#10 Days of Tognini's Christmas - Olives

Olives


Olives. We love olives, any colour, shape, stuffing, size and seasoning.

Olives are not just beautiful and tasty but are very versatile. 
Enjoy some green lemon scillian olives as part of an antipasto platter with some salami or prosciutto. Even throw a combination through your Christmas salad to dress it up and add colour. 
 Warm up a handful in pan with a little rosemary for a perfect starter.  

Any way and style these are delicious and will hit the spot this Christmas!
We have a selection at both Spring Hill and Milton Cafe Deli.  Our Milton Cafe Deli has an extensive range of deli goods and imported products. 

Festive Poultry, Lamb & Pork.

How do you and your loved ones celebrate Christmas? Is it a delicious lunch of fresh sliced Christmas ham and crisp salad or  a whole roast turkey and piping hot veggies for dinner?  


However you choose to celebrate the Togninis team  is here to help.  Here is a little info on our favourite festive poultry, lamb and pork items.

This year most of the whole poultry comes from Bendele farm, Darling Downs – the turkeys and ducks are free range. Also this year, we have available whole baby lamb and whole suckling pigs if you are catering for a large family. Still the most popular item on the menu is our stuffed turkey breast. The breast is stuffed with dried cranberry, apricots and almonds with mixed herbs, a must for any Christmas meal.

The pork for our Berkshire ham also known as 'Kurobuta' - meaning black pig in Japanese comes from a farm of happy free range black pigs grazing in the Byron bay area. The purebred Berkshire breed is originally from England. The pig is renowned for its black coat and the meat from the Berkshire pig is richly endowed with intramuscular fat, making it less 'fatty' than most other pork – the pork has a much higher retention of flavor and moisture in the meat. This translates to a deliciously tasty and moist smoked ham for your Christmas table. Each ham is individually handled, cured and smoked with carefully selected wood chips. This is a quality product that won't be found on any supermarket shelves. The meat is FREE from growth hormone and genetically modified feed. So, you know that you are eating well. Our entire Christmas goodies order form is available online.

Horray for Spring

GOODBYE winter and cold temperatures, HELLO sunshine and trips to the beach! 

Spring arrives tomorrow and we are ready!

The Togninis team are always very excited by a new season as it brings a selection of new seasonal fruit and vegetables. Zucchini is a great Spring vegetable that is tasty and very versatile. We love this grilled Zucchini salad. Yum.

Zucchini, pine nut + currant  salad w raspberry dressing

Ingredients:

• 2-3 medium sized zucchini
• 1 cup picked flat-leaf parsley chopped finely
• 5 leaves of mint
• 2 tablespoons currants
• 2 tablespoons pine nuts, toasted
• 2 tablespoons PGM raspberry dressing *
• 1 tablespoon extra raspberry vinegar
• 3 tablespoons Joseph first run olive oil
• Crushed salt and pepper

Method:

1. Chop the top and base off the zucchinis and - slice the zucchini into 1-2mm thickness pieces Brush the zucchini with olive oil and char grill on a grill pan or fry pan for a few minutes on each side. Allow to cool on absorbent paper.
2. Soak the currants in the extra raspberry vinegar. Mix the pine nuts, chopped parsley and sliced mint in a bowl.

To Serve: Place slices of zucchini on a platter, sprinkle with soaked currants, pine nut mixture and dress with remainder of raspberry vinegar + olive oil and season with salt + pepper.

*Available at Togninis

Pariya... Meaning: Fairies and other heavenly creatures. 

OR as we think of it, delicious Persian inspired products and treats.

 

Here are just a few of what is new from Pariya on our shelves.

- Sumac

- Barberry’s (As featured on Masterchef 2012).. Must try!

- Green rasins
- Rose petals
- Persian nougat 

- Lime roasted pistachios

Here is one of our FAVOURITE recipes:

Blackbean and barberry salad...We love having this with some cold cuts of turkey and ham from the deli. 

You will need:

 1 can La Morena black beans* drained and rinsed thoroughly
 1/3 cup Pariya barberries
 1 small red chili, deseeded and finely chopped
 1 cup parsley, roughly chopped
 
2 cups rocket leaves
 120g soft goats cheese , we use Yarra Valley Dairy “Gentle Goat” *

Dressing:
1 ½ Tbs. Joesph First Run extra virgin olive oil*
½ Tbs.  Simon Johnson white balsamic vinegar*

½ Tsp.  The Regimental Condiment Company seeded mustard*
Pinch of salt and cracked black pepper*

Method:
Combine the black beans, barberries, chili and parsley together in a bowl.

Mix together in a small jar the olive oil, vinegar, mustard and seasoning.

Pour over the salad and stir through.

Serve the salad over a bed of washed greens with goat’s cheese crumbled over the top.

ENJOY :)


*All products available at Togninis Spring Hill and Togninis Milton