A Jon Thorner’s
Christmas
2013
You are invited to the
Jon Thorner’s Christmas
Open Evening
Friday 29th November 5.30pm - 8pm
Jon Thorner’s Bridge Farm Shop
Pylle, Shepton Mallet BA4 6TA
Come and taste what your Jon Thorner’s Christmas could be like...
Please join us for a wonderful evening of delicious, locally sourced produce.
Enjoy a complimentary drink & minced pies and try an array of our chef ’s award
winning range. There will be tastings available from a host of our local suppliers
including cheese, wine, jam and preserves, and of course our Christmas meat
range. We have a fantastic new selection of international wines and the experts
will be here to guide you through tastings, and we’ll have some exclusive wine
offers available on the night.
This year we will also be joined by members of the Street Men and Street Sings
choirs, singing Christmas carols throughout the evening.
Welcome..
. .t o a Jon Thorner’s Christmas
For over 35 years we have been helping you serve Christmas dinner.
We know it can be difficult to choose between quality and price, especially in
these financially hard times. So this year we are introducing our STAR BUYS - a
great value joint which doesn’t compromise on quality or flavour.
We pride ourselves on offering superb quality produce, sourced locally
whenever possible.
Our white and free range bronze turkeys are from Caldecott Farm in rural
Worcestershire and we are also have the superb and popular Copas turkey
which is sourced from Henley in Oxfordshire. You can order traditional whole
birds, crowns or a boneless joints. Our range also includes three bird roasts,
local game, free range pork, our own cooked hams, West Country beef and
lamb and all the traditional accompaniments. And don’t forget our award
winning hand made products, to help save time during the festive period.
Visit our farm shop or butchery counters to place your order using our
Christmas Order Form, or order online from the comfort of your own home at
www.jonthorners.co.uk
Every fresh Christmas order comes individually boxed with cooking instructions.
As members of the prestigious Butchers Q Guild,
we are acknowledged as being one of the best and
our Christmas range reflects this with the quality
and diversity of what we have to offer.
Our turkeys enjoy the freedom of
the great outdoors in the stunning
surroundings of rural Worcestershire.
Farming for three generations.
Turkeys
Fresh Superior White Turkeys
Caldecott turkeys have been reared on Holly Farm in Worcestershire since
1958 and are slow grown to the highest welfare standards. Caldecott Farm
also boasts celebrity customers such as Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.
Order your white turkey:
• as an oven ready whole bird
• as a boneless breast joint with or without a stuffing of your choice
Free Range Bronze Turkeys
Originally bred from the wild black turkey, this truly superior bird has a
more pronounced flavour than the white variety. Our free range bronze
turkeys are also from Worcestershire, where they are ethically farmed and
allowed to roam freely. Order your bronze turkey:
• as an oven ready whole bird
• as a boneless breast joint with or without a stuffing of your choice
Copas Free Range Bronze Turkeys
One of the finest bronze turkeys, made extra special by hand plucking
and game hanging to guarantee superb flavour & tenderness. Our range
includes oven ready birds and bronze crowns. (A crown is a whole turkey
with the legs removed i.e. just the breast and wings on the bone.)
Visit www.copas.co.uk for further information.
STAR BUY
Fresh Frozen Premium Whole Turkey
These top quality English turkeys are frozen from fresh to offer you a
premium product at a great value price. No added water.
We have 3kg to 9kg birds available, at only £5.99 per kg.
Stuffings
Forcemeat stuffings
A blend of the finest pork
sausage meat, mixed with:
Apricots,
Chestnuts or
Sage & Onion
Seasonal traditional dry
stuffings
Classic Sage & Onion or
Fruity Cranberry & Orange
Bronze Turkeys
We would like to reassure our customers
any black stubbs left below the skin of
these birds is a natural characteristic
of coloured feathers and dry plucking.
They do not need to be removed and
virtually dissolve when cooked.
We guarantee all our turkey is English.
Three Bird Roasts
A firm family favourite
Our Gold award winning Three Bird Roasts prove more popular each year.
