Archive for September, 2008

Peachytarte is another of those ‘recipe resource’ sites but one with a difference.

Peachytarte is ideal for ‘foodies’ – people who love to cook using ingredients that are in season. Each month, members receive 12 new recipes organised into four menus comprising starter, main course and pudding. Ideal for those who are entertaining, as all the recipes can be prepared in advance, but also perfect for those who need to feed busy families day to day.

Each menu comes with a shopping list, arranged in relevant ‘aisles’, to make sourcing the ingredients as easy as pie. Soon, Peachytarte hopes to link into an online store so the ingredients can be delivered to the customer’s door at the click of a button. All recipes come with hints for presentation and a photo of the end result so members can see what they are aiming to achieve.

Nicola Fellowes of Peachytarte says:

“Although literally thousands of recipes are available to everyone, huge cookery books can be overwhelming and hence people tend to stick to the same old favourites time and time again. The idea behind Peachytarte is to provide delicious ideas in bite-sized chunks every month. We create and source simple recipes that combine fabulous flavours to produce delicious suppers or glamorous food for entertaining effortlessly. Over time, members can build a personalised, seasonal book of their favourite Peachytarte recipes.”

Dishes might include: rack of balsamic lamb with roasted squash, ginger, chilli and mint; wild mushroom, chestnut and pancetta chicken breasts with scarlet confit; pea and tiger prawn oven baked risotto; fillet of beef on porcini croutes with two sauces; fragrant lime leaf Thai fish curry; medallions of slow cooked beef with white truffle oil and thyme; roasted fillets of sole with burnt butter on sweet potato mash and rotolo of butternut squash, mascarpone, spinach and sage. Mouth-watering pudding recipes include Seville orange syllabub with rosemary shortbread; pistachio meringues with apricots in brown sugar syrup; bitter chocolate and ginger semifreddo and little white chocolate and brioche puddings.

Membership with Peachytarte costs £4.95 per month but anyone giving a gift membership in the run up to Christmas would themselves receive three months free membership. Gift membership is £39.95 for six months, making the ideal Christmas treat for a loved one or friend. Orders should be placed by 15 December, 2008 for Christmas delivery.

Peachytarte is also about to launch a membership scheme for children. Addressing the fact that many children grow up without even basic culinary skills, it will encourage younger members to cook for the family, bake tea time treats and learn a new monthly technique. A six month membership will cost £25.

Your chance to win £100 of groceries via a competition at AllRecipes.co.uk.

“To prove yourself as one of the UK’s Cookery Masterminds you will need to do the following: Find the answers to the five questions listed, take the first letter of each answer to make a secret code. Crack the code and submit your answer. If you work out the Cookery Mastermind Code correctly, you have a chance of winning a bumper week’s grocery shopping!”

Enter the Scavenger Hunt here.

Allrecipes.co.uk is the UK’s first online cookery community for UK food enthusiasts to connect, inform and inspire one another. By logging onto Allrecipes and creating your own personal profile you can interact with fellow food lovers on a local basis. That way, you can share recipes, offer your wisdom and get some inspiration if you’re stuck for ideas. Not to mention discovering local supermarket bargains or even inviting each other to neighbourhood events.

The Allrecipes site is free. To try it for yourself, visit www.allrecipes.co.uk.