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FREE ISSUE | APRIL 2019
AT ING G UIDE
EAS T E R E
to share
Slow-cooked
harissa lamb
Hot cross bun
bread & butter
pudding
Choc-full of
sweet treats
100
foodie ideas
for the long
weekend
OUR STORES
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Welcome to the
FARRO EASTER EATING GUIDE!
Easter is a great chance to get studded, aromatic buns ready
away for a few days or catch up for toasting, and topping with
with family and friends over a butter. Then let the sweet spices
Wild Wheat
delicious long lunch. This guide is waft through the house. Your Hot Cross Buns
packed with foodie ideas to take chocolate-filled dreams will come Crafted by hand
you through the whole weekend true with our eggcellent selection and packed with all
– from breakfast bagels and an of Easter eggs and chocolate treats manner of fruit and
spice, these buns
irresistible mezze platter through for everyone to enjoy! are such a treat.
to scrummy salads and an apple $1.89 each
and walnut upside-down cake. Have a delicious
For the table hero, we have tender Easter and happy
roast lamb, marinated in harissa school holidays.
and teamed up with aubergine
and tomato to give it a fresh take. Janene Draper,
It wouldn’t be Easter without hot Farro Co-founder
cross buns and at Farro we have
a wonderful selection of fruit-
Farro Easter Foodkit
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ingredients you need for the perfect feast to enjoy
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delicious meal that every bunny will enjoy!
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An Easter tradition
Delicious, toasted hot cross buns are
synonymous with Easter. Make a run for the
buns and get ‘em while they’re hot!
Organic Times
Lightly Salted
Butter, $9.99/250g
Green Valley
Barista Silk Milk,
$3.69/1L
Rocket
Kitchen Easter
Cookie Mix,
$8.50/4pk
Green Valley Coffee Supreme Farro Hot
Barista Silk Instant Cross Buns
Green Valley The best coffee Yummy chocolate
Barista Milk heats when you can’t have and traditional hot
and stretches the best coffee. No cross buns, made
beautifully, with additives, no fillers, to our special Farro
a creamy finish. just the good stuff. recipe.
$3.69/1L $17.95/7pk $8.99/6pk
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Rise & shine
Easy brunch recipes and ideas
to enjoy over the leisurely
long weekend.
Coffee
Supreme
Instant,
$17.95/7pk
PASTRAMI & KIMCHI 2 tablespoons olive oil or 2 spring onions, chopped into the pan, then add the
POTATO HASH clarified butter 4 eggs kimchi, gherkins and spring
1 onion, chopped onions. Cook to heat through.
15
1 red capsicum, chopped Heat the oil in a wide frypan, add
mins 2 medium potatoes, peeled, the onion and capsicum and Poach the eggs in simmering,
10 mins prep cook time serves 4 diced and cooked cook until tender. Set aside and salted water with a dash of
1 packet Pastrami & Rye add the cooked potatoes and fry vinegar until cooked to your
The pastrami gives a peppery pastrami (200g), diced until golden. Add the pastrami liking. Divide the hash between
spiciness, while adding kimchi ½ cup kimchi, chopped and cook until it gets a slight the bowls and top with the
brings some heat and piquancy. ¼ cup gherkins, chopped crust, put the onion mix back poached eggs.
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FABULOSA
MIMOSA
Traditionally made with orange
juice, try this mimosa recipe
from Six Barrel Soda Co. for a
different spin. Add 1 tablespoon
of Six Barrel Soda Co. Cherry
& Pomegranate syrup to a
champagne flute. Add
a spoonful of
pomegranate
arils and top
up with
sparkling
wine.
Ark Free Range Eggs
Locally sourced, and 100% free
range eggs. An essential part
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of a long weekend – boiled,
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poached or scrambled!
Eggs Bagel $7.49/12pk
Benedict
Kiwi Middle Kiwi Middle Bacon
Bacon,
$9.99/300g Traditionally smoked, Kiwi
bacon is made from outdoor
bred, free farmed pork, from
an award-winning little farm in
Canterbury. $9.99/300g
3 WAYS WITH
bagels
Try Bagel Love’s artisan bagels, prepared in
the traditional New York style to give them
a chewy outside and soft middle.
