Recipe - Raspberry, oaty, nutty bars

Raspberry Oaty Nuts Bars  -

makes 1 small flapjack tray

Oaty, nutty, sweet and fruity, these bars make a gorgeous change from normal flapjacks –  they’re very popular in the deli with a cuppa!

360g flour  

1 tsp baking powder

300g diced butter

180g sugar

3 pinch salt

240g oats

 1/2 large jar raspberry jam

 440g flaked almonds

 400g chopped nuts of your choice

100g pumpkin seeds or mixed seeds

300g butter

225g sugar

120g milk

2 tbsp golden syrup

3 tsp vanilla

Grease and line the tin with baking paper.

150ºC

In a wide mixing bowl, rub the butter into the flour, baking powder and salt. Stir in the oats and sugar. Arrange this mix in the tin but do not pack it tightly! Bake for 20 mins or until slightly golden. Allow to cool slightly before topping with jam.

For the topping, melt the butter, sugar, milk, golden syrup and vanilla in a heavy based saucepan. Stir and allow to bubble slightly to combine. Pour over the nuts and dollop over the jam. Using a palette knife gently spread the mixture to completely cover the jam. Bake for a further 30 minutes. Allow to cool and set before cutting. Best cut straight from tin!

A celebration of Summer - a feast for £40 June 22nd

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Our May supper celebrates Spring!

Our supper evenings are just lovely, even if we say so ourselves.  We open up the cafe and deli once a month or so for a feast of flavour.  Our chef, Tom Quick has devised a beautiful Spring menu that you can sit back and enjoy.  No stress of choosing from a menu and wishing you had what someone else has chosen - just relax and enjoy the delicious food in relaxed surroundings.
These evenings sell out quickly, so please book as soon as possible.  
TO BOOK - phone 0117 973 6569, email info@papadeli.co.uk or you can book online here.

Spring Feast menu May 3rd, 7.30pm  £40

Crostini served with a glass of prosecco
Chopped chicken liver with caramelized grapes
White bean & wild garlic
Aubergine caviar with truffle oil

Antipasti:
Marinated buffalo mozzarella, grilled English new season asparagus with parmesan, warm octopus & spicy potato salad.
Served with Papadeli foccacia & olives

Main:
Slow cooked pork belly or Roast fillet of hake, Umbrian lentil, plum tomato, fennel and rosemary with spring greens & salsa verde.

Dessert:
Baked amaretti custard with lemon & vanilla

Cheese:
Fiore sardo ewes cheese, Pane carasau & mostarda fruit

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Cookery Classes at Papadeli

Spring  and Summer  2013

Book online here

Thursday 9^th May £75

Family cooking – need a bit of inspiration?

Extend your repertoire, learn tips and techniques to enhance flavours – cook with speed and ease!

Casseroles, quick supper dishes, tips for using up ingredients creatively, one pot cooking, simply delicious puddings.

Beginner’s cookery class

Wednesday 8th & 22nd May and Wed 12th and 26th June

£200 for the 2 month, fortnightly course

Learn the basic art of cookery, knife skills, dressings, butchery, fish prep, sauces, soups. Our professional chef shows you how to achieve confidence in the kitchen.

You’ll be a master-chef after the 2 months!

Thursday 23^th May £75

Tapas of Southern Spain

Learn to cook quick Sevillana dishes. Where Spain and Moorish cuisine meet – big flavours, great ingredients. Wow your friends and family with your new tapas knowledge!

…gazpacho, Pulpo, Chipirones, Salpicon, Sardinas rellenas, escabeche, estufado, escalfados, tortilla, aioli and more …

Thursday 13^th June £75

Summer in Tuscany

Tuscany is famous for great ingredients, rustic dishes, lots of flavour. Introduce some seasonal Cucina Italiana into your kitchen!

Create delicious dishes with the finest Summer produce…tomatoes, peppers, aubergines, artichokes, beans, peaches, ….

Thursday 27^th June £75

Mediterranean salads, suppers and puddings

The abundance of seasonal ingredients brings flavour, simplicity and health benefits from one of Europe’s favourite cuisines.

Escalivada, Panzanella, Fattoush, Farro, Esquixada, Nicoise, Chicken Orvieto, Risotti, Poached fruits, fruit tarts …..

Thursday 11^th July £75

Papadeli Picnics

Brighten up your Summer and step away from the curling ham sandwiches! Enjoy creative picnics using seasonal ingredients that take little time to prepare. Tips and inspiration on selecting great ingredients and creating Summer dishes that will be a treat for not only the picnic hamper.

Thursday 25^th July  £75

Celebration of British summer produce

We should be proud of our British food heritage and this class will inspire you to create mouthwatering, inventive dishes that will keep your table fresh and delicious.

These courses include hands on cooking, demonstrations,
plenty of food and wine…

To book please call 0117 973 6569, email info@papadeli.co.uk or book online at www.papadeli.co.uk

Papa interviewed for www.countrycalling.co.uk

Simon MacDonnell aka Papa, chef and owner of Papadeli in Bristol, (the uber-foodie Papadeli Cafe is housed in the RWA).

