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JUNE 2023

You Are Berry Special! 

Celebrating the very best English strawberries

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June 2023

Hello,

Summer has finally arrived and it’s berry-tastic!

June is one of the most rewarding months for British produce and there is nothing better than cooking with local produce to make your menus sing. From beans to berries, there are over 35 fruit and veg varieties at their berry-best this month.

And when it comes to British strawberries, it doesn’t get any sweeter than strawberries from Fiveways Farm in Kent – delicious eaten on their own, with a dusting of sugar or with lashing of cream or dipped in chocolate. Delish!

Let’s hope for some long-needed sunshine. If you believe the weather reports, it’s set to be a great month.

Best,
The County Supplies Team

The Market Chef

The Market Chef

Our Market Chef series is a celebration of how to cook with the best seasonal produce.

This month, one of our favourite chefs, Ryan Stafford is cooking English asparagus with a salsa romesco and lemon aioli, and serving Jerusalem artichokes with English wagyu – tasty!

English Asparagus, Salsa Romesco & Leafy Lemon Aioli (v)
We’re taking full advantage of the current asparagus season.

Using the best of British asparagus from Portwood Asparagus, we’re serving up a Mediterranean twist on the traditional asparagus and hollandaise sauce.

Textures of Jerusalem Artichokes with English Wagyu Beef
We’re marrying English Wagyu with its perfect plant-based partner, the Jerusalem artichoke.

A tuber originally from North America, the Jerusalem artichoke’s sweet nutty flavour is the perfect complement to Wagyu beef.

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Vegetables

  • Baby bunched vegetables Rem Fresh, English
  • Baby bunched artichokes French
  • Borlotti beans Italian
  • Broad beans Italian
  • Chantenay carrots Spanish
  • Cornish new potatoes English
  • Green & purple asparagus Portwood, English
  • Hispi cabbage Portuguese & English
  • Jersey Royal potatoes, mids & ware Jersey
  • Peas in the pod English
  • Rainbow radish French
  • Round yellow & green courgettes French & Italian
  • Wet garlic French
  • Cos lettuce Betts Farm, English
  • Heritage tomatoes Nutbourne Nursery, English
  • Outdoor rhubarb English
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Fruits

  • Apricots Spanish & French
  • Charentais melon Spanish & French
  • Fraises des bois strawberries French
  • Gariguette strawberries French
  • Nectarines Spanish & French
  • Peaches Spanish & Italian
  • Raspberries English
  • Pineberries Dutch
  • Strawberries Fiveways Farm, English
  • Cherries Spanish & French
  • Clementines South African
  • Satsumas South America
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Salad

  • Baby mixed leaf Cherry Tree Farm, English
  • Lollo Rosso, Biondi & Oakleaf lettuce Betts Farm, English
  • Cos lettuce Betts Farm, English
  • Coriander root Cherry Tree Farm, English
  • Heritage tomatoes Nutbourne Nursery, English
  • Nettles Italian & French
  • Outdoor rhubarb English
  • Wild garlic flowers Scottish
  • Vesuvius tomatoes Italian
  • Lemon verbena Italian
  • Lovage English
  • Edible flowers & rocket flowers Nurtured in Norfolk, English

arriving

  • Coco beans French
  • Cep mushrooms French
  • Elderflower English
  • Gooseberries Wye Valley, English
  • Fig leaves English
  • Flat peaches French
  • Blood peaches Spanish & French
  • Runner beans Oak Church, English
  • Bobby beans Wye Valley, English
  • Cherries Oak Church, English
  • Girolles Scottish
  • Raspberries Fiveways Farm, English
  • Blackberries Clock House Farm, English
  • Blueberries Wye Valley, English
  • Broad beans English
  • Rainbow chard Italian

departing

  • Morels Turkish
  • Wild garlic English
  • Meat & watermelon radish French
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wild foods

From the sea
  • Fresh seaweed
Wild Mushroom
  • Puff ball
  • Mousseron
  • Pied de Mouton
Foraged
  • Scots pine
  • Juniper branches
  • Douglas fir
  • Australian black truffles
  • Italian summer truffles
June

Top Insights

After a tough winter and spring, we’re almost back to normal supply. The only produce currently affected are English potatoes and carrots.

English potato prices will keep rising until we get the new season crop. Old season crop is in short supply, and it looks like the new season crop will be delayed.

English carrots are in short supply thanks to a cold snap at the start of the year and a poor spring delaying the new crop. We’re currently sourcing from abroad although prices will remain high.

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COUNTY
SUPPLIES NEWS

‘Be Your Berry Best’ – A new strawberry van will be joining our fleet in June, just in time for the English berry season.

A BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our favourite transport manager, Malcolm Lyall, who is turning 50 this month. Malcolm has been part of the CS family since day 1!

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Produce sourced from the best british and european growers

No matter the season, we’ve got the right produce for your kitchen. From exotic fruits and vegetables to the essentials, our consistent quality is what brings our clients back again and again. We source locally to keep food miles low and maintain the right temperature for our products to preserve their flavour and delicate quality for longer.

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