French brioche is now available in the bakery department. From the traditional rolls to a long chocolate brioche they are tasty treat. Brioche is considered a Viennoiserie, and made in the same basic way as bread, with a richer pastry due to the extra addition of eggs, butter, liquid (milk, water, cream, and, sometimes, brandy) and occasionally a bit of sugar.
Italian Biscuits. Five new types of Italian biscuits are recent additions to the international bakery range. Cantuccini also known as Biscotti, a twice baked almond biscuit comes in two flavours; Mixed Berry & Lemon.
The other three Italian biscuits are similar to Australian jam drop cookies with a fine Italian pastry filled with Hazelnut paste, Apricot jam & Raspberry jam.
Zenders Gluten Free Breads are back in stock after being out of supply for a number of months due to a production issue. They’ve moved to a new location and you’ll now find them just down from the fresh bread in the bakery freezer.
Have you seen the new top shelf in bakery full of sweet treats. Three of the most popular are the Glazed Donuts, Blueberry Muffins and Chocolate Chip Cookies. All the chocolate chip cookies and melting moments are cooked in-store at Maleny IGA.
Jo James our Seafood Specialist has been with Maleny Supa IGA for nine months.
Previously managing a seafood section for another retailer in Yandina, the expanded seafood section at Maleny IGA and the freedom to create her own display and mixes enticed Jo to make the move here.
Raised in Yamba, a little fishing village in NSW, Jo has fished and surfed all her life. You’ll find her at Maleny IGA behind the seafood counter from 7am to 3pm five days a week.
Jo has introduced a number of new seafood mixes. These are a quick dinner solution. Simply toss in the wok with a bit of olive oil on high for five minutes to cook.
Seafood mixes include NZ Mussels with Sweet Chilli, Onion and Capsicum, Prawn and Scallop mix & Marina mix.
Other new lines include: Lemon & Dill Prawn Skewers and Hervey Bay Scallops.
If you are looking for something not in our display cabinet just ask as we may have extra supplies in the cold room.
Fresh seafood arrives every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. All of our fish is supplied fresh by a local company in Kawana. Whole fish is a speciality, look for a new display section out the front of the Butchery Servery section
If you are late shopper and would like to pre-order your seafood, give Jo a ring and she can put it aside for you.
Rory Cullinan, his wife and young family moved up to live on the Sunshine Coast from Brisbane in 2008.
In 2013 they started M.A.D (Make A Difference) Popcorn in Woombye and began selling it at Eumundi Markets as a social business enterprise.
Their aim was to create a viable small business and raise funds for a local charity. In April this year they introduced a new line to retail with the creation of the scrumptious Popcorn Lovers brand.
The majority of the ingredients are from Queensland. All the corn is grown in Kingaroy & the sugar is from Bundaberg, while the bases used are made overseas. Popcorn Lovers popcorn is gluten free. No additives or preservative options are also available.
Popcorn Lovers popcorn has a shelf life of four months thanks to a prevention barrier sheen on the packaging preventing oxygen transpiration and sugar’s natural preservative qualities. Popcorn Lovers Popcorn comes in eight delicious flavours.
Caramel, a blend of dark sugars and the most popular. Salted Caramel, introduced recently is the current flavour trend. Cappuccino, a caramel base with coffee running through it. Traditional Butterscotch. Coconut, coconut bound into a butterscotch base. Choc Caramel, chocolate glaze and caramel. Macadamia, crushed local macadamia’s on a butterscotch base. Rocky Road, a mix of chocolate, butterscotch, coconut and strawberry.
From making a few batches to enjoy with friends and family it's now grown into a burgeoning small gourmet business. Maleny IGA is the first supermarket to stock their range and it's all thanks to our fantastic customers who spotted their stand at the Eumundi Markets and kept asking and asking for it to be sold in our supermarket.
As Sue says, "I've come to learn there are pate people and non-pate people. All I need to do is give the pate people a taste of my products and most of them become customers. They love the taste, the low food miles and the local ingredients."
All their Eumundi Guesthouse and B & B Pate's are gluten free and you have the choice of three flavours:
You can find their full range of pates in the Maleny IGA Deli Cheese fridge along with some terrines. Terrine's can also be made to order for special occasions - ask Janelle for more information.
Eumundi Guesthouse and B & B Terrine jars are lined with pancetta and slow cooked in a bai marie. Flavours include:
If you are a pate person and would like to taste Eumundi Guesthouse and B & B Pates & Terrines you are in luck as we've got two dates booked in for in-store taste testing.
Look for Sue in the Deli section inside Maleny IGA between 2 - 4 pm on Friday 11th September and Friday 2nd October.
