new year - new stock

Is it too soon after Christmas to be talking about shopping?

I know I have been feeling a bit shopped out

but it does feel like the right time  - full of resolution for 2017 - to sweep out the cobwebs and choose a few additions to ring in the changes of a new year . . .

I have some website and blog related resolutions that might take a bit if time . . . 

but hey, I've got ALL year!!!

To start the year off I spent the morning playing with instagram 

and loading some new items onto my shop. 

 I thought I would share them here making it easier for you to have a "shouf"{look}

SHOP HERE

SHOP HERE

There is a lot of autumnal brown going on here so I thought we might need to throw in a bit of colour

in the shape of this wonderful bold and bright tassled vintage cushion.

Who can resist a generous tassle??

 

SHOP HERE

And finally, to thank you for taking the time to follow my blog and actually read the posts

I have a small thank you gift! 

Any orders via this post will automatically get a complimentary jar of our fabulous Harissa Paste!

SHOP HERE

Simply leave a comment after this post letting me know about your order and I will make sure its all packaged up together.

And finally,

 a little peace & protection for 2017

image via

{I suspect we might all need it!} 

x

Pauline

#CookForSyria

I dont know about you, but the events of the past year, months, few days,
 have left me feeling a little overwhelmed. 

Suddenly things feel strangely out of kilter.

There is a lot of anger and destruction around us - and this coming from a person who grew up in Apartheid South Africa and spent the greater part of my my 20's fighting for change.

But right now I am indeed feeling overwhelmed . . .

But the #cookforsyria project has rekindled some positivity!

#CookForSYRIA

Reading about #CookforSyria felt like a rainbow emerging out of the morass of media spin and information that surrounds us. Instead of focussing on the destruction and depressing daily reality of many in the world today - it is a celebration!

A celebration of a rich culture that will not be bombed out of existance!

image via

I wish I was closer to London so I could support some of the initatives that are part of this project - if you are, have a LOOK HERE and see if there is anyone or anyplace that you could support. There is a list of participating restaurants where £2 for certain items on the menu will be donated to the charity.

With the thought in mind that "every little bit helps"

I have decided to donate £2 of every jar of our Shouf! harissa sold this month to the fund - so you can enjoy the heat of our harissa knowing that the money spent is going to keep someone else warm this winter!

shouf!{look!} harissa

SHOP

You can also pre-order the cook book #CookForSyria - a result of time and talent in collaboration, with all profits again going to the fund.

And dare I mention the "c" word?

Christmas people  . . . 

and  I know a few people who would love to find this book in their stocking!

It seems to me quite simply to embody all that this festive season of ours should stand for.

x

harissa round-up

I thought I would end the week up on a slightly heated note

with some ideas and links of what to do with that jar of harissa sitting on your shelf!

Yesterday I posted a link on my facebook page for this recipe

 for HARISSA SWEET POTATO LATKES which I am planning to try this weekend.

I just love the look of the flavour combinations in this recipe!

images and recipe via The Bojon Gourmet

 Ottolenghi recipes are a favourite in our house with the cookbook Jerusalem being well used and with many an olive oil splatter marking the pages - I found this recipe for CHICKEN MEATBALLS WITH PRESERVED LEMON AND HARISSA RELISH online and decided to try it because I am also more than a little partial to the combination of chicken and preserved lemons.

images and recipe via Ottolenghi

Jamie Oliver does quite a few recipes using harissa as a side condiment or as a seasoning. 

 This recipe for SQUID WITH HARISSA MAYO is a great summer time snack 

 that  reminds me of sunshine &  holidays

- a nice glass of  cold wine after a hot day at the beach kind of meal!

images and recipe via JamieOliver

Another blog I follw and have shared on my facebook page  My Moroccan Food where london based blogger Nargisse shares her take on  Moroccan flavours - and these Ras el hanout and harissa hassleback baby potatoes have become another family favourite.

images and recipe via My Moroccan Food

And of course dont forget our own rendition of HARISSA BAKED AUBERGINEdelicious with some thick greek yoghurt now all you need is your harissa . . .
so come and see me at BATH ARTISAN MARKET on sunday
or go online to SHOUF! to get your jar and start cooking!
x 

Harissa #1

Since we have been selling our secret recipe Harissa on SHOUF! I have been asked on more than a few occasions for ideas and recipes on how to use it   . . . well, I use it it on pretty much everything as it sits quite comfortably on the table next to the salt and pepper (and believe me , this is not a sales pitch!)

 

 but

that being said

we saw the new year in in time-honoured tradition

with good friends

and of course 

good food

and this aubergine played a key role!

a little scoring, salt and olive oil

a generous amount of harissa

a very hot fire

 

 and . . . voila

 

delicious - smokey, aromatic . . .

 {apologies for the photographs but a celebratory amount of champagne was consumed in the process}

HAPPY 2016 

x