Avocado & tomato
Layer rocket, avocado, fresh mozzarella
and roasted vine tomatoes. Drizzle
with extra virgin olive oil and balsamic
cream, and season with salt and pepper.
Salmon, goats cheese & capers
Spread Drunken Nanny Dill Lush Curd
on a toasted bagel. Top with Aoraki Banana & hazelnuts
Smokehouse Cold Smoked Salmon, red Spread 1 tablespoon of Forty Thieves
onion, cucumber and capers. Top with extra Hazelnut Crunch over a toasted bagel.
virgin olive oil, preserved lemon slices, dill Place sliced bananas and chopped
and season with salt and pepper. hazelnuts on top. Drizzle with honey.
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Making a mezze Lindo Stuffed Vine
Leaves, $5.99/400g
Indulge in some Easter feasting at the
mezze table with a platter of delicious
bites to share!
Kohkoz
Falafel Bites,
$9.99/14pk
Wild Wheat
Sourdough,
from $6.49
Elysian Foods Kohkoz
Tzatziki, Garlic Dip,
$5.99/200g $6.99/180g
Kohkoz
Hummus,
$6.99/200g
Elysian Foods
Taramasalata,
$7.49/200g
Kohkoz Pita
Bread, 5.99/5pk Aoraki
Smokehouse
Oak Roasted First Light Wagyu
Salmon Portion, Gaea Kalamata Olives, Rump Steak,
$16.99/200g $7.50/300g $12.99/250g
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Mix and match
Mezze platters make great party spreads,
especially when you are serving guests with
a variety of dietary preferences.
Kohkoz Baba
Adella Ghanoush,
Halloumi, 6.99/200g
$6.49/195g
1
Kohkoz
Perfect for any platter,
try this range of real
SALMON WITH LEMON Lebanese dips, spreads,
AND CAPERS falafel and pita bread.
Heat a heavy pan on high heat and grill We love the smoky baba
2 lemon halves until they begin to ghanoush – delicious on
caramelise. Take 1 fillet Aoraki Smokehouse bread and sprinkled with
Oak Smoked Salmon. Top with dill, thinly chilli flakes!
sliced lemon, capers, and drizzle with chilli
oil. Squeeze over juice from grilled lemon
and season to taste.
2
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GRILLED HALLOUMI
Take 1 packet Adella Halloumi. Cut into
1cm slices. Place in a bowl with 1 tablespoon Don Pepino
honey, 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil, Taste the Mediterranean
zest of 1 lemon, 1 tablespoon chopped fresh with Don Pepino’s moreish
oregano. Mix to coat. Grill halloumi in a hot red pepper and eggplant
non-stick frying pan or griddle pan. spread or appetizer.
Place on serving dish, drizzle with extra $8.99/jar
honey and top with chopped pistachio nuts
and fresh oregano.
3
STEAK SKEWERS
Slice 1 First Light Wagyu rump steak
into long, thin ribbons. In a mortar
and pestle, grind 1 tablespoon each
peppercorns and coriander seeds. Add a Elysian Foods
large pinch flaky salt. Coat steak pieces Enjoy silky smooth
with the spice mix, then thread onto taramasalata dip made with
skewers. Cook in a hot cast iron pan for 1-2 cured cod’s roe. Or a classic
mins. Mix 2 tablespoons horseradish and yoghurt and cucumber
McClure’s Pickles, 2 tablespoons crème fraîche. Place on tzatziki. From $5.99/200g
$16.99 serving platter, drizzle with the horseradish
cream and garnish with fresh parsley.
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Let’s do
Easter lunch!
Take a twist on the traditional roast! Try tender
lamb infused with a spicy harissa marinade and
perfectly matched with autumnal vegetables.
Spade Oak Voysey Syrah
This is a lush red wine, modelled on
traditional Rhone Valley Hermitage.
