What ingredients do we select?

We use the best quality ingredients we can find. We try to source as locally as possible, using imported products selectively, where we use them to achieve a specific result.

We source our ingredients from supply chains that prioritise sustainable and ethical farming practices. We do our best to select products in line with our philosophy of responsible sourcing, transparency, and quality.

Primary ingredients:

Flour    We prioritise flour from mills and suppliers who share our values around sustainability and regenerative agriculture. Local stoneground wheat, spelt, oats. We also use imported rye, semolina, barley and strong wheat flours.

Dairy    Our milk-based products are sourced from different producers the Cape Winelands. They have pasture-fed jersey cattle herds to supply milk, cream butter and cheese. The cream is so lush and full of flavour, it inspired us to make our own cultured butter. We make butter from cream that we churn after fermenting it for 3 days.

Our Italian style fresh milk cheeses like mozzarella are made by an award-winning Italian cheese-maker in Somerset West. 

Oil          Most of our doughs contain extra virgin olive oil. Our oil comes from olives grown and pressed in the in the valleys of the Cape Winelands and the Karoo. We do not use canola oil and refined seed oils or hydrogenated fats. We use extra virgin high oleic cold pressed sunflower oil for frying.

Water  Franschhoek spring water for feeding Alfonsina and for baking.

Salt       Raw sea salt from the West Coast. 

Meat     Free range from grass or pasture-fed herds. We do not use or sell any meats that are cured with nitrites. Our prosciutto from Italy literally contains only pork, salt and time!

We feed mother daily to have excess mother dough  which we mature and covert in fermented flour. This replace all or part of the fresh flour required in other products such as rusks, chocolate brownies, cakes and muffins.

Chocolate, cocoa and coffee are sourced from certified fair trade producers.

We do not add sugar in any form to any of our bread doughs. We do use sugar in our pastries, cakes, brioche and other treats. Not everything we make is guilt free but our ingredient choice and process result in product of superior quality.

We make our own preserves, pesto, sugo and home meals according to the same principles when selecting our fruits and vegetables.