#Adelaide Central Market Watch #28

Fruit and Veg

Apples are the hot topic in the SA for growers, retailers and customers. The quality, range and prices of local apples in the market are excellent. Galas, granny smiths, red delicious, pink ladys, golden delicious and fuji are all $3 kg at Michael's, S53. Seasons are changing when mangoes make there way south and Michael's has NT Kensington Pride mangoes $3 each.

Banana prices continue to drop this week and may come down to $8kg at Aubergines,S37, also watermelon $1.99 kg and strawberry punnets two for $5. Certified-organic grower, Domenic Scarfo artichokes are $2.50 each at House of Organics.

 Meat and Seafood


Samtass, on Gouger St, has a great deal on crumbed garfish $15.99 kg and tommy ruff $11.99 kg, buy 1 kg and get 1 kg free. Whole KI King George whiting are for $29.99 kg. Con's, S18, has the famous Blue Ribbon Bung fritz $10.95 kg. Jumbo garlic mettwursts make a great $25 gift from The Mettwurst Shop, S22. Tony O'Connell suggest buying scored pork shoulder roast now, pack the pork in a freezer bag, wrap in newspaper and freeze for Xmas when prices rise. This week $5.99 kg. Ricardo, grandson of Tony Marino, will be making traditional Italian sausages in the shop on Wednesdays. Look for pork with orange rind and fennel seeds for $13.50 kg at Marino's, GS52.



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Northern Italian Gorgonzola is a blue cheese that is fantastic folded into rissotto in the final stages or on pasta and pizza. Dolcelatte was developed to provide a milder smelling and tasting alternative to the famous traditional Italian blue cheese. Gorgonzola Dolce is a luscious cheese that is sweet, creamy and not too sharp. As an apperitif, serve with Siena truffled honey on sourdough. Available from Say Cheese, S46, Gorgonzola Dolce is spooned from the cheese wheel for $54.95 kg

 

#Adelaide Central Market Watch #27

Fruit and Veg
Rocket is flowering in gardens now but Wild Rocket is available at Thompsons, S26/27. Wild Rocket has a distinguished mustard taste, serrated foliage and intense aroma. Great used on pizza for a peppery bite. $1,80 per bag. Also at Thompsons, tangellos $1.80 kg, kiwi fruit 5 for $2, broccoli $2.50 kg, whole cauliflower $2,20 each. Capsicum prices are down to $5.99 kg at Greenside, S56, and Mario has those delicious Lady Finger bananas for $7.99kg and zuchinni $3.99kg. House of Organics, S34/35, has blood oranges for $4.99kg, passionfruit four for $2 and very tasty 'Tella' tomatoes from Murray Bridge for $3.99kg. The big fat Kensington mangoes from NT are $6.99 each at Coco's, S20/21, also Nashi pears $5.95kg, cumquats $14.95kg and custard apples $8.99kg. If you havent eaten a custard apple before, peel, de-seed and make a smoothie. Its delicious.

Meat and Poultry
Crumbed burger patties made with minced lamb and beef $5.99kg and great value in bulk peices of scotch fillet $17.99 kg and porterhouse $12.99 kg at O'Connell's. Also crumbed for a quick mid-qweek meal are free-range turkey breast schnitzels $12.99kg at Barossa Fine Foods, S60.

Market Lunches
Zedz Cafe, S2, is a mecca for great meals, coffee and service. Owner and chef, Franjo's winter soups are fantastic. Try Morrocan spinach and lentil soup or fresh tomato and oregano, both $9.90 and served with gluten-free toasted bread made in the stall.
Next door is Sun Mi's, S1. Try the green herb Bindaeduk, a traditional mung bean pancake served with Sun Mi's magic sauce, $2 each.

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Kalangadoo Organic Apple Juice. Kalangadoo is a small farming community only 35 km from the edge of the Southern Ocean, about halfway between Adelaide and Melbourne. Look for the brown tree frog on the logo as a recognised indicator of healthy orchard ecosystems. The apples are pressed in a traditional 'rack and cloth' press and available at Central Organics, S72. $12.50 for 2 litre flagons

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#Adelaide Central Market Watch #26

Fruit and Veg
The biggest orange sale ever in Adelaide starts tommorrow. Two semi trailers will unload 60,000 kgs of South Australian navel oranges. This Thursday, Friday and Saturday, most fruit stalls in the Central Market will sell 3 kg bags for $1 each.
Aubergines,S57, banana and strawberry prices are way down this week and Mildura asparagus stalks are sweet and tender. Two bunches for $6
Pick-Me-Fresh, S31/31, has five varieties of apples are all $1.99kg, broccoli $2.99kg and sweet corn are $1.20 each. Bill B's, S37, has spinach bunches for $1.50, sugar snaps $9kg and green beans for $5kg.

Meat and Poultry
Feast! Fine Foods, S15, free ranging Birkshire pork is juicy, succulent and terrific for crackling. Loins and racks both $23.99 kg and pork belly is $16.99kg. Also try the 2011 Produce Awards, Pacdon Park haggis and black pudding.
Vegas,S62, has great free- range chicken sausages (GF) for $15.99kg. Tony O'Connell's has new season lamb cutlets for $11.99kg.