Three classes will be held in total. One Italian Cheese Making and two Fresh Cheese Making classes. If you were one of the ninety locals who completed the Italian Cheese Making last year you might like to book in for the new Fresh Cheese Making classes.
In the Fresh Cheese Making class you’ll have a refresher making Ricotta and learn a new skill; how to make your own squeaky Halloumi.
We are offering two times for the Fresh Cheese Making Classes on Tuesday 20th of October, one in the afternoon 2.30pm - 4.30pm and another in the evening 6pm - 8pm. Cost to attend is $64 and includes a Mad Millie Fresh Cheese Kit (RRP $64.90). This kit sets you up with all the equipment and ingredients to make your own Halloumi, Feta, Cream-cheese, Quark, Cottage cheese, Goats cheeses and more!
The Italian Cheese Making Class runs from 10.30am - 12.30pm on Tuesday 20th of October. You will learn how to make fresh Mozzarella and warm fresh Ricotta. Cost to attend is $39 and includes a Mad Millie Italian Cheese Making Kit (RRP $39.90). The kit includes all the equipment and ingredients you need to make your own Ricotta, Mozzarella, Mascarpone, Burrata, Bocconcini & Ricotta Salata.
Book your spot @ Customer Service Kiosk inside Maleny Supa IGA, 26 Maple St, Maleny. Note full payment is required at time of booking.
All of Todd's ingredients are available now in Gifts and Gourmet, 15 Maple St Maleny.
Todd's YouTube Video links from his recent trip to Italy.
Naples Pasta Production http://youtu.be/suyhiWP_Vds
From Farm to Plate http://youtu.be/jDnCyks7hFA
Casanova Modena http://youtu.be/qwQtNy9FFiM
Recipes from The Spice & Herb Bible Third Edition by Ian Hemphill with recipes by Kate Hemphill, published by Robert Rose Inc. Canada. Cambodian Fish Curry Mortar and pestle or small blender Wok 2 small red shallots, finely chopped 2 1⁄2 tsp fine sea salt 2 mL 1 tbsp Amok Curry Powder (page 713) 15 mL 1⁄2 tsp fish sauce (nam pla) 2 mL 1 tbsp palm sugar or packed light brown 15 mL sugar 1 can (14 oz/400 mL) coconut milk 1 1 lb skinless firm white fish fillets 500 g 12 medium raw shrimp, peeled and 12 deveined 1⁄2 cup sliced green beans 125 mL 1 fresh long red chile, finely sliced 1 1. Using mortar and pestle or small blender, grind shallots, salt, curry powder, fish sauce and sugar to make a paste, adding a drop or two of water if necessary. In a wok over medium heat, cook paste, stirring, for 2 to 3 minutes, until fragrant. Stir in coconut milk and bring to a simmer. Add fish, shrimp and beans and simmer for 10 to 12 minutes, until seafood is opaque and cooked through. Serve immediately. Preparation time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 15 minutes *Plus making spice mix below:
Amok Curry Powder This Cambodian curry powder is used for fish. It is a perfect example of the influence Indian migrants have had on cuisines in Asia to the east of India. It is rich and spicy but, surprisingly, does not overpower the flavor of the seafood it is cooked with. 2 1⁄2 tsp ground red chile 12 mL 2 tsp ground Alleppey turmeric 10 mL (see Tip, left) 2 tsp ground Madras turmeric 10 mL 1 1⁄2 tsp garlic powder 7 mL 1 1⁄2 tsp ground ginger 7 mL 1 1⁄2 tsp sweet paprika 7 mL 1 1⁄4 tsp ground cumin 6 mL 1 1⁄4 tsp ground coriander seed 6 mL 1 tsp ground galangal 5 mL 1 tsp ground dried makrut lime leaf 5 mL 1 tsp ground kenchur 5 mL 3⁄4 tsp freshly ground black pepper 3 mL 3/4/tsp ground dried lemon myrtle leaf 3 mL 1. Combine ingredients in a bowl and stir well to ensure even distribution. Transfer to an airtight container and store, away from extremes of heat, light and humidity, for up to 1 year.
Cardamom Mangoes 4 ripe mangoes, peeled, cored and 4 cut into 1⁄2-inch (1 cm) slices 1⁄4 cup butter 60 mL 1⁄4 cup packed light brown sugar 60 mL 1 tbsp ground green cardamom seeds 15 mL 1. In a skillet over medium heat, melt butter. Add sugar and stir constantly until completely dissolved. Stir in cardamom seeds. Arrange mangoes in a single layer on bottom of skillet (in batches if necessary) and cook, spooning spiced butter mixture over fruit until just warmed through, about 2 minutes. Transfer mangoes to serving dishes and repeat with remaining fruit, if needed. Drizzle with remaining spiced butter and serve.
