- Eden’s Food and Nutrition Week - 03/06/06

Slow Food Cornwall's
World of Taste Fundraising Dinner Menu

Plymouth Gin Cocktails, Antipasti & Poetry
The finest olives from Olives et Al, plump fresh figs, and marinated Slow Food Presidium Cornish salt pilchards, accompanied by Grana Padano Cheese & Rosemary Focaccia bread served with dipping oil and accompanied by the dulcet tones and biting satire of Murray Lachlan Young
followed by a Short film including an interview with Slow Food founder Carlo Petrini.

Braesola and Smoked Almond Salad
Delicious slivers of Farmer Sharp’s air dried Herdwick mutton from the Slow Food Ark, over a medley of summer leaves with a scattering of oak smoked almonds and finished with a zesty lemon dressing.

Char-grilled Gurnard with Wild Garlic Butter
Succulent fillet of sustainable Gurnard served on a bed of crushed early Cornish potatoes and wilted mustard leaves, dressed with melting Cornish butter infused with an abundance of local, wild Ramson leaves, served with St Austell Clouded Yellow.

Vanilla Panna Cotta with Balsamic Strawberries
Our fabulous local cream is perfect for this classic Italian dessert, flavoured with vanilla pods and accompanied by fresh Boddington’s Cornish Strawberries and a drizzle of balsamic syrup, served with Cornish Orchards `Harvest Inspiration’

The Clash of the Crumblies…
Featuring the UK’s most authentic Slow Food Presidia cheeses from Gloucestershire, Somerset and Lancashire – but the main event is the battle of the crumbly cheeses:- Whalesborough Farm’s Cornish Crumbly versus Kirkham’s Lancashire, accompanied by Worcestershire Slow Food Presidium `Three Counties Perry’

Dick Strawbridge will be delighting us with tales of sustainable smallholding
before the Grand Raffle Prize Draw during...

Coffee and hand made chocolates
Hand made fresh cream truffles from David’s Patisserie accompany Slow Food Presidium Huehuetenango Highland Coffee from Guatemala.

The Slow Food Cornwall World of Taste Dinner, sponsored by Grana Padano cheese, is accompanied by selected beverages for particular courses as noted. We will also be enjoying Sicilian wines provided by Slow Food Italy from small Sicilian producers:

Mandrarossa Fiano (white), Mandrarossa Grecanico (white), Nero D’Avola (red) and Mandrarossa Sirah (red). Cornish Orchards (non alcoholic Cornish Orchard Reserved Pressing), Cornish Water and soft drinks will also be served).



- Booking Form