Perfect with roast lamb – a wine
to savour! $16.99 each
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5 mins prep
+ 1-2 days to strain
serves
6
Perfect cuts
Labneh
Essentially a thickened yoghurt, labneh
can be used for both sweet and savoury
dishes. The salt is essential if you are
planning on keeping it for any length of
time. The longer you strain the yoghurt,
the thicker it becomes.
900g thick Greek style yoghurt First Light Wagyu Steaks
Labneh timesaver! 1 teaspoon sea salt Enjoy delicious, juicy, buttery
Try this soft cream cheese beef – humanely raised on
made out of strained cows
Line a sieve with cheesecloth, mix the 100% grass.
yoghurt. It’s a delicious
yoghurt and salt together and pour into the $12.99-$19.99
spread, great for platters,
cheesecloth. Fold over the edges of the
or on top of salads.
cheesecloth and strain over a bowl in the
$12.49/225g
fridge for 24-48 hours.
SLOW ROASTED LEG tender with gorgeous autumnal In a roasting dish scatter over
OF HARISSA LAMB vegetables and an instant sauce. the onions, sprinkle with some
sea salt and oregano, then repeat
3
1 easy carve leg of lamb the layers with the eggplant
hours 3 cloves garlic, cut into slivers and tomatoes. Put the lamb on
15 mins prep cook time serves 6-8 ¼ cup Culley’s harissa paste top of the vegetables, season Bostock’s Organic
2 red onions, cut into wedges with salt and pepper then put Whole Chicken
Studding the lamb with 2 tablespoons oregano, chopped into the oven. Premium size 14 chickens that
garlic and smearing with the 2 eggplant, sliced have lived happy lives roaming
harissa the day before helps 500g (approx. 4-5) tomatoes, After 30 mins turn down the around an organic apple
to improve the flavour. This thickly sliced heat to 160°C and cook for 2½ orchard! $23.99 each
is well-cooked lamb that is 2 tablespoons coriander, hours until the meat is tender
chopped and the vegetables have F
2 tablespoons pistachios, softened to a sauce-like Favoarro
chopped consistency. If the meat is urite
pomegranate arils (optional) browning too quickly, loosely
cover with baking paper for the
Using a sharp knife, cut slits all remainder of the cooking time.
over the lamb leg and insert the
garlic. Rub with the Culley’s Remove from the oven and
harissa and put into the fridge allow to rest for at least 20 mins.
overnight to marinate. Scatter with the chopped
coriander, pistachios and
Preheat the oven pomegranates to serve. Freedom Farm’s
200°C. Pork Rack
Think slow-roasted pork
Crackling idea! rack, cranked up at the
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Middle Eastern flavours abound with these
refreshing sides featuring fresh seasonal produce.
PINK PICKLED BABY sterilised jar, distributing the with the carrots (ideally for 15 vegetable stock and preserved
TURNIPS turnip, beetroot and garlic evenly. mins) then add the oranges, juice lemon and cook, covered for
Put the water, vinegar, salt and and coriander leaves just before 10 mins.
5 sugar in a small pot and bring to serving. Scatter with sumac to
mins
the boil. Pour over the vegetables. serve. Place the silverbeet leaves on
10 mins prep cook time makes 1 jar
Allow to cool before putting on top of the fregola and continue
These lovely pickles are perfect the lid. Keep refrigerated. Try to TIP: Add a few drops of orange cooking for another 5 mins.
to make with a bunch of baby resist eating them for at least 5 blossom water to the dressing. Stir the leaves through and if
turnips. Add a chilli to the jar if days before using. needed add a little extra stock
you would like a little heat here. FREGOLA WITH or water if the fregola needs a
CARROT & ORANGE SILVERBEET & little more cooking. Adjust
1 bunch baby turnips (approx. SALAD PRESERVED LEMON seasoning to taste.
10)
2 baby beetroot 35
2 cloves garlic, sliced
mins
Side
200mls water
20 mins prep serves 6 10 mins prep cook time serves 6
kicks!