Variation Substitute an equal quantity of apples, bananas, pears or seasonal fruit for the mangoes. Preparation time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 10 minutes
Recipes mentioned in the 11th October 2014 Newsletter are available here for you to print out as pdf files.
Life's Good Chicken Kipfler Chiang Mai Curry.pdf
Citrus Salad with Ginger Yoghurt.pdf.
Cooked Maleny Brie Brandy Nut Recipe.pdf.
Maleny IGA 11 Oct Weekly Newsletter.pdf
Life’s Good..
Take one dynamic couple, add a love delicious flavours and all things local, throw in a good dollop of passion, excellent cooking skills, a bit of entrepreneurial flair and you have a hectic, yet booming little business called ‘Life's Good Curry Pastes!’
Sam Caine grew up in the hospitality industry, learning from his parents who ran a seafood restaurant in Caloundra. He learned the importance of supporting local food suppliers and keeping customers happy while developing his love of food. Sam went on to manage five star hotels from Brisbane to Cairns and along the way met wife Alice. The pair teamed up in events coordination and restaurant management, their dedication earning them a string of restaurant awards and induction into the Australian Tourism Hall of Fame.
Travelled throughoutSouth East Asia, India and Europe the amazing flavours caught their attention… and their taste buds.
“When we returned home” said Sam, “We couldn’t find anything similar with that great authentic flavour. We started experimenting with a range of fragrant spices, making pastes for our friends. We kept introducing new flavours, then slowly began manufacturing and selling at local markets.”
The Life’s Good range now includes curry pastes, relish, sambal and chilli jam. Choosing fresh, authentic, natural ingredients is one of the keys.
“80 percent of our ingredients are grown locally” smiles Sam, happy to be supporting local farmers and producers. “We also love that the herbs and spices we use have some amazing health benefits.”
The products are also designed to be extremely easy to prepare and use. With five children aged from two to 11, Sam and Alice understand the need for ease in the kitchen. At a recent Maleny IGA Foodies Night, Sam cooked up a Pumpkin Soup made with Red Curry Paste and Chiang Mai Paste - Chicken Kipfler with Star Anise.
On the night, Sam suggested guests use the milder Massaman Paste, containing 20 fragrant spices with beef, lamb or goat. The hotter Green Curry Paste, which is kept to medium heat to suit the Australian palate is ideal with poultry, seafood or pork. The Laksa is great with vegies and noodles while the Coriander and Almond makes an excellent baster or marinade.
The popular Sam’s Chilli Jam is a pantry ‘must have.’ Add it to cheese platters, in wraps, even on ice-cream. Sam describes it as ‘Sticky, sweet, jammy goodness with a deeply satisfying chilli tingle that will linger on your palate just long enough to make it impossible to resist another mouthful!’
“Our kids love cooking with us” he said, “So we’re always trying out new recipes. Their young palates have become used to the different spices and they are always quick to jump in with feedback!”
“Maintaining a balance” says Alice“Between paste production, market stalls, supplying our retailers and enjoying precious time with our five young, busy, crazy children is what we strive for in our lives today.We hope you love eating our products as much as we love making them!”
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For Sunshine Coast locals Sam and Alice Caines, from Life’s Good CurryPastes, the name says it all and with their 5 children, they sure make the
most of it!
They run the whole business themselves, from cooking, to packaging, and selling to customers, so there is never a dull moment in the Caines household. Sam has been around the hospitality industry since he was a baby, spending time at his parent’s seafood business before he went to kindergarten. He went on to work in hospitality for years, in between travelling through South East Asia, where he found his love of curry. In response to family and friends asking for their curry pastes, 12 years ago the couple decided that it was time to start making in bulk & sell at farmers markets and through their website.
As their reputation grew, customers at the Maleny IGA started requesting Life’s Good Curry Paste. Sam & Alice welcomed the opportunity to make their curries more accessible to customers who cannot get to the markets and began supplying us in March 2014. Their curry pastes are all gluten and dairy free, and made using local produce wherever possible. You don’t need to be an experienced cook to create a Life’s Good curry, as every jar has instructions on the back, with 12 servings (of mild to medium flavour) in each one. Life’s Good Curry Pastes will last 6 months in the fridge, so they are perfect for people who only eat curry every now and then. You can now find Life’s Good Curry Pastes in Maleny IGA’s Gifts and Gourmet Shop as well as in the main Maleny IGA store.
