Kings Garden Cafe Botany

Lockdown is the perfect time to try something new in the kitchen! This creamy roast pumpkin soup is delicious and a great recipe to recreate at home.

Ingredients:

500g pumpkin, peeled and diced
10g fresh rosemary
5g fresh thyme
10g garlic crushed
2g cinnamon powder
2g white ground pepper
100g butter, salted
200ml milk
200ml cream
Salt & pepper to taste

Cooking method:

• Preheat oven to 160 degrees.
• Melt the butter in a saucepan at low heat.
• Add the rosemary, thyme and garlic into the pan to cook for about 5 minutes at low heat. This will better infuse the flavours.
• Add cinnamon and white pepper to the butter mixture.
• Add the diced pumpkin and butter mixture to an oven tray and cover with tin foil. Roast in the oven for 60 minutes.
• Combine roasted pumpkin with the cream and milk and blend until you have a smooth consistency.
• Add salt and pepper to taste and garnish with fresh herbs from the garden.

Looking for a yummy dessert to indulge in? Our decadent chocolate brownie is easy to make and it is sure to lift everyone spirits during this lockdown.

Ingredients:

320g sugar
100g flour
3 eggs
2.5g baking powder
65g cocoa powder
180g butter

Method:

• Preheat the oven to 150 degrees fan bake. Lightly grease and line a shallow tin with baking paper.
• Melt the butter and stir in the cocoa powder.
• Add the eggs one at a time to the wet mixture, beating well after each addition.
• Combine flour, sugar, and baking powder.
• Add the dry mixture to the wet mixture and stir until well combined.
• Pour the mixture into the prepared tin and bake in the oven for approximately 20 mins.
• Leave to cool for 20 minutes before turning out of the tin.

Are you aiming to be healthier in this lockdown but still craving something sweet? Our berry and banana smoothie is not only fresh and nutritious but is a delicious sweet treat that won't leave you feeling too guilty.

Ingredients

175mls milk
1 cup mixed berries
Half a banana
1 handful of ice
1 teaspoon of honey

Combine all ingredients into a blender and blend till smooth.

As we find ourselves in lockdown again, our cafe is closed for trading during COVID Alert Level 4.

We know that this time can be incredibly challenging, but taking care of yourself and your mental health is just as important as looking out for others.

In the meantime stay posted on our page for updates to operations during the lockdown, as well as delicious recipes you can try at home.

Stay safe everyone and be kind. We can't wait to have you back in store when the time is right.

Did you know that every Kings Plant Barn has a Nespresso pod collection point? Next time you pop in for a coffee why not bring along your used pods to recycle in the specially marked bins. The coffee residue is extracted for composting while the aluminium pods are recycled and reused.

Meet Ryan! He's our resident rock climbing expert and the best manager anyone could ask for. Ryan has been with us for just over a year now and is passionate about getting to know our customers on a personal level and coming up with new ideas to satisfy everyone's needs or wants.

Next time you are shopping for plants or are looking for a bite to eat pop in and say hi.

Have you tried our delicious housemade lemonade? We mix freshly squeezed lemon juice with sugar syrup to create that perfect sweet and sour flavour. Add a bit of sparkling water and you have a refreshing drink that is sure to get your tastebuds tingling.

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Good bread is hard to come by. Great bread is even harder to find. We are lucky to have our friend's looking out for us and supplying us with scrumptious bread. Whether it is sourdough, ancient grain or white farmers loaf we know we are serving the best to our customers.

When you are as surrounded by nature as we are at the Kings Garden Cafe, you can't help but be inspired. Did you know that many of the herbs that are used in our dishes are grown right here at Kings? With our very own garden, we can harvest fresh herbs every day! You can't get more local than that.

🎉GIVEAWAY🎉 To celebrate our new social community we’re giving away a $100 voucher to use in the cafe and garden centre! Find out how to win below.

Here's how to enter:

🌸Like this post
🌸Make sure you like us on Facebook
🌸Tag your foodie friends to take to brunch

We’ll randomly select one person to win the prize.

T&Cs: To be eligible for this prize, you must be located in Auckland, NZ and fulfil the requirements listed above. The winner will be drawn randomly on 18/08/2021 at 1 pm NZT from participants that meet the requirements across our Facebook and Instagram accounts. This competition is in no way associated with or endorsed by, Facebook or Instagram.

On a cold winters day, nothing warms you up better than a warm piece of Apple Cake served with a side of whipped cream. We have many delicious items in our cabinet to choose from but the Apple Cake is almost everyone's first choice.

Did you know that all the juices served at our cafe are freshly squeezed onsite? As a cafe that prides itself on its sustainable practices, we make sure that no part of the fruit goes to waste. The juice is of course served to our customers with the skins and leftover waste composted with our friends at We Compost.

Did you know Kings Plant Barn has their own beehives that produce the very honey used in many of our drinks and food items?

The bees are working tirelessly to produce honey for us and when it's ready we use it in the cafe.

Here at Kings Garden Cafe, we are pretty passionate about coffee. That is why we have gotten together with our friends at Mojo Coffee to bring you a new single-origin blend every few months, which will feature alongside our regular blend, Dr Mojo's Medicine.

Our current single-origin blend is Burundi, which originates from the Kayanza region bordering Rwanda and has notes of dried fruits and spice. This blend is best enjoyed in a long black where the rich flavour can really shine through.

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