100mls white wine vinegar Sweet raw, thinly sliced carrots Cooking fregola by this
1 tablespoon sea salt make a delicious pairing with absorption method ensures a
1 teaspoon sugar oranges. full flavoured dish. Try using
kale leaves or spinach leaves in
Peel and quarter the turnips and 3 medium carrots, peeled place of the silverbeet, just
beetroot. Put into a clean, 3½ oranges adjust the cooking times as
1 teaspoon cumin seeds, toasted required.
in a dry pan
½ teaspoon sea salt 8-10 silverbeet leaves and stems
pinch chilli flakes (1 bunch)
1 teaspoon white wine vinegar 2 tablespoons olive oil Farm Valley Buffalo
2 tablespoons extra virgin 1 onion, chopped Feta Cheese
olive oil ½ teaspoon sea salt A mild and crumbly yet
½ bunch coriander leaves, 1½ cups fregola creamy feta cheese. So
roughly chopped 2 cloves garlic, chopped good added to salads.
sumac for garnishing 1 teaspoon ground cumin $6.99/200g
pinch chilli flakes
Slice the carrots into very fine 700mls vegetable stock, heated
rounds (we used a mandoline), ½ preserved lemon, rinsed
or grate instead. Put the thinly sliced
carrots into a large bowl. ½ cup coriander, roughly
Cut the peel and any pith chopped
from three of the oranges
and cut into segments, put Wash the silverbeet well.
into a small bowl and Remove the leaves, roughly slice
squeeze over extra juice. and set aside. Chop the stems.
For the dressing, squeeze Heat the oil in a wide saucepan. Fregola Tostata
the juice of the remaining Fry the onion and silverbeet A Sardinian speciality
half orange and put into a stems with the salt until soft, pasta, shaped like little
small bowl. Lightly grind around 10 mins. balls. Handmade from
the cumin seeds with the coarse organic semolina
sea salt, add the chilli flakes Add the fregola and toast for a to give a delightfully
and add to the bowl along few mins until golden. Add the nutty taste.
with the white wine vinegar garlic, cumin and chilli flakes and $8.99/500g
and olive oil. Toss the dressing fry for a minute. Add the hot
farro.co.nz | Eating Guide | 11Sweet temptations!
Take their breath away with these
decadent showstoppers to wrap up the
long Easter lunch.
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Apple & walnut
upside down
cake
12 | Eating Guide | farro.co.nzHOT CROSS BUN using, and sprinkle with most
BREAD AND BUTTER of the chocolate. Put into
PUDDING the baking dish.
Mix together the eggs, cream,
milk and vanilla paste. Pour
10 mins 30-35 mins serves
prep cook time 6 over the base buns, add the
tops of the buns, pushing
There always seems to be a down gently to soak, then set
few hot cross buns lingering aside for an hour so that the
over the Easter break. Bread bread soaks up the liquid.
& butter pudding means no Halfway through, push down
waste, and the addition of on the buns again.
chocolate is a hit.
Put the baking dish into a
6 hot cross buns (ideally one larger baking dish and fill
day-old) with water to come halfway
6 tablespoons chocolate up the sides to make a water
buttons bath. Put in the oven, top
(we used Callebaut 34% loosely with baking paper and
buttons chocolate) bake for 30-35 mins or until
Large knob of butter for golden on top and the
smearing baking dish and custard has just set.
hot cross buns
6 tablespoons marmalade, Brush the tops with
plus extra for glazing marmalade and scatter with
(optional) extra chocolate buttons.
3 number 7 eggs, lightly Cool for 5 mins before
beaten serving.
1 cup cream (or use all milk)
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla paste or
essence
Preheat the oven to 200°C.
Generously butter a baking
dish big enough to hold the 6
hot cross buns. Cut the buns
in half, butter each cut half
and on the bottom half put a
tablespoon of marmalade if
3 ICE CREAM
favourites
Rush Munro’s Duck Island Appleby
Organic ice cream Fun flavours A generous scoop
made with real like Peppermint of Appleby Farms
fruit and real Slice, made using award-winning
ingredients. No fake organic milk, ice cream is the
colours, flavours or cream and seasonal perfect pairing for
preservatives. ingredients. Easter desserts.