A big congratulations goes to Sara and Markus Bucher and all the staff at the Maleny Cheese Factory for their multi-award winning Apple and Cinnamon yoghurt!
After Apple and Cinnamon yoghurt won Gold at the Royal Queensland Food and Wine Show in 2013, they were invited to submit it into the Australian Grand Dairy Awards this year, and it won again! Maleny Cheese was one of only two Queensland winners in the Australian Grand Dairy Awards categories so the award was a great opportunity to put Queensland on the dairy map!
A few years back when deciding to add a new flavour to their current yoghurt flavours, Sara and Markus wanted something unique, and came up with the idea of Apple and Cinnamon. Markus says “What I really like about this combination is the strong cinnamon flavour coming through, and I think yoghurt flavours need to be strong to be appreciated.” Markus believes food needs to be an experience for all the senses, and keeps this in mind when creating a new flavour.
With their newest flavour, a chocolate yoghurt, Markus aims for the chocolate scent to hit the consumer first, and ‘excite the senses’ before they have even tasted the first bite. Maleny Cheese Factory manufactures Greek & Swiss style yoghurt. Look for their brands “Maleny Cheese Factory” “Maleny Gourmet Yoghurt” and “Georges Authentic Greek Yoghurt”. One of their top sellers is “Bucher Muesli” yoghurt. Manufactured as a single serve yoghurt and muesli combined under their “Georges” brand.
Daniel and Linda Tabone have been lime farmers since 2002, and enjoy making their lime cordial for themselves at home.Their cordial recipe is one that has been passed down for generations in Linda’s family. In 2010 due to a flood of produce in the lime market, they found that they were not getting paid enough for their limes, so they decided to trial selling their lime cordial commercially at the Eumundi markets.
When they started they didn’t think it would take off, but it did, and over the next 4 years they built it into a successful business. Linda and Daniel have developed their range to include their all natural pre diluted Suncoast Limes cordial in small bottles, ready to go. A sugar-free cordial and a lime salt, and lime chilli salt have recently been added to their range as well.
Daniel commissioned a prototype machine to remove the lime zest which goes into their lime salt, saving him a lot of time doing it by hand. They are currently working on a delicious ‘Limeberry Fizz’ recipe; combining strawberry and lime, with a planned launch sometime next year.
Maleny IGA is delighted to have Suncoast Limes locally made products now available for our customers. Pre diluted, read to drink Suncoast Lime drink is in the fridge section in Maleny IGA. Two standard and sugar free Lime Cordial are available in 500 mls and 1 litre bottles. Suncoast Gourmet Salts, Chilli and Lime and Lime add a delicious flavour to salads and vegetables. You’ll find them both in our Gifts and Gourmet store and in the Local Products section near the milk in Maleny IGA.
Trevor Hart’s Buffalo Cheeses are in demand by top chefs all over Australia.
Did you know he makes them locally right here in Maleny. Come along to our next Foodie night 6pm on Wednesday 18th June and meet the maker himself. Taste his award winning Haloumi, Mozzarella and A Love Supreme.
As Trevor says “I make cheese in a traditional way; fresh cheese from pure and unadulterated fresh milk by hand. My choice of milk is buffalo milk from Mal & Margaret Thompson’s dairy in Witta just 5 minutes down the road from my micro cheeserie in Maleny. Buffalo cheeses have many great qualities but its greatest is its uniquely creamy taste. The making of cheese is measured in millenia. As a way of preserving milk to stave off hunger in the winter months originally, it has risen to become a food artform.”
We will also have a brand new RAW Superfood GREEN Salad Dressing for you to try and warm local herbal teas and hot cocoa! Held at Maleny IGA's Gift s & Gourmet 15 Maple St, book your spot at Gift s n Gourmet. FREE to attend. Bookings preferred.
Trevor was recently interviewed by Mary-Lou Stephens from ABC Radio Sunshine Coast. Here is a recording of his interview.
Taste 9 Gluten Free products at our first Gluten Free Tasting on Saturday 14th June at 9am in our Maleny IGA Gifts & Gourmet store located at 13 Maple St Maleny.
Many of you know here at Maleny IGA we have a ‘pink’ shelf labeling system for Gluten Free items. These are products the manufacturers have informed us are gluten free.
Connor in the Perishables department and Craig from Grocery follow a Gluten Free Diet themselves and have selected products for us to taste test. Connor has recently sourced a new packaged gluten free frozen product range called “Health Sense-Sations” and we have other ready meals and snacks you’ll enjoy tasting.
The “Health Sense-Sations” range is made in Queensland and specialize in vegan and gluten free prepackaged frozen products. These are handy to keep in your freezer even if you are not gluten free, so that you’ve got something tasty on hand for when your Gluten Free friends drop in.
