Vetro Napier

The bambino’s are working hard over the school holidays to get goods out. Italian Nougat coming soon!!

Vetro Napier will be closed on Monday the 26th of September for Queen Elizabeth’s Memorial Day. Enjoy your long weekend everyone.

Vetro Napier will be closed on Monday the 26th September for Queen Elizabeth’s Memorial Day.
Enjoy your long weekend everyone.

Bastille day! We are celebrating In store this Saturday. Come and join us for tastings of French wine and pastries

Home of Mediterranean & Gourmet Food Vetro Mediterranean Foods is a wholesaler and retailer of high quality, well priced Meditterranean and imported foods. Visit our stores in Napier, Rotorua, Tauranga, New Plymouth, Hamilton and Gisborne. Not your every day supermarket or grocery store.

Happy International Meatball day! To celebrate, we have got a beautiful recipe here from our fav Yotam Ottolenghi. A truly new spin on an old school dinner staple! 🍝 Beef Meatballs with Broad Beans and Lemon...

👉 4½ tbsp olive oil
👉 350g broad beans, fresh or frozen
👉 4 whole thyme sprigs
👉 6 garlic cloves, sliced
👉 8 spring onions, cut at an angle into 2cm segments
👉 2½ tbsp lemon juice
👉 500ml chicken stock
👉 salt and black pepper

For the meatballs:
👉 300g minced beef
👉 150g minced lamb
👉 1 medium onion, finely chopped
👉 120g breadcrumbs
👉 2 tbsp each chopped flat-leaf parsley, mint, dill and coriander, plus ½ tbsp extra of each to finish the dish
👉 2 large garlic cloves, crushed
👉 1 tbsp baharat spice mix (link to this in comments)
👉 1 tbsp ground cumin
👉 2 tsp capers, chopped
👉 1 egg, beaten

Method:

🧆 Place all of the meatball ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Add ¾ teaspoon of salt and plenty of black pepper and mix well with your hands. Form into balls about the same size as ping-pong balls. Heat 1 tablespoon of the olive oil in an extra-large frying pan for which you have a lid. Sear half the meatballs over a medium heat, turning them until they are brown all over, about 5 minutes. Remove, add another ½ tablespoon of olive oil to the pan and cook the other batch of meatballs. Remove from the pan and wipe it clean.

🧆 While the meatballs are cooking, throw the broad beans into a pot with plenty of salted boiling water and blanch for 2 minutes. Drain and refresh under cold water. Remove the skins from half the broad beans and discard the shells.

🧆 Heat the remaining olive oil in the same pan in which you seared the meatballs. Add the thyme, garlic and spring onion and sauté over a medium heat for 3 minutes. Add the unshelled broad beans, 1½ tablespoons of the lemon juice, 80ml of the stock, ¼ teaspoon of salt and plenty of black pepper. The beans should be almost covered with liquid. Cover the pan and cook over a low heat for 10 minutes.

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In a rush but want to impress your guests? This scrumptious seasoned olive dipping oil recipe is the one for you! 🙌

What you need:
4 - 5 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon herbs de provence (mixed dried herbs)
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 teaspoon fresh chopped parsley
1/2 teaspoon chilli flakes
1/2 teaspoon coarse/flaky salt
2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar

Pour olive oil into a small serving bowl or plate. Add herbs de provence, garlic, parsley, red pepper flakes and salt.
Before serving, drizzle balsamic vinegar into the bowl. Serve with crusty bread. 🥖

✍️+📸: simply whisked

We whisk you a Merry Christmas! 🎄 Christmas is the perfect time of the year to celebrate family, joy and coming together. We hope your big day is full of yummy treats 🍰

We're closed tomorrow (25th Dec) and Boxing Day (26th Dec) but we'd love to see you when we get back on the 28th of December.

Closed Friday and Monday.
Open Saturday 9.30- 4.30 Happy and Safe lo g weekend everyone

Not yet sorted for Fathers Day?
Pop in store for gift hamper ideas. Our wonderful staff are happy to help.

Vetro Napier is open
Sunday the 13th from 9.30-3.30
And
Sunday 20th from 9.30- 3.30
Leading up until Christmas

Let's celebrate World Vegetarian Day with this simple Bulgur Salad by Pick Up Limes. 🙌

Bulgur, brown lentils, green olives, pomegranate molasses and juicy cherry tomatoes - this healthy salad is packed with delicious ingredients and easy to transport for lunches. What's your go to vegetarian meal?

Follow this link to get the recipe: https://bit.ly/3kwonD4

Did you know that Kalamata olives are a superfood? Not only do these dark purple olives with their smooth, meaty texture taste delicious, they are packed with vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. 💪

Whether you fancy whole Kalamata olives as part of your platter, sliced onto your homemade pizza, or a chunky Kalamata tapenade with your tortilla chips - Vetro stocks a wide range of Greek fine foods. 🇬🇷