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MANAWATU'S AWARD WINNING MARKET
Join us every Friday, rain, hail or shine from 8.30am to 1.00pm in the town centre.
The Autumn season at the market welcomes our pear, persimmon and feijoa growers. Two local pear growers, will be at the market Traceys Pears from Otaki from the end of February with nashi and comice and The Sugar Pear Co from early April from Whanganui.
Come and taste the difference with their tree ripened fruit direct to the market from the orchard! Pear and chocolate are a perfect marriage. Try this delicious Chocolate Pear Cake from market manager Steph Strahan's kitchen. "The contrast between the dark chocolate sponge and the whiteness of the pear creates a stunning cake that is also super yummy!"
PEAR & CHOCOLATE CAKE
Ingredients; 200g Butter - 200g Dark Chocolate (chopped into pieces) - 150g Caster sugar 3 eggs (see The Free Rangers for farm fresh eggs) - 1 tsp Vanilla extract - 100g Flour - 1Tbsp Baking Powder - 4 Ripe fat Pears, such as Comice (available from Traceys Pears & The Sugar Pear Co) - 4 Tbsp Caster Sugar for sprinkling.
Method:
Line a 24cm spring form cake tin. Melt butter then add chocolate and caster sugar – set aside for 15 minutes, stir and leave until cool. Beat eggs into cooled chocolate mixture, one at a time, until glossy – add vanilla and fold in flour and baking powder. Peel, halve and core pears. Sprinkle base with remaining sugar and arrange pears cut-side down over sugar with stalk ends pointing towards the middle. Spread cake mixture over pears. Bake approx one hour in 160 degrees Celsius fan bake oven.
"We look forward to welcoming Roger and his delicious Persimmons from Bremdale Farms and Mike ’ s Feijoas from mid April. "
"See you at the market, grab one of our jute market bags, $10 each or two for $15, and fill with our fresh market goodness. "
