Community Stall
There is no charge to use the stall, just let us know when you are coming and what you would like to sell and off you go.
For those interested in using the community stall please speak to Rupert at Rupert's Farm stall or call him on 086 1685312
Transition year/workshops/music.
The stall will also be there for the use of local school groups who may like the opportunity to come meet local producers at the market to learn what a Farmers Market is all about and then return another week to run a stall themselves.
This stall may also be made available for workshops and demonstrations with a food, farming, gardening or environmental theme.
For Transition year or school groups call 087 7620455 or info@mahonpointfarmers
market.com
Recipe of the fortnight
Keep an eye out for wild garlic which will be found in profusion over the coming weeks and months.
This soup is both delicious and also extremely nutritious.
Both the bulbs and leaves of wild garlic are used in this soup and the pretty flowers are lovely sprinkled over the top of each soup bowl.
Farmers Market workshops
The Workshops are free of charge and take place at the community stall at the market on a monthly (or so) basis.
keep an eye on the website and market noticeboard for
upcoming events.
The workshops take place at a specified time during the morning and limited seating is available but lots of standing space.
The workshops vary between 15mins and a half hour.
Wild Garlic Soup
55g (2ozs) butter
140g (5ozs) diced onions
280g (10ozs) peeled diced potatoes
2 cups of wild garlic chopped, use both bulb and leaf
1 teaspoon salt
Freshly ground black pepper
1.2L (2 pints) home made chicken stock
125ml (4 fl ozs) cream or creamy milk
Garnish: Wild garlic flowers
Melt the butter in a heavy saucepan. When it foams, add the potatoes, onion, and wild garlic and toss in the butter until well coated. Sprinkle with salt and freshly ground pepper. Cover and sweat on a gentle heat for 10 minutes. Add the stock and cook until the vegetables are soft. Puree the soup in a blender or food processor. Taste and adjust seasoning. Add a little cream or creamy milk to taste. Serve, sprinkled with a few wild garlic flowers.
Monthly at the market
From the Irish Independent Saturday 30th January 2010
What's on
at this months workshop?
Details to be posted soon.
The Community stall is kindly funded by
"There are now superb farmers' markets all over Ireland, but Mahon scoops the gong for several reasons. Firstly its superbly well organised, and the diversity and variety of stalls is second to none. The market is so charismatic that it overcomes its hopeless location, close to an industrial estate. But Mahon goes further than any other market in that it's a great place to eat. come noon, most people are here to get lunch; brilliant vegetarian curries, the best steak sandwiches, mexican tortillas to die for, and the coffee is as good as it gets. They even bring in musicans to play as you enjoy ginger beer and a falafal or two."
Rory O'Connell bespoke
cookery courses.
Slow Food East Cork.
The Ballymaloe Cookery
School.
Rupert's Farm.
Isaacs restaurant.
