Aroha catering, Thames, New Zealand

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Delicious, beautiful food prepared by hand with quality ingredients and huge helpings of Aroha. Food lovingly created by Jennifer Neal
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13/04/2022

See you on Saturday at markets

29/11/2020

As promised here is the complete recipe for my chocolate avocado cream pie, as read out on Rex Simpsons radio show last week. Enjoy!!!!!
Ingredients
Choocolate crust - 20 cm/ 8 inches pan
1 1/3 cup Almonds raw, unsalted, roasted or unroasted
1/2 cup Desiccated coconut unsweetened
2 tablespoons Unsweetened cocoa powder
1/3 cup + 1 tablespoon Maple syrup or sugar free monk fruit syrup (if keto) or brown rice syrup or agave syrup
1 tablespoon Coconut oil melted

Chocolate avocado mousse
1 cup Avocado about 2 large avocados
1/3 cup Almond milk unsweetened or unsweetened coconut milk
1/3 cup + 1 tbsp cocoa powder
1/3 cup + 2 tablespoons Maple syrup or sugar free monk fruit syrup (if keto) or brown rice syrup or agave syrup
3 tablespoons Coconut oil melted

Instructions
Prepare the no bake chocolate crust
In a food processor with the S blade attachment, add all the dry ingredients: raw almonds, desiccated coconut, and cocoa powder. Blend for 30 seconds until the almonds turn into a thick meal.
Stop the blender and pour in maple syrup and melted coconut oil.
Blend again to form a sticky dough. It should be sticky enough to form a crust. If too dry adjust adding 1 tbsp of water and blend again.
Press in the crust into a loose bottom pie pan, 20 cm (8 inches). Press the dough until it covers all the pan, including the sides.
Place the pie pan into the fridge to set.

Chocolate avocado mousse
Scoop out avocado flesh from a ripe avocado and remove any black spot from the flesh that may bring bitterness to your mousse.
Measure 1 cup packed avocado flesh (or weight 240g, 8.5 oz).
In the same food processor (no need to clean the bowl!) or in a blender add the avocado flesh, maple syrup, cocoa powder, unsweetened almond milk, and melted coconut oil.
Blend until it forms a shiny consistent chocolate mousse. If needed, stop the food processor, scrape down the sides and blend again until smooth and no bites of avocado are left.
Pour the chocolate mousse into the prepared no-bake chocolate crust.

Refrigerate at least 4 hours before serving

Storage and freezing
You can make ahead the pie and freeze! Simply defrost in the fridge the day before serving.
Store 3 days in the fridge.

02/11/2020

Dear friends of the Tea Rose. It’s been a fun three months hosting you in our delightful Tea Rooms in Grahamstown!!
We’ve loved every minute and are so proud of what we managed to achieve over such a short space in time. We’ve been told Best Breakfasts in New Zealand (not once but twice!) we’ve got to know our community better and best of all it gave us hope when the Lockdowns happened and all our catering disappeared overnight(s). It’s bittersweet to have to advise that we can no longer continue on as a cafe. The catering has taken off again, busier than ever, and Jennifer’s retreats (that she loves catering for around New Zealand) have picked up again. This week she’s been in Rotorua catering for a couples retreat and today she heads up to Leigh to cater a Vegan Camp for some Auckland Uni PHD students. This type of work really fills her soul and while she wishes there were another few hours in each day, she also recognises that health and down time are also important, and so the decision is made.
Damon and Jane who have been the superstars fronting the cafe will continue to work for Aroha Catering, you might be lucky to see the fabulous Damon at our busy Saturday market stall,where you can continue to pick up your favourite Aroha treats and staples. We’re happy to take orders for our delicious homemade bread, cakes, flans and tarts and we know you love our sausage rolls so much we promise to keep baking our hearts out!
Thanks again to all you lovely supporters who chose the Tea Rose as your favourite port of call. Your support was noticed and appreciated more than you know. We look forward to hosting you at a private dinner party, high tea or any other small celebration you’d like to hold in our gorgeous space, there’s magic behind that pink door 😉
Arohanui from us all at Aroha Catering.
With love and thanks
Jennifer

