Meze Me Grove, Annangrove

 This quiet neighbourhood gem in Annangrove with an array of native flora is a slice of heaven. It's peaceful, beautiful, quaint and away from the city traffic. A perfect place to relax and bring your family especially on weekends. 
Chef owner Darren Pettit, used to work at Kazbah Restaurant (famous for its tagines and breakfast banquets) so I couldn't wait to try this place out.
We booked for a table on Father's Day brunch and the place was packed! Service was slow but that was understandable being a Father's Day. The food was made to share. It was wonderfully delicious and the tagine was great! We enjoyed every single dish. We'll definitely be coming back.

Sweet couscous, warm cardamon milk, mixed nuts, dried fruit, rhubarb compote

Sweet couscous, warm cardamon milk, mixed nuts, dried fruit, rhubarb compote

Middle Eastern rice pudding, saffron poached pear, spiced dukkah

Breakfast Tagine

Lamb mince, roasted pumpkin, onion jam, spinach, roast tomato, chickpea, bell peppers, feta, 

Foxall Rd Kellyville free range eggs

Foxall Road Kellyville free range eggs- poached, scrambled and fried. Za'tar Turkish toast,
bacon, hash brown, mushroom, roast tomato, fried halloumi cheese, baked beans, Muergueze sausage

Meze Me Big Breakfast

Buttermilk pancake, double cream, organic maple syrup, vanilla bean ice cream

Meze Me Grove
249 Annangrove Rd,
Annangrove NSW 2156
02 9679.0175

Glenorie Bakery Cafe Delicatessen, Glenorie NSW

Glenorie is a semi-rural suburb in Sydney's north-west. 
This award winning cafe set on the Hills Shire side of Glenorie has a charming country feel to it. 
I love driving here on Sundays just enjoying this peaceful and quiet rural setting with wide open spaces and green leafy surroundings. This place is fantastic for families. The rustic and vintage looking interior is impressive also check out the magnificent ceiling lights. Now you have got to try their award-winning pies, we had the Indian beef curry pie and it lived up to its reputation. How can one not be enticed by the delicious looking sweets they have here.  
They all look so yum, you won't be able to resist!

Antique cash register.

Mid 20th century mixer for mixing large batches of dough.

Egg Pie

Gluten Free Chocolate Cigars with Chocolate Ganache

Cronut

Beef curry pie
Traditional Indian curry blended with an award winning beef recipe.

Pistachio Eclair

I love the smell of smoked garlic and for $3.50 a piece
 it set me back quite a bit but definitely worth it.
Manuka smoked garlic can be purchased at Glenorie Growers Markets 
 held every 4th Sunday of each month except January. 
The market is just across the road from Glenorie Bakery behind Woolworths 
on Glenorie RSL Club grounds.

Glenorie Bakery Cafe

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Shop 4, 930 Old Northern Rd
Glenorie, NSW, 2157
Phone: +61 02 9652 2624

Glenorie Growers Market

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Saucy Sauce Day at Glenorie Bakery, Glenorie

 Tomato Sauce Day is when Italian families gather together to make passata.
To those who are not familiar with what passata is, it is simply tomato puree.
You might ask how is it different from tomato sauce and tomato paste. Well it's rather quite easy to spot the difference because tomato sauce often includes ingredients such as carrots, garlic, onion, etc. while tomato paste is cook down for several hours until thickened.

The best time to make passata is towards the end of summer when tomatoes are red, ripe and juicy.

  Thanks to Glenorie Bakery, I won tickets to attend this special annual event a few weeks ago. 
I had heaps of fun making the traditional Italian passata & enjoyed myself so much.

It was an amazing day and everyone young and old certainly enjoyed this hands on activity. 

Here are the step-by-step photos on how to make traditional passata. Enjoy!

Wash the tomatoes with water to remove any dirt or grit.

Chop the tomatoes into quarters.

Chopped tomatoes ready to be blanched in boiling water.

Take tomatoes out with a strainer.

Run the tomatoes through a food strainer and repeat 2 more times.

The machine will separate the juice from the skins and seeds.

Catch the juice with a large bowl.

Add sugar and salt and our passata is ready to be bottled!

Using a bigger food strainer.

More music and fun!

Sterilised bottles and basil leaves.

Drop a few basil leaves into the bottle.

Filling bottles with passata.

Kids are working hard.

Sealing the bottles with caps.

The finished product! We get to take home 5 bottles of passata per person. Yehey!

The Sesame Street gang was here to entertain the little ones.

We're having penne for lunch. Yum!

Dig in! There is plenty for everyone!

Quick, easy and delizioso!

Glenorie Bakery
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Glenorie Bakery
930 Old Northern Road, Glenorie