Gluten-Free foods
Central Organics, S72, has a great range of gluten-free (gf) breakfast cereals including Gorilla Munch cornflakes and crispy rice flakes both $7.50 a pack. Go to Lucia's Fine Foods, WR3, for frozen gnocci and spinach ricotta ravioli both $11.50 for 500gms. House of Health, S73/74, sells a huge range of gluten-free breads, cakes mixes, pizza bases, muffins and even Italian chocolate croissants. Visit Zedz Cafe, S2, for breads made in store, are available whole or with meals.


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Lucias Fine Foods La Genuine Italian toasted wheat pasta is artisan made in the tradition of Puglia. The discs of durum wheat pasta are chocolate coloured and have a nutty semolina flavour. Simmer the discs for 15 minutes and serve with any of the handmade Lucia's tomato sauces. $11.90 for 500gms. La Genuine range includes orecchiotte, cavatelli and fricelli

#Adelaide Central Market Watch #25

Fruit and Veg

Thompsons S26/27, is serious about labelling their produce and uses 3D cards to show specific place of origin on each label. Spinach is $3 bunch, spring onions $1.80 bunch and leeks $3.50 all from Virginia. Visit Aubergines,S57, for bunches of large beetroots and whole cauliflowers both $3.50 each. Sweet corn and avocados are three for $3 and Pinaroo coliban potatoes $2.49kg. Coco's, S20/21 has fresh guava for $12.99kg, from a Vietnamese grower in Virginia. Guava is high in pectin and perfect for jams and pastes. Buddha's hands, the lemons with fingers are $5.99 each and are great for scenting rooms and as zest. Asparagus is on the way in and are $2 a bunch at Michael's, S53.

Gluten Free ( GF )
GF foods are becoming more available in the market each day. The Mettwurst Shop, S22, has a wide range of salami and mettwursts including the famous 'bum-burner'. Sausages from Wild Oz, pasta and frozen pastry from Lucia's Fine Foods, WR3, and a delicious range of cakes, slices and biscuits from Providore S66.


Meat
Visit Wild Oz, S55, for the unusual this week. Buffalo burgers (GF)$13.99kg, snails $15.80 per dozen and duck eggs $5 per six pack. Munch on crocodile feet for $9.99kg and if thats too hard try crocodile sausages $21.99kg. Feast, S15, has Barossa, corn-fed geese for $21.99 kg and Tony O'Connell says new season lamb is in stock , superb quality and prices are coming down.


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Think Mexican, think Jaggers Fine Foods, S38. The Chilli Mojo range includes mulato, smokey chipotte and poblano chillies. "Mulato (moo-LAHT-oh), literally ‘light brown’ or ‘mixed’ is a close relative of the Ancho / Poblano chilli. It’s thick-fleshed pods dried slowly, leave a richness similar to plums with chocolate overtones. It’s a fantastic stuffer for Chiles Rellenos and essential for the classic Mole Poblano."

Adelaide Central Market, House of Organics

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#Adelaide Central Market Watch #24

Fruit and Veg

The best pound-for-pound spud in the market is the Royal Blue. The season is now, so get roasting and chipping - $4.99kg. Remember with chips, blanch first, dry, test your oil for heat, and fry twice.

The last of the organic and tender-shoot broccolini $3.99kg both from House or Organics S34/35.

The Imperial Mandarin season (the mandarin with the thin skin), is ending, now $2 kg at S53. Next comes the Amigo, which is easy to peel, and has a good balance of acid and sugar.   Buy strawberries now and eat them with every meal. 1/2 kg punnets are $4 at Michael's S13.

Greensides,S56, has the sweet Lady Finger bananas back for $9.99kg and passionfruit are four for $2.

Meat and Poultry

Vegas Poultry S62, ‘Flavours of the World’ tastings this month are Argentinian chimichurri and Greek yiros-spiced, chicken chops both $13.99kg. Pork belly is in demand from TV chefs, so try it yourself. From Tony O'Connell GR47/49, $8kg. Racks of pork, $10kg and lean shoulder pork mince for spring rolls and dim sims $7kg.

Cheese

Smelly Cheese, S44, has a great, melting cheese to go on toast, potatoes, cauliflower and anything else you love grilled. Chimay, washed-rind with beer and aged for twelve weeks, has been made by Trappist monks in Belgium since 1876. $68.95kg

Breakfast

Take home croissants for non-market days. Breadz-n-More, S43, makes butter croissants four for $7, almond croissants are two for $7 and sticky-sweet snails $3 each. Dough, S45, pure butter $2.50 each and almond $3.95 each.

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Sevenhill Fine Foods, S75,  has the most diverse product range in the market. Crossing the boundaries of Europe and keeping culinary tradition at its heart, Sevenhill stall is the mecca for the hard to find ingredient. Start with the gingerbread range. Jam-filled, coated in german chocolate or with a honey glaze, all moreish. Try a jar of the Sorrel paste for Polish soup – szczawiowa (sorrel soup), is served with a hard-boiled egg garnish, rice or croutons. $3 serves four.