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.

Save The Date

 SAVE THE DATE

 Wednesday 28th November 

 Togninis Annual Christmas Tasting night.

More details advised soon. 

Ho Ho Ho Yum Yum Yum

Eat this now

The Tognini family are loving a ploughman's plate as the weather warms up. Here is our DIY recipe for you and loved ones to enjoy making ( & eating! ) at home. 

Ingredients 

• Tognini's housemade Chicken terrine*
• Falwasser Crackers (gluten free now available)*
• Jamon prosciutto*
• Cornichons*
• Your favorite pickle or relish from the shelf
  – try a Wolf in the Kitche*n range
• Fresh ciabatta bread*
• Tognini's house smoked salmon*
• Cheese-Testun Al Barolo*
• Quince paste *

To Serve: Arrange with love and some creative flair on a wooden board and enjoy! Match with a refreshing white wine or beer. 

This is great, brunch, lunch, dinner and anytime in between. 

* Available @ Togninis 

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 

HAPPY BASTILLE DAY

Celebrate all things FRENCH this Saturday 14th July on Bastille Day!!

What better way to do it then with some GREAT french cheeses... yum!

To mark how much we LOVE french cheese we have 10% our three favourtie cheeses.

-The Washed Rind Petit Pont Leveque

-Clariens

-Banon

Avaliable at our Spring Hill and Milton stores. 

This special is only available till end of day Saturday

say CHEESE!

We are loving having a cheese board full of lovely goodness with a  matching vino in this cool weather! (Actually we love it anytime but hey ;) ) The Togs crew are pretty excited, just arrived from France are some old favourites and a few new cheeses for you to try:

Washed Rind Petit Pont Leveque

Pungent and creamy this cheese is perfect for a winter evening in front of the fire with a sweet pinot noir.

Clarines

A luscious triple cream made even more delicious by warming it in the oven – just crack the seal, add a splash of white wine and bake in the oven for 10 mins on medium heat, dip bread in and enjoy the lusciousness of it all.

Banon – Le Vache de Chalais

A handmade cheese from Givors- France, delicately wrapped in a vine leaf , this traditional cheese made from cow or goat's milk aged a month. The one's in store now are cow's milk .Match it with champagne or sauvignon Blanc. This cheese is as BEAUTIFUL as it is DELICIOUS.

Beautiful Banon

You can find all these cheeses living in the Cheese Room at Tognini's Trattoria Spring Hill and an even larger range at our Milton store.