This boneless mixed meat joint is created by our skilled butchers, easy
to carve and is really quite special. If you have never tried one, make this
Christmas and New Year the time you do.
We offer a whole range of sizes to choose from:
Mini Three Bird Roasts from £9.99
Stuffing
Superior Three Bird Roast £99.00
Try our new stuffing
of pork sausagemeat,
apricot, raisin and
pancetta, which is
perfect for stuffing
duck or goose.
Specially prepared from turkey breast meat, stuffed with Gressingham
duck breast, Somerset pheasant breast and a seasonal pork and apricot
forcemeat, finished with a lattice of our West Country bacon.
This makes a very special meal for 1, 2, 4 or 6 people.
A fresh white turkey, stuffed with duck, pheasant and our home made
pork and apricot forcemeat. Suitable for feeding 14-16 people.
Luxury Three Bird Roast £125.00 - GOLD AWARD WINNER
A free range goose, stuffed with a fresh free range chicken, an English
guinea fowl and our home made pork and chestnut forcemeat.
The perfect size for a festive family feast of 10-12 people.
Free Range Geese, Ducks & Chickens
Our famed, locally supplied free range poultry allows us to guarantee you a superb bird. You can order:
• whole and oven ready birds
• boned, rolled and stuffed with a choice of stuffings
We are offering Gressingham duck in addition to our local free range duck. Gressingham Duck is a unique breed
of duck renowned by top chefs for its succulent and tender meat and fantastic, gamey flavour.
Game, Gammon
& Ham
Guinea Fowl and P heasant
Try something different this Christmas.
Our Gold award winning guinea fowl and pheasant is stuffed with our
specially made winterberry stuffing - pork sausagemeat, brie, blackberries
and complementing herbs.
We also stock a full range of seasonal game including quail, partridge and
wild boar.
Gammon & Cooked Ham
Outdoor reared free range pork*
You can choose a cooked ham to serve at Christmas or make your own
from our superb gammon joints.
Award Winning Ham
• Our own cooked Honey & Mustard ham
• Our own cooked Honey & Clove ham
Roasted ham joints on the bone, boneless or sliced:
• Premium honey roasted
• Traditional Wiltshire - smoked or unsmoked
Gammon (uncooked) choices:
• our own home-cured farm assured gammon
• or Wiltshire cured gammons, smoked or unsmoked, bone in or boneless
all from Wiveliscombe in Somerset.
STAR BUYS
Free Range Boneless Gammon Joint
Just £5.99 per kg and fabulous quality, saving 20% on last year’s price.
Free Range Boneless Honey Roast Ham Joint
Our superb cured ham is just £8.99 per kg, a saving of £3 per kg.
Accompaniments
You can order pork
sausagemeat, chipolatas and
a choice of bacon to create
your own stuffing and pigs in
blankets. Or you can buy our
selection of ready prepared
cocktail sausages wrapped
in bacon and stuffings,
including our delicious pork
and chestnut stuffing or
pork, sage and onion stuffing
balls.
*Our gammons and hams are
free range with the exception
of our Wiltshire cured varieties.
THE BEST STEAKS IN THE WORLD
Serve only the best beef
this Christmas.
Award winning Ashdale Beef is hand selected
from only the very best West Country, Farm
Assured cattle which have been reared to the
highest welfare standards.
Dry aged on the bone for 7 days then matured
and tenderised for a further 14 days, giving
you the ultimate beef experience in character
and flavour.
Meat
Beef
All of our beef is guaranteed top quality and specially selected from
West Country Farms. It is aged for at least 21 days for extra flavour and
tenderness. We offer a full range of joints and cuts, prepared by our
experienced butchers. Choose from the finest sirloin, carvery rib of beef or
our superb boneless ribeye roast.
You can also order whole beef fillets fully trimmed for a special supper or
dinner party.
STAR BUY
40 Day Dry Aged Premium Sirloin Roast
Silverside
Specially selected West Country beef, which has been dry aged for 40 days, to
give you the most succulent and indulgent joint to enjoy at Christmas.
