New Trader - Tarte'

tarte' is a french inspired food, health and lifestyle platform and the creative brainchild of Didi [aka @icantarte]. It is for the love of DIY foods and canning that she has taken the opportunity to breath life back into the old aged art of preserving. She makes preserves, jams and conserve. "Our products are all seasonal and artisinally made in the heart of Sunny Durban. The flavour range is continuously changing depending on the season and new vibrant flavours and combination added to product line. It is a journey for the palate to get your hands on one of these #bottlesofjoy."

 

The current product line includes:

* the perfect marriage between spice and fruit in the : pear and cinnamon compote

* sweet, smooth and pungent : apple and lemon jam

* the perfect boerewors topping in the: Sweet and Sour red onion Pickle

* a cheese burgers best friend: the Dill and garlic cucumber pickle

* a perfect balance between bitter sweet :the LGO marmalade (lemon, grapefruit and lemon)

C: 0614684613
T: @icantarte
W: icantarte.wordpress.com

New Trader: Fever Tree

Fever Tree Toffee is a small family owned and run business making delicious traditional English toffee and dessert sauces. Handmade using only the finest ingredients and no preservatives. 

Made the old fashioned way, slowly.

"Made with real dairy our toffee is soft and smooth at room temperature and "hard crack" when enjoyed straight out the fridge. Our decadent toffee sauces are made with the same delicious ingredients and finest dark cocoa. Enjoy on ice cream, pancakes, waffles, cheesecakes, fruit, or straight out the jar with a spoon!"

Meet the Makers: Col'tempo

The father and son team of Col'tempo has taken their passion for the age old art of cured meats and turned it into a thriving business. 
Their products range from Bresaola, a dry cured, spiced and salted beef, a range of different types of salamis, to pancetta, coppa and their latest addition called 'Nduja' which is a delectable jar of salami spread that can be added to your favourite sandwich or as an interesting addition to a pasta sauce. 

Col’tempo salumeria is a family run business based in Durban, South Africa. It all started with a passion for food and the search for a real challenge. Hylton started experimenting with cured meats around 2010 after selling his successful jewelery business. His hobby grew and when his son, Paul returned from living in Italy they decided to test the salami on the public. The response was amazing and they were encouraged to carry on. "Four years on, the business is still growing we have a clear vision to stay proudly local while applying the centuries-old Italian tradition mixed with new technology and innovative processes.Remaining true to our name, everything is made 'Col'tempo' (with time)."

"We make all our cured meats in the traditional Italian way. Which means the salami and the whole meats like coppa are aged/seasoned for anything between 1-3 months or longer  in  a very controlled environment, in fact we go as far as to replicate the seasons found in Italy so that we ensure the product cures properly. We find that most of the local salami that is being sold as “Italian” salami is actually smoked or chemically cured which allows butcheries to skip the aging process and instead of the two months that it takes us, they make it in two days. But we find that the smoke flavour overpowers the delicate flavour of the meat."        

Breakfast the Col'tempo way

Baked Eggs wrapped in Col'tempo Coppa

• Pre heat the oven to 220 degrees.
• Coat a muffin tray with olive oil.
• Place 2 or 3 pieces of coppa on the inside of each tray.
• Crack an egg into the muffin tray.
• Place in the oven until the egg white turns opaque and the yolk is still soft. About 10 min. (It will carry on cooking out of the oven)
• Gently remove the egg cups with a small spatula.
• Serve with toast soldiers.
• You can also fancy it up with some grated parmesan and fresh thyme.
• Enjoy.

With love  

Col’tempo

www.coltempo.co.za 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/coltemposalami 

Twitter: @coltemposalami

Instagram: Coltempo Salami

Cupcake Taste-off!

Mel Hobbs from Take the Cake who has been selling her delicious cupcakes at the market for about 4 years. She is moving on to the greener and colder pastures back of the UK and so we had an opening for another cupcake stall.
Now we get numerous application every month for cupcake vendors and so we dedicated last week, Friday as the day in which we receive cupcake samples and do a comparative tasting.

Cupcakes of all tastes and sizes were delivered and with a small panel of judges, we dug into the treats.

A big thank you to all the cupcake vendors who participated - Cupcake Mom, Baker Belle, Cupsy Cakes and Smith's Bakeshop. As you can imagine, it was a hard decision to make.

We decided that Smith's Bakeshop with their delicate balance of flavours and textures, the use of good quality ingredients and perfect cake to icing ratio were the winners. They also do a savoury butternut and pecan cupcake with sour cream and chive 'icing' topped with BACON JAM! That blew our minds.

Welcome, Smith's Bakeshop to the i heart Market family!

New Trader: Rubba-Dubba-Scrub

Bridget from Rubba-Dubba-Scrub joined i heart market last month selling her homemade range of body care products.
Think sea salt scrubs with honey and coconut oil made from 100% natural ingredients infused with essential oils. As powerful antioxidants, the benefits of coconut oil and honey are endless, from assisting in removing free radicals to nourishing and moisturizing skin naturally.
Her products are perfect for sensitive skins, the natural exfoliants speeding up the skins renewal process and reducing discolouration and uneven skin tone. With regular use Rubba-Dubba-Scrub facial and body scrubs will reduce the appearance of blackheads and leave you with radiant glowing skin that smells delicious too.

Winter Suitcase Showcase at Spiga

We, here at I heart Market, really love our Suitcase Showcases that we host at Spiga.

We had so much fun on Saturday at our Winter Suitcase Showcase.
The skies were blue, the music was groovy, there were complimentary beer tastings from CBC (Cape Brewing Company), the kiddies craft area rocked, the homemade Spiga minestrone was warm and hearty and the people friendly.

Our Suitcase Showcases are an fantastic opportunity for us to have a more intimate, themed market. What we love about them is that we get to collaborate with Spiga (our favorite Italian restaurant) in their sunny mediterranean courtyard, we have more time to mingle and chat to our customers, our traders get to engage with people on a more personal level and we love curating the market to fit the particular theme of the day.

Keep an ear open for our next Suitcase Showcase in August at Spiga.
It's going to be a treasure trove of gems.

Yum Yum!

We found this delicious blog post from Cuizine blog featuring all the lovely i heart market food. 

Go take a look see and salivate! 

Shop, Sip and Savour

It's been a long and leisurely weekend for us here at I heart market. But, we are super excited about our Suitcase Showcase at Spiga on Monday, Family Day public holiday. 

Nestled in the village square-like courtyard at the back of Spiga we will be having a gathering of great craft and fashion, delicious Spiga take away treats, great tunes, a cupcake decorating area for kids (young and old) and general all round good family fun.
We are also having a photo competition called Capture the Heart.
Capture a photo of a heart wherever you find it.... in a shadow, cup of cappuccino, fabric.... wherever!
Instagram it, tweet it or FB it and tag both @SpigaDurban and @iheartmarket and automatically stand a chance to win an awesome hamper. 

We hope that we will be seeing you there!

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Deliciousness

Spiga delights
Here is just a tasty reminder of what to expect at our Suitcase Showcase market next week Monday.

Along with creative products from I Heart Market traders, magical courtyard atmophere and exciting activities; there will be a whole host of delicious Spiga food to enjoy and indulge in.

Like this tantalizing panini, did someone say lunch...?

Spiga d'Oro is a restaurant central to the lively atmosphere created on Florida Road. Dine on fantastic food with family and friends in this wonderful resturant, reminiscent of a typical Italian pavement bistro.

Find out more about this I Heart Market event here.