Thanks to Alison James from Maleny’s Facebook Gluten Free Group will be joining us and on hand to provide advice. Running time will be from 9am to 10am All welcome!
Since our December Newsletter article and Maleny IGA Kenilworth Local Food Tour visited the Walker family farm last year, Kacey Walker has become famous! Appearing on the April cover of the Courier Mail “Taste” insert with an article and follow up interviews re changes to free range chicken laws reducing the ranging area.
The Walker family use the term ‘nomadic, pasture-laid eggs’ to describe their eggs. Walker Family Farm eggs actually are truly free-range, as their chickens roam around the pasture all day. A large area of land is enclosed in portable fencing creating their chook paddock.
Their enclosure and chook caravan is moved regularly around the property, so they always have green grass to eat.George Walker says “chickens can take up to 40% grass in their diet,” so unlike barn-laid eggs, their nomadic chickens get this valuable source of chlorophyll making their ‘Chook Eggs’ high in essential Omega 3 oils.
The Walker family have recently adopted another 450 chickens, and added a second chook caravan to their farm at Cambroon, 30 minutes from Maleny. This helps them keep up with Maleny IGA shoppers demand for their delicious nomadic, pasture-laid eggs.
According to Kacey, the response to their eggs has been phenomenal since the Maleny IGA started stocking them. They take 1800 eggs in to the IGA, twice a week, and they still sell out!
George remembers the phone call from Peter, the IGA produce manager, just before Christmas, saying “don’t wait for us to call you, just bring them in.”
With their children Lachlan, David and Abbie helping out on the farm and collecting the eggs you can feel this family’s care and pride in their product.
Herbies Spices is running an Australia-wide competition on Facebook. The winning grocery store enjoys a tasty and educational visit by Ian & Liz. We want to bring them to MALENY IGA and need your help. Please Like our photo on Herbies Facebook page. We need a LOT of help to beat the southern states so please spread the word and ask your friends to LIKE this image.
Ian Hemphill has been in the herb and spice industry for 50 years. He sources their high quality ingredients from all over the world, travelling to Turkey, Egypt, South East Asia and the America’s, to source the best spices available for his blends. Ian and his wife, Liz even take groups on ‘spice tours’, as pictured in Jaipur, India.
Their spices are all natural, with no artificial free flow agents or padding, which is why they taste so good. Because they are a small artisan company they do short production runs all by hand; blending, packing, and sending the spices out all in the one day, so they are as fresh as can be.
Maleny IGA has the full range of Herbies Spices available over in their Gifts and Gourmet Shop, 15 Maple St. From individual packets to gourmet gift boxes and spice collections you can be sure to find the perfect spice in the Herbies Spice Range. When the Maleny IGA renovation is complete the Herbies Range will move over to Maleny IGA main store.
In 2013 Lisa Blainey-Lewin created & tested six different local food bus routes for us visiting our fabulous local food providers all over the Sunshine Coast.
One of those routes, the Maleny, Montville tour was so popular during 2014 with Lisa at the helm we partnered with Lynn from Mystic Mountain Tours, Karen & Richard from Montville Coffee, Sara & Markus of Maleny Cheese Factory, Chris & Jodi from Pomodoras on Obi, Pete & Belinda of Wild Rocket at Misty’s, Matilda from Gourmet Afrika, Ross Hopper of Maleny Dairies and the volunteers from Maleny Visitor Information Centre to bring you the same tour each month.
This ran until October 2014 when we ceased our subsidy of the tours and Lisa began running them and new food tours under a new business Food Tale Tours.
In April 2015 Lisa sold the tours to Lynn from Mystic Mountain Tours who continues to run them today both as scheduled tours and smaller private tours.
We are very proud to have played a part in establishing local food tours on the Sunshine Coast.
Taking you behind the scenes...Our Maleny IGA renovation went great guns in the dry weather but the recent rains have slowed it down a bit. We know you are curious about what’s going on behind the scaffolding. To answer your questions Lisa Blainey-Lewin is working with local filmmaker Ernest Marcum to document our renovation and create short videos promoting Maleny IGA’s local food producers.
Over the coming months you’ll see more behind the scenes video content uploaded to our Vimeo & YouTube channel and shared via social media. The two renovation videos are now online. In video one Rob explains why the 3 metre extension on Maple St, next to Happy High Herbs. Video two shows you through the cold rooms going in underneath the store and our third video will feature Rob and Chris Bond from Pomodoras on Obi, a local food producer. We’ve made the move to video as it’s easier to show you what’s going on & we want you to feel a part of our renovations as ultimately it’s all for you.