Pork
West Country silverside at just
£8.99 per kg - that’s 25% off
our normal price.
Our outdoor reared free range pork is a great choice for the most wonderful
roasting joints – prepared with just the right amount of fat to produce great
crackling. Why not try a succulent loin of pork, stuffed with delicious apple
and calvados?
Indulgent choices
Lamb
Handmade Beef
Wellington
Local lamb is good all year round – for a special festive treat, why not try
carvery-style leg or our fully prepared racks of lamb which are available as
single portions, just order the number you need.
For something special, try our boneless rosemary stuffed saddle of lamb.
Venison
Our venison is sourced from the south of England and makes for a unique
but thoroughly festive choice at Christmas; it is naturally low in cholesterol
so a healthier option too.
Select either a boneless haunch or a premium boneless loin roast.
A delicious dish created by our
chef and made from the finest
local beef fillet.
Portioned for either 2 or 4
people and ready to put
straight in the oven.
How to cook the
Perfect Roast Turkey
1.
When you get your fresh Jon Thorner’s whole turkey,
place it uncovered on a plate on the lowest part of your
refrigerator. Before it goes into the the oven, the turkey
must be at room temperature, so remove from the
fridge for at least an hour before cooking.
2.
If you are stuffing your turkey, fill the neck cavity
between the flesh and skin, tuck the neck flap under the
bird’s back and secure it with a small skewer. Make sure
you weigh your turkey again to include the extra weight
of the stuffing. Spread softened butter all over the bird
and season with salt and pepper, before covering with
foil.
3.
Preheat your oven to 230°C/450°F/Gas 8 (or 210°C
for fan ovens). Place the turkey in a large roasting tin
breast side down – this keeps the breast meat succulent
while the brown meat cooks evenly.
4.
Cook at the preheated temperature for the first 30
minutes, after this reduce the oven temperature to
190°C/375°F/Gas 5 (or 170°C for fan ovens). For a turkey
over 4kg the cooking time is 20 minutes per kg plus 90
minutes and for a turkey under 4kg it is 20 minutes per
kg plus 70 minutes
5.
About half an hour before the full cooking time,
remove the foil and carefully turn the turkey over to
bronze the breast. When cooked pierce the thickest
part of the leg with a skewer and press against the leg
to see if the juices run clear without any traces of pink.
If the juices are clear, the turkey is cooked. If using a
thermometer, the internal cooked temperature will be
165°F/74°C.
6.
Cover the turkey loosely with foil and leave to rest for
30 minutes before serving.
* Full cooking instructions of all our meat joints are provided with your Christmas order *
. . and for the perfect roast potatoes
Serves 6
1.5kg Maris Piper potatoes, peeled
110g goose fat, lard or dripping
Salt and pepper
2 tbsp plain flour
Place a roasting tray with the fat in on the highest
shelf in the oven. In a pot of salted boiling water, add
the potatoes and boil for about 10 minutes. When the
outer edges of the potatoes start to go fluffy, but the
inside remains firm, the potatoes are ready - run a fork
across the surface, if it stays smooth boil for a further
few minutes.
Drain the water and with a lid on the saucepan held
down firmly, shake the saucepan vigorously up and
down. Season with salt and pepper and sprinkle the flour
over the potatoes - this is the secret to crunchy edges!
When there is an hour left of your turkey cooking time,
carefully add the potatoes into the hot fat of the roasting
tray and baste so they are completely covered in the fat.
Cook on the highest shelf of the oven. After an hour,
check the potatoes and turn and cook for a further 30
minutes until the turkey is fully rested and ready to serve.
Festive Butcher’s Tips
Turkey is still the most popluar meat to grace the dining table at Christmas. But not everyone wants
turkey or sometimes it can be too big a joint for a smaller gathering. So if you are looking for a change,
but still want the wow factor here are some suggestions for an alternative Christmas meal.
