simple and seasonal recipe to help you warm yoursleves from with in.

It is a very simple dish that you can stick in the oven and leave. The dish will cook itself into a lovely sweet caramelised wholesome dish perfect for winter. It's based on a Jane Grigson recipe.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2kg cabbage
• 700g plain pork sausages (good ones!)
• butter

Method

1. Shred the cabbage and blanch in boiling water for about 4 minutes. Drain and refresh. Next butter an oven proof dish and set aside. Slit the sausage skins and remove sausage meat.
2. Place a third of the cabbage on the bottom of the pot and season well. Next place half of the sausage meat on top of cabbage, pressed down. Continue with layers, seasoning each layer and finishing with a layer of cabbage. Cover tightly and cook in the oven at 150ºC for about 2 hours.