Eat Newquay
Farmers Markets
Make a date in the diary to visit one of Cornwall many regular farmer's markets to buy the very best in county produce. Below you'll find a link to the Food from Cornwall website and direct to the farmer's markets page..
Click here for a comprehensive listing of farmer's markets in Cornwall.
If you don't manage to get to a market and sample some classic Cornish fayre, don't worry have a go yourself! How about the cornish pasty, the most iconic of Cornish foods...
Cornish Pasty
What you need:
1lb shortcrust pastry
12 ozs raw mutton, beef steak or skirt
4 ozs potatoes
2 ozs turnip
1 small onion chopped
3 tbsps cold water
seasoning
1. Make the pastry and roll out to about a quarter of an inch thick. Cut into four rounds, using a saucer or a small plate.
2. Cut up the meat into small pieces leaving off any fat or gristle
3. Finely slice or dice the raw potato, turnip and onion
4. Mix the meat, onion, turnip and potato together very thoroughly,add salt and pepper and about three tablespoonfuls of cold water
5. Place some of this filling on one half of each circle of pastry,damp the edges of the latter with cold water and fold over to cover the mixture
6. Press the edges of the pastry together
7. Brush the pasty with a little milk or beaten egg
8. Bake it in a pre-heated oven at 200C (gas mark 6) for about 50mins or until golden brown