Stuffed Guinea Fowl
Venison
Our Gold award winning stuffed guinea fowl
was created especially for Christmas. The
sausagemeat stuffing has brie and blackberries
to create a wonderful festive flavour. Guinea
fowl has its own distinct taste, it’s a cross
between game and chicken, but not too
overpowering and we definitely recommend
you try it. Our 1 -1.5kg (2-3lbs) bird will feed
between 3-4 people. When cooking this bird,
treat it like a chicken, 20 minutes per 450g plus
an extra 20 minutes.
Our venison is sourced from the south of
England and is a lovely choice for a festive
meal. Venison is also naturally low in
cholesterol so a healthier option too.
We offer a boneless haunch or a premium
boneless loin roast. It’s very quick to cook, just
10 mins per 450g (1lb) plus 20 mins.
Stuffed P heasant
Using the same festive stuffing as the guinea
fowl, this creation has become an award
winner too and another great choice for
Christmas. Our stuffed boneless pheasant will
serve 2 - 3 people and takes about 1 hour and
20 minutes to cook at 180°C /350°F/Gas Mark
4, or 20-25 mins per 450g (1lb) plus 20 mins.
Saddle of Lamb
We use our garlic and rosemary stuffing in this
boneless joint of lamb; these flavours work
amazingly well together and create such a
delicious roast. We recommend about 225
– 350g (8-12oz) of raw meat per person, so
approximately a 1kg joint will feed 2 -3 people,
2kg joint will feed 5 people and a 3kg joint will
feed 8 people.
Our lamb is sourced from West Country farms
and is fantastic quality.
From Our Kitchen
Chef-made Savouries & Vegetarian*
Our range of kitchen-ready products has continued to rise in popularity
over the years. And at Christmas our chefs create a special selection
of festive foods, of which some can be pre-ordered to collect at your
convenience.
We have a variety of tasty vegetarian meals, such as Chestnut Bake with
Parsnip Rosti and Vegetable Nut Roast; all available in individual portion
sizes for any non-meat eating guests. For the carnivores, try our Handmade
Beef Wellington made from the finest local beef fillet or how about our
festive Turkey En Croute with Orange & Cranberry Stuffing?
If you are looking to keep the fridge stocked for family or guests our range
of award winning pies are always available, with our new festive flavour
Duck and Black Cherry added to the list. Our delicious quiches, pork pies
and scotch eggs are available at selected butchery counters too.
Put your feet up this Christmas and serve a delicious, homemade meal
which you didn’t have to spend hours creating - we did!
Pudding & Desserts*
Making your life easier
No Christmas meal would be complete without some truly indulgent
puddings and desserts!
Our pastry chefs have handmade a range of delicious sweet treats,
with classic desserts such as Brandy Mince Pies and Baileys Chocolate
Profiteroles or our Lime and Pecan Crunch and Spiced Plum and Apple
Crumble.
In store
We always have an extensive
frozen dessert range
available at Bridge Farm
Shop - old fashioned treacle
tart, bread & butter pudding,
apple & blackberry pie.
Or perhaps try the ever
popular and more-ish
Cartmel sticky toffee
puddings? Absolutely
delicious warmed through
with extra sauce! We also
have a mouth watering
array of other sweet things
to tempt you, such as home
made cakes, mince pies,
rum stollen, florentines and
speciality biscuits.
If you haven’t managed to
make your own pudding
this year, try one of Matthew
Walker’s fantastic Christmas
puddings - moist, fruity and
truly scrumptious.
*Our Christmas hand made range is available to preorder and collect from Pylle, Frampton Cotterell, Hare Hatch, Street and Radstock only.
Fish
Delicious Fish Range
As well as our superb luxury sliced smoked Scottish salmon, our extended
fish range includes:
• Salmon en Croute – a great dish made by our chef; simply pop in the
oven while you entertain guests
• handmade Smoked Haddock & Prawn Fish Cakes –
perfect with left over cold meats and potatoes
• Manuka Honey Roasted Salmon and delicious Smoked Salmon Paté
from Kingsbridge, Devon. Winner of many awards!
(www.mikes-smokehouse.co.uk)
We also sell a great selection of frozen fish, including juicy Greenland
prawns, King prawns and potted shrimp.