$14.99/457ml $11.99/472ml $12.99/850ml
farro.co.nz | Eating Guide | 13Upper crust
Dad’s Pies Craft range delivers a
delicious wholesome meal, ideal for
friends and family over the long
weekend. Their pies are filled with
quality ingredients such as Bostock
Organic Free Range Chicken, NZ
Angus Beef & Grass-fed Wagyu Beef.
Each pie is wrapped in a golden butter
pastry. From $19.99-$23.99/pie
Serving suggestion Adella Halloumi
Pair your pie with a salad from This low-fat cheese is perfect for grilling.
the Farro deli. An easy dinner It sears and colours quickly with the inside
softening but not melting. $6.49/195g. See
for those on the go.
our grilled halloumi recipe on p7.
WEEKEND
AWAY
Whether you are packing for the bach or a
stay-cation, you can loaf away the long Easter
break with Farro’s selection of foodie essentials.
Steak me home
Beautiful cuts of meat or
yummy burger patties make
a weekend away so easy.
Wagyu beef is soft, juicy and
full of flavour so every cut
has the potential to make a
dinner that will knock your
socks off! Sear your steaks
first to help retain moisture
during cooking – and don’t
Bagel Love Proper Crisps
forget to rest your meat
Bringing a slice of New York to Auckland, A must-have for every party! These
Bagel Love bagel dough is carefully mixed, then Marlborough Sea Salt crisps are gluten- afterwards.
shaped and proved overnight before they are free, vegan and made with simple, natural From $12.99-$19.99/pack
poached and baked. $6.99/4pk ingredients. $4.59/150g
14 | Eating Guide | farro.co.nzLucky Taco Fiesta Kits
Lillie’s Q 58 Base Pizzas
Slather this on brisket that’s been smoked for 58 Base pizzas are hand-stretched and
hours, use them to give burgers a kick, or up the contain no additives or preservatives. Topped
ante on your roast chicken – a touch of Southern with a delicious homemade pizza sauce and
magic to what you’re cooking. $19.99/bottle quality sourced ingredients. $17.99/pack
All you need to make
delicious Mexican tacos at
home. Everything is lovingly
prepared in The Lucky
Taco kitchen and they
only take 10 mins to cook,
$44.99 each. Add some
Lucky Taco Chilli Salt,
$6.49, to your tacos for
extra zing and top it all off
with their award-winning
Hot Sauce range, $9.49
each, made with fresh NZ
McClure’s Pickles Bostock’s Organic Apples chillis grown in Hawke’s
An essential for a weekend away, these Crunchy, organic apples that have been Bay. No additives, just all
tangy-sweet-spicy pickles are delicious grown in sunny Hawke’s Bay and are
accompaniments to burgers, charcuterie, free from synthetic pesticides and other
the good stuff!
pizza, cheese and barbecues. $16.99/jar artificial substances. $4.99/4pk
Organic Chicken
Bostock’s organic free range
chickens enjoy the good life in a
Hawke’s Bay orchard. No chemicals,
no antibiotics, no hormones and no
genetic modification. Butterflied
chicken, $18.99/kg, whole chicken
$23.99.
Easy lunch idea!
Grill Bostock’s organic chicken sausages, Wild Wheat Par-Baked Mini Ciabatta
When you are away, you can still enjoy the
add a tasty coleslaw and chutney, and
aroma of home baking with these crusty
then pop them in a bun. So good! par-baked mini ciabattas.
$5.49/4pk
farro.co.nz | Eating Guide | 15Ready to go
Keep things simple at Easter with
a couple of our freshly cooked
Ready To Go meals. Choose from
tasty Lasagne, Macaroni & Cheese
and Thai Vegetable Curry made
fresh in the Farro Kitchen.
From $11.99-$27.50
Apple of our eye
Add a dash of cream or a dollop of
vanilla ice cream to the Apple Crumble
for an Easter treat!
