Produce Focus
Produce Focus
| What’s growing in our region and where can you find it? Better still, what can you do with it once you have found it? Let Local Harvest help you source the absolute freshest in regional, seasonal food. |
The beautiful Beerwah valley is the home of Sandy Creek Organic Farm a wonderful mixed farm that grows and sells fruit, nuts and vegetables through a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) system. Les Nicholls moved from a small farm in Glasshouse, to the fertile soils at the base of the Glasshouse Mountains in Beerwah 7 years ago. |
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Authentic, fresh and local, that is what Palato Gelato’s Natalie and Gianmaria (Jimmy) Morelli are passionate about when it comes to the gelato that they have been receiving so much acclaim for. Silver medals for their Pistachio, Chocolate and Double Roast Macadamia flavours from the DIA (Dairy Industry Association) as well as silvers for their Chocolate and Mango flavours at the recent Ekka (RNA) and Bronzes for their Passionfruit, Mocha and Coconut. |
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There are those among us that would insist that flowers belong in vases at the dinner table rather than in the meal itself and while flowers do add a certain interest to a table arrangement, the interest for me is in the dish. There are dozens of edible flowers that can make their appearance in dishes in a variety of ways; garnish, essence, crystalised, etc. Zucchini flowers are especially interesting in that while they are often simply used as a garnish, shredded or whole, they often comprise the dish itself. |
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I am sure you have all spotted a Pitaya, or Dragonfruit as they are more commonly known, and perhaps curiosity has had the better of you and you may even have tried one. They are a strange looking hot pink waxy skinned fruit, with a vivid claret or white flesh sprinkled throughout with what looks a little like black sesame seeds. |
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We tend to take for granted things that are in our own backyards, by saying that I am not meaning the patio setting or the ‘Hills hoist’- they aren’t edible so saying that would be largely out of place on a foodie website. What I am referring to is an industry that although taken for granted by some, is by others, being developed into something really special and worthy of defining. |
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The Sunshine Coast is a Mecca for pestos, many producers having their own take on this versatile condiment that seems to go well with just about anything. A good pesto is such a versatile condiment, its flavour is so fresh and fragrant it instantly ables one to transform the most boring of dishes, especially if it is ready made. |
Organic Vegetables
Gelato
Zucchini Flowers
Dragon Fruit
Native Foods
Pesto