Cheese P latters
We have many local and English cheeses to choose from in our farm shops
with 12 very different tasting local cheddars! Try a selection to round off
your Christmas dinner with either of our fine cheese platters.
Special Cheese Platter £10.99
• Somerset Brie – 150g
• Tuxford & Tebbit Stilton – 130g
• Wensleydale & Cranberries – 140g
• Smoked Applewood – 150g
• Maryland Black Wax Truckle – 200g
Luxury Cheese Platter £19.99
• Somerset Camembert – 220g
• Somerset Brie – 180g
• Wensleydale & Apricots – 140g
• Long Clawson Stilton – 300g
• Gould’s prize winning Farmhouse Cheddar – 300g
• Tintern with chives and shallots – 120g
• Double Gloucester – 120g
The little extras.. .
Create a Hamper
A hamper is a wonderful gift and the perfect present for food lovers.
You can select from our vast range of products in store, such as locally
made chutneys and preserves, savoury biscuits, indulgent chocolates,
speciality wines and regional ciders.
You can choose a traditional wicker, faux leather hamper or gift basket,
complemented with ribbon and a gift tag. A beautiful personalised gift full
with all the things you know they will love.
And if you are unsure what to choose from our diverse range, we can make
things even simpler by creating one for you!
Let us know how much you want to spend and we’ll do the rest.
Chocolates, Gifts & Final Touches
Treat someone to a little bit of luxury in their stocking this Christmas.
Browse our range of chocolates, nuts, sweets and novelties, either locally
sourced such as award winning James Chocolates or from further afield.
You’ll find it hard to resist such delicious goodies!
At Bridge Farm Shop in Pylle, we also sell an excellent range of luxury
cards, wrapping paper, napkins and stocking fillers.
Gift Vouchers
The ideal gift for those who have everything!
We offer vouchers to spend in the farm shop or at our butchery counters
and we also offer gift vouchers for the Coffee Den; Jon Thorner’s cafe - so
you can treat someone special to lunch.
Wine & Drink
We have a fantastic new
selection of international
wines at Bridge Farm Shop.
The range offers you a great
choice whatever your budget
and is proving very popular.
Our wine selection is also
complemented by our
range of local ciders and
beer - everything you need
to complete the seasonal
merriment.
The West Country is famous
for apple drinks of all kinds,
so why not try the local
tipples of Somerset Cider
Brandy or Pomona made at
Kingsbury Episcopi, Martock
or the traditionally made
sparkling Pilton Cider?
JON THORNER’S
CAFE
Are you looking for the perfect
Christmas party venue?
Whether it’s a work function, get
together with friends or a romantic
meal for two, the Coffee Den is the
ideal venue for celebrations.
OPEN
FRIDAY &
SATURDAY
EVENINGS
FROM
30 NOV
Two and three course Christmas lunch and
dinner menus available
For more information or to book a table call
01749 838938
OPENING HOURS
MONDAY - TUESDAY 9.00am - 4.30pm
WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY 8.30am - 4.30pm
FRIDAY 8.00am - 4.30pm | 7.00pm
SATURDAY 8.00am - 5.00pm | 7.00pm
SUNDAY 9.30am - 4.00pm
Find your nearest
Jon Thorner’s
Jon Thorner’s
Bridge Farm Shop
Pylle
Shepton Mallet
Somerset BA4 6TA
01749 830138
www.jonthorners.co.uk
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Bristol BS39 6UB
01761 451788
Butchery counter at
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Frampton Cotterell
Bristol BS36 2AZ
01454 772211
Butchery counter at
Hare Hatch Sheeplands
London Road
Hare Hatch
Twyford RG10 9HW
0118 9401800
Butchery counter at
Radstock Co-operative
3 Wells Hill
Radstock
Somerset BA3 3RQ
01761 439611
Butchery counter at
Street Co-operative
84-86 West End
Street
Somerset BA16 0LP
01458 440777
Butchery counter at
White Row
Country Farm Foods
Beckington Frome
Somerset BA11 6TN
01373 830428
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Please check with individual stores for Christmas Opening Hours