Piece of the pie!
You’ll be over the moon with
happiness after a slice of
what we can only describe
as bacon and egg pie heaven
from Rocket Kitchen. Flaky
pastry layered with bacon,
silverbeet, onion, sundried
tomato, pesto, eggs and
cheese. Perfect for a long
weekend lunch or a picnic Aoraki Smokehouse Lemmy Lemonade
in the park. $8.50 per slice, Delicately sweet and smoky with distinctive Organic, Fairtrade and delicious! Enjoy
textures. The Cold Smoked Salmon Slices Karma Cola’s refreshing Lemmy Lemonade
available from the deli. & Oak Roasted Salmon Portions are the this Easter. Available in 4-packs.
perfect indulgence items. $16.99/200g $12.99/4pk
ANTIPODES
The perfect accompaniment to good
food and wine. Available in still or softly
beaded sparkling. Antipodes comes
from New Zealand’s deepest registered
aquifier at 327m below the surface,
creating a natural pure water source,
free from chemical processing. Grab
a case for the bach. $30/case (6x1L)
Six Barrel Soda Co.
We love their Lemonade syrup but the Cherry Antipodes is the world’s first and
& Pomegranate is a twist on a soda fountain only mineral water to be carbon
classic, made with cherries and pomegranate for zero certified!
a little sweet tartness. $16.50/500ml
16 | Eating Guide | farro.co.nzHip hop hooray! CHOC HEAVEN
Buy one of Wellington Chocolate
The range of Easter Factory’s Easter Eggs and you
will receive one of their new 25g
delights from Molly bars for free! Their bars are locally
Woppy includes handmade made from organic and fair trade
gingerlicious gingerbread chocolate. Good luck choosing
white choc topped Bunny from irresistible flavours like Salted
Brittle Caramel and Raspberry Milk
Ears or traditional buttery Chocolate. Or their new Solomon
Shortbread Eggs dipped in Islands bar which is their highest
delicious dark choc! percentage cacao sourced from one
single farmer. $10.50/40g egg
From $2.79-$21.99
Bake my day
Farro have teamed up with the
amazing pastry chefs at Ma
Cherie (find out more about
them on p20) to bring you a
fantastic range of pastries that
you can bake at home. Pain au
chocolat, profiteroles, pain aux
raisins... what could be more
delicious than warm croissants
and a coffee first thing on a
lazy long weekend morning?
Yes please!
From $12.99-$16.99
Find them in our freezer section.
ON THE
Farro Bennett’s
hunt Bohemein Dark
Chocolate
Milk Chocolate Marshamallow
Easter Bunny, Bunny, $7.50
Inspired Rocky
$25.00/250g
Road Easter
Eggs, $13.99
She Choc
Bennett’s Creatively
Raspberry Flowing Egg
Rocket Kitchen
Marshmallow (different
Easter Cookie
Hot Cross Buns, designs in-store),
Mix, $8.50/4pk Inspired
$11/9pk $65/400g
Strawberry
Cream Rocky
Road,
$12.49/240g
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Treat
your heart out
Gorgeous Easter sweets and treats
for everyone to enjoy!
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5
3 4
2
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7
6
4
1. Coffee Supreme – 3. KeepCup Reusable Coffee $3.50/44g, and gingerbread 6 & 8. Colestown Eggs
Supreme Blend Cup Bunny Ears dipped in white choc, Artisan chocolate eggs,
This coffee is a medium dark This handy reusable coffee cup $8.99/145g. produced by hand using the
roasted blend with full-bodied is made from blown tempered finest Callebaut chocolate,
richness, complexity and depth glass and cork. Beautiful to hold, 5. Forty Thieves Salted $24.99/4pk, $24.99/150g
– with a lingering cocoa finish. handle with care. $19.50-$35 Macadamia and Hazelnut
$14.25/250g Crunch 7. Te Mata Figs Panforte
4. Molly Woppy Hand-Made Indulgent nut butters that are con Fichi
2. Bennett’s Benny Bunny Eggs/Bunny Face/Bunny Ears 100% natural too. Delicious with Delightfully presented
Not only does Benny Bunny Enjoy traditional buttery fresh fruit, pancakes or over your gluten-free traditional
look good but he tastes good Shortbread Eggs dipped in favourite dessert – choose from Southern Italian style nut
too. And he comes with delicious delicious dark chocolate, luxurious Salted Macadamia and fig cake with citrus notes.
