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New Monthly Food Event – Market Room Food Sessions
Be Rewarded as a Village Customer
Tips for a Great Tasting Bolognaise

 

Food, Glorious Food
New Monthly Food Event – Market Room Food Sessions

Starting Friday September 10, we are reinventing our fresh food offers with the introduction of our new Market Room Sessions.

Join us for an interactive cooking event in the Market Room. Enjoy delightful tastings and great tips on how to make family favourites and learn some new tricks of the trade!

Starting at 11am this session will be a combination of how to master a particular kitchen or cooking technique. Each month we will focus on one particular ingredient or style of cooking. We also look forward to incorporating your suggestions into the events.

On Friday September 10 we will show you how to roast and use succulent Spring Lamb. The sessions will include ideas for what to eat with lamb and a great dessert.

In October (Friday 8 October) we will show you how to create pasta sensations with new twists on old favourites. Recipes from these Market Room Sessions will be published in the October edition of Village Life.

The Family Favourites Cook Off
The cook off will involve 12 finalists who have submitted their ideas for recipes to share between August and April. Each monthly winner’s recipe will be published in Village Life – starting 1 October 2010 and will be incorporated into the next month's Market Room sessions. The winner will be invited to to help prepare and share their family favourite at the Market Room Session. Winning recipes will be selected on true family appeal, inventiveness, ease of preparation and by evoking family memories.*

Join us!
Be one of 8 special guests on the day to share the cooking experience with us. Simply send in your family favourite recipes OR ask a “how to “question we can answer during our session, to be selected to join us. You will receive a $50 fresh food voucher when you attend and have the chance to join us in the great family favourite cook off in June 2011 with the best recipes selected to feature in a Village Food Calendar 2011-12. See page 35 for entry details.

* We will select 12 finalists and these recipes will form a new food calendar for July 2011 to June 2012. Not all finalists will be monthly winners as the final 12 will be selected in April 2011. More details closer to date.


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Be Rewarded as a Village Customer

Dining Rewards
The Village is bursting with dine in and take away options.
We are releasing a limited number of VIP $5 Dining Rewards booklets to all online and Village Life subscribers. Save money as you enjoy a delicious dine in experience at The Village with our new VIP customer Village Rewards Dining Vouchers.

The $5 Dining Rewards booklet will feature $5 discount vouchers from the following dining establishments.

  • Blue Mountains Chocolate Co.
  • Café Aroma St Ives
  • Café Di JJ
  • Cookieman
  • Espresso Italia
  • Gazi Chargrill
  • New! Hanuman Thai
  • New! Kaffir Lime Thai Take Away
  • Legendary Seafood – prepared meals only
  • McDonalds Café
  • Papa’s Pizza And Pasta
  • New! Pizza Base
  • Plaza Kitchen Asian Gourmet
  • Spluurge
  • Subway Restaurant
  • Sushi Village
  • Wyld Ivy Café And Restaurants

Opening August 2010
We welcome Kaffir Lime Thai, located on Mona Vale Road next to Bendigo Bank. Kaffir Lime offers a unique aromatic menu. Choose from the chef’s selection of vegetables, meat or seafood. Enjoy a great special for lunch between 11.30 am – 3pm daily with dishes from just $8.90. Open every day from 11.30am – 10.00pm.

$5 Dining Reward Vouchers are valid from 8 August 2010 until 30 September 2010. Join the club between August 15 and October 31. Fill out the form on the home page to join.

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Tips for a Great Tasting Bolognaise

From Peters Meats
To start the sauce, heat a pan until moderately hot and add a batch of mince, being careful not to crowd the pan. Crumble the mince over the base of the pan rather adding it in one clump.

Let this first side of the mince sear lightly before using a fork to break up the larger pieces. As it cooks, tilt the pan slightly and spoon away the liquid – this helps brown the mince. Using a moderately high heat will also help any water to evaporate.

Once the liquid has been removed from the pan the mince can then begin to brown. It will begin to cook fairly quickly at this stage, so keep it moving to ensure it browns evenly but doesn’t dry out. Repeat this step with any remaining batches of mince.

Return all the mince to the pan with the sauce ingredients. The mixture should simmer uncovered for about 45 minutes – if not 25 or 30 minutes will be near as good. If you speed up the process and the sauce reduces too much and becomes dry, add ½ to 1 cup of water.
The completed sauce should have enough body so that the liquid doesn’t separate when it’s added to the pasta. It shouldn’t be too thick either – the bolognaise sauce should coat the pasta.

Mums are often looking for ways to include extra vegetables in their kids’ meals, the following idea works a treat. Grate a small zucchini and carrot and finely chop a handful of fresh mushrooms. After you’ve cooked the onion for your bolognaise sauce add the veggies, cook, stirring for about 3 minutes or until they are quite soft. Then add browned mince and tomato pasta sauce and simmer as usual.

 

.Quick bolognaise
Serves: 4
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes

Ingredients:
500 g beef mince
1 small onion, finely chopped
1 clove garlic, crushed
750 ml bottle of tomato pasta sauce
chopped fresh basil or oregano

Method
Place mince in a bowl and mix in a little oil. Heat a large frypan, ensure it is hot. Crumble in half of the mince. Brown the mince, breaking up any lumps with a fork. Remove first batch, reheat pan and cook remaining mince and then remove.
Add onion and garlic, cook until onion is soft. Return mince and add the tomato pasta sauce, basil or oregano. Bring to the boil, reduce heat and simmer for 3O minutes. Add 1/2 to 1 cup of water to sauce
if needed as it cooks.

For more delicious beef and lamb recipes, visit www.themainmeal.com.au and Peter's Meats, Shop 2, Opposite Woolworths, Lower Level, Phone 9144 6912.



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