December 2009
Our 2nd Newsletter is dedicated to spicing up your festive feasting and offers you a range of original gift options for Christmas and beyond.
We invite you to browse through site and wish you a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Ideas for Christmas
The festive season is almost upon us. Entertaining few or many across the festive season can and ought to be a varied affair. Magnificent as the traditional cooking can be, a touch of spice and some fresh ideas can revive the jaded palate and breath new life into your seasonal recipe reportoir. Here at Cardamome&Company we have put together a selection of seasonal recipes ideal for entertaining, casual dining or simple snacking. Happy eating.
Starters
- Spiced pumpkin soup with bacon
- Gravalax with a spiced twist and mustard
Mains
- Roast Turkey with a chillie butter glaze and spiced gravy
- Christmas Ham
- Guinea fowl with orange and szechuan pepper
- Sumac-marinated Poussin with Bulgar stuffing
Stuffing
- Spiced cranberry, bacon and walnut stuffing
- Elizabethan Stuffing for Turkey or Capon
Vegetarian
- Vegetarian Biryani
- Parsnip cakes with mushrooms and pine kernels
Side dishes
- Brown butter sweet potato mash
- Spiced Cranberry Sauce
Desserts
- Brown sugar spice biscuits
- Figs for 1001 nights
- Plum and rhubarb crumble with star anise
- Clementine and star anise charlottes
Christmas drinks
- Mulled wine drink with fruit
- Mulled Cider
GIFT OPTIONS
We have Christmas all wrapped. Perfectly appetizing alternatives to chocolate treats. Our kits, blend and spice selections make excellent gifts for every palate. Delicious, original and affordable.
Please remember to place your gift orders before 18th December (15th for EU) to guarantee delivery in time for in time for Christmas
- Indian Takeaway
- Enjoy the flavours of Indian cuisine with this kit and blend selection. A perfect illustration of the diverse tastes of India.
- Oriental Express
- Travel across the Far East without leaving your home, with this kit and blend selection. Far eastern flavours to satisfy your oriental cravings.
- The Blend Selection
- We have selected five of our blends from across the world. Just a hint of the glorious possibilities of world cuisine.
- The Christmas Spice rack
- Capture the essence of Christmas with this warming spice selection that will fill the air with the heady ubiquitous aromas of the festive season.
- Essential India
- No self respecting Indian spice rack would be complete without these basic blends and spices. Let the adventure begin…
- Thai Market
- The essence of Thailand captured for you with this Spice and Blend combination. The vital ingredients for authentic Thai dining.
- Middle- Eastern Pleasures
- Eastern promise that fulfils and exceeds your dining desires with this aromatic Blends and Spices from across the Middle East.