honeycomb chunks dipped in $21.99/300g, their adorable or rich, chocolatey Hazelnut Beautiful served with coffee.
chocolate. $25/250g gingerbread Bunny Faces, Crunch. $15.49/230-235g $12.99/120g
18 | Eating Guide | farro.co.nzMummy’s Yummys
You won’t be able to stop
at one! Little Ginger Oaties,
Citrus Bites, Caramel
Bites and Nan’s Jammy
Tarts start from $8.35
per pack.
Walter & Rose
The clever cookies at Walter
& Rose have made these
cute packs of Easter biscuits.
Eggs & Chicks, $6.99/3pk
Kapiti Candy Co
Hand-made Easter
Wellington Chocolate eggs with a delicious
Factory Chocolate Eggs, hard chocolate shell
$10.50/40g and a generous helping
of their signature
marshmallow.
Not your $13.99/120g
average fried egg. . .
Try serving this one up for
Schoc Rocket Kitchen
Easter brunch! Shoc Chocolate Rich, dark and creamy white Easter-shaped cookies
Fried Egg, $5.50 chocolate eggs in bright jewel on a yummy treacle base.
colours, $9.50/30g. And Every cookie is hand-
decadent Dark Chocolate cut and hand-iced using
Easter Tablets, $12.99/75g. natural colours.
$8.50/4pk or $6.00/2pk
farro.co.nz | Eating Guide | 19FARRO FOOD HERO
Ma Cherie
AUCKLAND
Ma Cherie founder Guillaume Nicoli has
been bringing the best culinary creations
from Paris to Auckland for ten years.
here is so much to We also spy crisp almond tuiles
T admire in Ma Cherie’s
kitchen. So much!
Firstly, we can’t take our eyes
being selected and packaged for
Farro stores. The saying goes that
the devil is in the detail, and at
off the triangles of the finest the Ma Cherie kitchen, that sort
French pastry that are being of detail is utterly exquisite. The
cut and expertly hand-rolled wholesale bakery supplies Farro
into croissants. Layer upon with gateaux, eclairs and tarts, as
layer of buttery deliciousness well as a range of frozen pastries
made using traditional recipes and savoury quiches that are
from chef, GM and co- ready for baking at home.
founder Guillaume Nicoli. All this from a Frenchman who
Then there is the team of Ma came to Auckland some 14 years
Cherie pastry chefs pouring ago, from Cannes, when a friend
glossy icing over the most phoned and encouraged him to
decadent of gateaux – think move down under. After years
almond sponge cake layered working in Michelin-starred
with passion fruit jelly and dark restaurants in France, Guillaume food, and when I was a teenager, I
chocolate mousse, and then felt he needed a break and took a wanted to leave school and get
covered in even more punt on New Zealand. some work experience. My
chocolate. Mon dieu! Four years after arriving in parents initially said no, and then
Auckland with just two suitcases they relented on the condition
in his hands, Guillaume met and that I seek an apprenticeship with
married his Japanese graphic the best pastry chef around. And
designer wife Hiroe, with whom that’s exactly what I did.”
he now has two young children, Testament to the success of Ma
and together they set up Ma Cherie’s products, Rocket
Cherie, juggling day jobs to keep Corporation (of which Rocket
the money coming in and baking Kitchen is a sister brand) acquired
through the night. a majority shareholding in Ma
“Some nights Hiroe and I Cherie in 2018, allowing
would sit down together for our Guillaume the chance to put
dinner at 1am! Our big break family first, decrease his hours and
came when Farro took us on,” grow the business.
says Guillaume, and the rest, they “Being able to hand over the
say, is history! From there, he day-to-day running of the bakery
introduced Farro customers to to the talented Ma Cherie team,
authentic, hand-made French allows me the time to dream up
pastries, garnering such a some new products for busy
reputation along the way that he people, that they can bake and
was invited onto the second enjoy at home.” We will be first in
season of Masterchef NZ. line when Guillaume’s ready to
“I was always interested in reveal his new creations! Find
in our
freezer
20 | Eating Guide | farro.co.nzRaise a toast
Whether you’re having an Easter feast with family, or just
chilling with friends, a glass of bubbles goes down a treat!
