What’s GREAT at the Market this Week?
JUMPING RED ANT has new season CUSTARD APPLES at the market this week. Taking up to 20 weeks to ripen from the time the fruit first appears on the tree this super sweet fruit is ready to eat when the fruit gives slightly under the skin when gently pressed.
When cut in half it is perfect to eat straight from its own self contained package but it is also delightful caramelised and placed on a sourdough bread with Nimbin Valley feta.
Other ways of enjoying custard apples include:
- Custard Apple Cream – see recipe below
- Custard apple cheesecake – for the recipe visit https://industry.custardapple.com.au/Desserts/cheesecake.html
BOK CHOY is often underrated or not yet tasted! But cooked with garlic (and many other innovative ways it is superb). Simply heat the oil in a large frying pan over medium heat then cook the 
crushed garlic until fragrant. Mix in the bok choy (cut from its stem and leaves separated) or cut into quarters then cook and stir until the green parts of the leaves turn bright green and the stalks become slightly translucent – usually about 5 minutes although it may take a tad longer. Sprinkle with Himalayan salt and maybe some macadamia dukkah (from Spice Palace); add a dash of lemon juice and serve.
Bok choy is at most of the farm stalls including:
- Everest Farm
- The Gourmet Salad Hut
- Jumping Red Ant
- Summit Organics and
- Sylva Lining Organics
School Visits: Once again it is our pleasure to host year 9 students from Tweed Valley Adventist College. The market is a stopping off point on their way to Green Cauldron Farm at Tyalgum. Their topic is Food Security. Thank you Gary Cherry for your initiative in bringing your students to experience the market and all it has to offer.
COMING SOON – Seasonal produce: Brassicas – our greatly anticipated LOCAL broccoli, cauliflowers and cabbages should begin appearing on our market stalls later this month – if the nights cool down enough!! Or early June. And coming early next month we will see snow peas.
Blueberry Fields will be back late May or early June.
RECIPE: Custard Apple Cream
Ingredients:
- 1 cup raw cashews (soaked for 3 hours or more; drain and rinse)
- 2 custard apples, cut into segments and deseeded
- Macadamia sprinkles (Nudgel Nuts)
- ½ teaspoon vanilla essence (good quality vanilla makes a difference)
Method
- In a blender mix all ingredients with a little coconut milk (or filtered water) as required to make a smooth consistency.
- Pour into dessert glasses and refrigerate for 2-3 hours.
- Sprinkle with lightly toasted macadamia sprinkles and ENJOY!
This is delicious served with whipped cream or coconut cream and it also makes an excellent topping for a cake or tart.
Weather: A high chance of showers. Temperatures will range from about 15 degrees to the low 20s. Come and enjoy the intimate atmosphere of more stalls and the music in the pavilion if the day turns out to be a little wetter than we would like!
*REMEMBER* ATM at the market!
We have an ATM onsite for your shopping convenience.
Entertainment:
Produce of the week (newest season produce is in bold):
- APPLES – new season Royal Galas and big Delicious apples
- Avocados – Shepards and Fuertes
- BANANAS
- Beans
- Capsicum
- Corn
- Cucumbers
- Custard apples
- Dragon Fruit
- Lettuce
- Macadamia Nuts
- Passionfruit
- Pecan nuts
- Paw Paw
- Pears
- Raspberries
- Sweet potatoes
- Tomatoes
- Zucchinis
Seasonal Produce List Updated:
Vegetables
Beans (+organic), Beetroot (+organic), Broccoli, Cabbage, Carrots, Capsicum, Cauliflower, Chard (organic), Chilli, Cucumber (+organic), Corn (+organic), Eggplant (+organic), Garlic (+organic), Herbs (basil + organic basil, coriander, fennel, ginger, rocket, turmeric and more), Kale (+organic), Lettuce (cos organic), Fancy Lettuce and mixed salad greens, Micro greens (+ wide variety of organic such as alfalfa, barley greens, sunflower, broccoli, chick pea), Peas incl snow peas (+organic), Mizuna, Onion (+organic), Mushrooms, Pak Choi (organic), Potato (Sebago) , Potatoes (kipfler ++), Pumpkin (+organic), Salad Mix, Silver Beet, Sprouts (+organic), Spinach (+organic), Sweet Potato (+organic), Tatsoi (organic), Swedes, Tomatoes (+organic), Taro, Turnip, Watercress, Zucchini (+organic).
Fruit
Apples, Apricots, Avocados, Bananas (Cavendish, Lady Fingers (organic also), Black muscat grapes, Blueberries, Carambola (star fruit), Custard apples, Dragon Fruit, Grapefruit, Grapes, Kiwi fruit (organic), Lemons + Limes (incl organic), Lychees, Mangoes, Mandarin (organic), Oranges (organic), Passionfruit, Paw Paw, Pears, Plums, Raspberries, Rock melons, Sapotes, Strawberries, Watermelons.
Flowers – Gerberas, Lisianthus, Roses, Tropical flowers – sassy heliconias.
Eggs – including organic
Nuts – Pecan nuts and macadamia nuts, nut oils, butters and choc coated nuts
Dairy – Cows milk, cheeses and yoghurt, kefir, cultured butter ++ Goats milk and soft cheeses, kefir AND award winning St Billie goats cheese.
Honey – Raw unprocessed Caldera honey, creamed honey and creamed honey with cinnamon! And bees wax candles.
Rice and Breads – A variety of artisan sour dough breads baked with a diversity of organic flours (including spelt and rye) and many flavours that use local market products including macadamia nut bread!
Mushrooms – Gourmet mushrooms – king oysters, white oysters, pink oysters, blue oysters, shiitake and Shimeji available at Wollumbin Gourmet Mushrooms and button mushrooms at Mountain View Eggs.
Meat – Beef, pork and goat (All Natural Meat Company produced), Salami (Nimbin Valley Diary) periodically + lamb and chicken sourced within the broader market radius