I love neighbourhood restaurants – and one of my favourites is Green’s Dining Room on Zetland Road.  2 brothers and their wives run this cosy bistro – food is consistently good and there’s always a warm welcome.

On a summer’s day, the Lido in Clifton is just the place – eat brilliant food while basking the water’s reflections. This is also a superb place for a massage – the masseuse here always get it right and listening to the water lap against the pool sides just perfects the whole experience.  Finish off with a cup of Lahloo rosebud tea – just wonderful.

For a perfect for a lazy day picnic it’s got to be Tyntesfield – just on the outskirts of Bristol – a beautiful National Trust owned property, with stunning kitchen garden & grounds.

My two boys, Tomos and Sam never seem to tire of @Bristol Science Centre.  They spend hours there experimenting on the equipment, watching planetarium shows and getting excited by  scientific explosions.

Bristol’s a thriving place for innovative ideas & speakers – I always love going to the Festival of Ideas to hear interesting and inspirational speakers at St George’s – most recently I went to see Harry Belafonte – a legendary figure that I’ll never forget.

Bristol is an amazing place for theatre – we are absolutely spoilt for choice.  The Old Vic shows are great – favourite are the productions by the Knee High Theatre Company for their hilarious and thought provoking shows.  The Tobacco Factory always has something worth seeing from the sublime to the controversial.  Their children’s shows are not to be missed!

I love walking up to the University of Bristol’s Botanical Gardens near the Downs.  They moved all the plants there some 6 years ago and it’s just a beautiful place to wander around.  I particularly love the Triffid- like pitcher plants that digest whole mice! I’ve never had much time to get into gardening, but walking around here makes me want to start!

Sitting on a balcony, sipping a cold beer makes me feel like I’m abroad – the Royal Academy on The Triangle has a brilliant balcony – having a café there, I don’t get much time to sit up on the balcony – but I always send friends there as it’s the best balcony in Bristol.

I’m not a great one for shopping – my treat is to buy food, and having a deli, I’m lucky enough to be able to do that on a daily basis!  If I do need to shop I love Park Street or Gloucester Road – lots of interesting things to look at interspersed with many opportunities for a coffee break.

On a sunny day (not so numerous at the moment) we’ll drive up to the Quantocks and have a picnic.  I spent my teenage years in Churchill, North Somerset, walking the hills, so love going back there to my favourite haunts.

Panettone? Sometimes gets a bad press - lots of people have eaten the dry, tasteless, bit like shredded hay variety and been put off for life. What a shame!! Actually, artisan, hand made panettone is just delicious.  How to describe... well, it's fluffy, but moist at the same time.  Vanilla scented, moscatel soaked raisin filled, delicious, melt in the mouth.... Tempted?

We have made it our job to taste lots of different panettone, and we have selected the most lovely, pleasurable, delicious ones for the deli. 

How to eat? Tear off a hunk with a cup of tea, a glass of sweet wine (maybe vin santo?).  Turn up at a friend's house this Christmas with this lovely, original gift that you can all share. For a bit of history, we've put some on our website here.

Here's a few of the ones we have in stock - see what you think. If you're not sure about buying a whole one, come to the cafe and taste a slice.
Happy Christmas and Buon Natale!!

Dolci di Efren -  Panettone tradizionale.
Beautiful packaging, paper covered box, tied up with a string. What better way than to turn up at a Christmas lunch with this in hand.
Dolci de Efren make small batches of handmade sweets and pastries.
750g £19.95

Traditional panettone from Fiasconaro  – made with fresh orange peel and Marsala soaked raisins.  Tree generations of this Sicilian family have been involved in the making of high quality cakes and pastries. They have an excellent reputation throughout Italy and beyond.
Gorgeous festive packaging with a big Christmas ribbon.
750g £15.95

Makers of artisan panettone in Milan, Vergani was established in 1944.  Like all the panettone we sell, it is thrice risen over 7-8 hours which produces this light fluffiness of this lovely Italian Christmas cake. It takes 3 or 4 days from beginning to end and we think the care and attention is clear when you take your first bite!
750g £15.95


For quality and a contemporary look, these panettone are absolutely unique – wrapped in red tissue and finished with a large Festive pom pom.
These panettone from Vallebona, come in traditional and chocolate -both absolutely gorgeous.
500g £13.50 Chocolate   £12.50 Traditional

Please call in to the shop to purchase your panettone. For more information, please phone us on 0117 973 6569 or email info@papadeli.co.uk
We include panettone in some of our Christmas hampers – please take a look here.

October 26th Book a place at our Italian Supper!

Italian seasonal menu £35

Friday October 26th

Appetizer.
Crab arancini with creamy sweet corn and thyme dip
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Starter. 
Sautéed Chantarelles with chilli + wet garlic on rosemary focaccia with shaved aged pecorino + rocket
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Main. 
Slow roasted stuffed shoulder of venison with hazelnut gremolata, creamed beet-tops, oozy polenta and blackberry + juniper sauce
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Dessert. 
Torta di mele with orange and mace mascarpone
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Cheese 
Gorgonzola Dolce with frozen black grapes