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Schoc Jewel Easter Kiwis Own Cheese Proper Crisps,
Eggs, $9.50/30g Sticks, $3.79/60g $4.59/150g
1. Quartz Reef Methode a lovely complexity and is lighter style which is just 5. Dibon Cava Brut
Traditionelle NV delightfully drinkable. Or if perfect for starters and Reserve NV
A wine of distinction made in you feel like something a little antipasto. $19.99 each This finely bubbled Spanish
the traditional method to different, the Hãhã Brut Rosé is cava offers an elegant compote
achieve elegance and finesse, a must-have on your table this 4. Champagne Taittinger of fruit salad, citrus and a
from the organic, biodynamic Easter. Elegant and dry, this Brut Reserve NV baked apple centre laced with
certified estate vineyard in the wine simply exudes fun, feasts A blend of chardonnay, pinot sourdough, nuts and savoury
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Otago. $29.99* each over 35 different vineyards Gold Medal Winner - NZ
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Brut Rosé A delicious blend of chardonnay reaches the peak of aromatic
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farro.co.nz | Eating Guide | 21A good drop!
SOHO Pink Sheep Rosé
A 5-star gorgeous flavoured dry-style
rosé. And for every bottle sold,
SOHO donates 50c to New Zealander
of the Year Mike King’s charity,
I Am Hope.
$19.99 each
SOHO Havana Pinot Noir
Yarrum Vineyard
Single vineyard, delicious hand-picked
organic grapes – the secret to the Don Ramon Oak Aged
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double trophies. Fresh and fruity red blend from the cooler
$29.99* each winegrowing region of Campo de Borja in
* Promo price valid 1-28 April Northern Spain. This is a soft, elegant and
delicious wine. $16.99 each
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FOX à la folie Rosé 3
“A very pretty and appealing wine with
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$24.99 each
Chardonnay
1. Gnarly Head Chardonnay
A fresh and vibrant Californian chardonnay
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and a touch of vanilla. $19.99 each
2. Spade Oak Voysey Chardonnay
Smooth and creamy in the mouth with a
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oaky finish. $16.99 each
3. Babich Family Estate Headwaters
Organic Chardonnay
A rich, complex palate of melon and citrus
flavours leading into nutty mealy notes with a
slight oak influence and long finish. $21.99* each
* Promo price valid 1-28 April
22 | Eating Guide | farro.co.nzSPY VALLEY
Award-winning, sustainably crafted
wines that capture the unique time
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Marlborough. Six varieties of grapes
are grown on over 180 hectares
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From $18.99 each
SEEDLIP
For those looking for a credible
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zero calories per 50ml serve.
Available in Herbal, Aromatic and
Citrus flavours. $69.99 each
Wine in a
BEER can
Sparkling Joiy!
Seriously good wine in a can!
Combining portability with the
prettiest of designs and the sheer
Brothers Beer Pale Ale & Lager Sawmill Three by Two convenience of small drinks, Joiy is a
Crisp, clean and classic, the Brothers Beer Here is a fabulous mix-up by Sawmill. light, sparkling dry rosé that is perfect
Lager will keep you refreshed this Easter. Or You get two bottles of each of for a picnic in the park, evening at
try the perfectly balanced Pale Ale – perfect their best beers – the Pilsner, IPA the beach or to pack for a long
with something off the bbq! $21.99/6pk and XPA. $27.99/6pk weekend away. $6.49/250ml
farro.co.nz | Eating Guide | 23FARRO
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