01/11/2020

Aroha Catering is looking for a great cook to join our team. We are looking for someone who can work 20-30 hours per week. Our point of difference is we make everything by hand and with lots of heart, so if you have that special touch and enjoy working in a fast pace environment we’d love to hear from you. Flexibility is a must as catering jobs are so varied. Happy to train the right person. Can’t wait to meet you!!!
Jennifer
027 643 3260

30/10/2020

Having a great time at the market and in the cafe today! Come visit our stall and have a wee sit down with some tea and cakes and escape for a sweet moment from all the hustle and bustle of the market!

29/10/2020

We have a bunch of delicious sweets today - mini lemon coconut cakes, GF chocolate brownie, chocolate caramel slice, and baked berry cheesecake. Our vegan option today is a bolognese pie with homemade olive oil pastry 🥮 hope to see you today!

24/10/2020

Thank you so much for an amazing and busy day - both in the cafe and on the market stall. Feeling the love 🥰 hope to see you again next week! We’re open Thursday through Saturday from 8:30am 🥀

22/10/2020

Today we have even more decadent and luscious Portuguese custard tarts and gorgeous date and walnut loaves. Our vegan pie for today is mushroom and silver beet. Heaps of yummy food - hope to see you today! 💖

21/10/2020

Some new flavours today! Portuguese custard tarts and banana walnut loaf. We also have a magical hot food item from the chef today - aubergine and tomato tagine with homemade pita, tzatziki and seasonal greens.

16/10/2020

Today we have our market stall open and are also doing cooked breakfast! Come and see us - down the end of Pollen Street 🍵 🥀

15/10/2020

Good morning! Along with our usual yumminess, today we also have a special hot lunch item from the kitchen - spinach and ricotta crepes with rich tomato sauce 🤤

14/10/2020

The Tea Rose is delighted to announce that from this week moving forward we’ll be open Thursday through Saturday from 9am, with a market stall and yummy, home-cooked breakfasts on Saturday’s, hope to see you all soon! Thank you Wendy for the lovely photo ❤️

09/10/2020

Not only have we got our market stall but the Tea Rose is open for our usual Saturday cooked breakfast! Hope to see you all soon ❤️

08/10/2020

Hello everybody! The Tea Rose 🥀 is open once more. Come on in and get some delicious food, we’ve missed you!

24/09/2020

Check out this beautiful cake 😍 we have some delicious sweets and savouries and the kitchen is cooking hot breakfast today! Swipe to see our tea menu 🍵 💕

23/09/2020

Come in out of the wind and get some gorgeous food! Our chocolate banana berry muffins are only $3 today and we have a special treat - berry friand 🧞‍♀️

22/09/2020

Lots of yummy food today! We have some new choices including chocolate banana berry muffins, chocolate and beetroot cake, and custard apple shortbread. Hope to see you soon!

18/09/2020

Saturday is menu day! Come and get a home cooked meal from our fabulous chef👩🏻‍🍳

18/09/2020

Come in out of the cold rain and get warm and cosy with a gourmet hot chocolate from the Tea Rose, down the end of Grahamstown!

16/09/2020

What’s on the menu today you ask? Fresh, hot savouries, decadent raspberry chocolate cake, pear and frangipane tart, and the best carrot cake in town. See you soon! 👋

04/09/2020

Freshly squeezed citrus juice and homemade English muffins. It’s Saturday and we’re cooking breakfast! See you soon

03/09/2020

Friday morning up with the lark, tra la la a sunny song for a sunny day. The Tea Rose. Behind the vibrant pink door

Address

746 Pollen Street
Thames
3500

Website

http://www.arohacatering.co.nz/

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