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If you are on our mailing list, you may have gotte

If you are on our mailing list, you may have gotten a sneak preview of this. We are thankful to Tammi from Jonai Farms for her special recipe.

Porchetta di testa

As committed nose to tail eaters, we were delighted to discover porchetta di testa soon after arriving at Jonai Farms. A respectful and delicious way to use the whole head and acknowledge the living animal whose life we’ve taken for ours, the process starts by carefully skinning the head. Once pressed, the thin porchetta slices have the most beautiful patterns from the ear’s cartilage in them – very pretty on the plate with a selection of pickles!

Ingredients
Pastured pig’s head
Salt & freshly ground pepper
Seasonal herbs (sage, rosemary, thyme, parsley…), chopped
Local garlic, chopped

Method
Remove the tongue, tidy it up & set aside. Clean the head and shave any remaining hairs – check inside the ears for waxy dirt.

Carefully skin the pig’s head starting from underneath the chin, taking care not to pierce the skin. Also take care to bone out the cheeks with the skin, leaving them intact. Clean up any bits of cartilage, etc, that may have remained attached to the skin.

Tuck the ears through the eye holes and lay the skin out inside facing up. Sprinkle with herbs & garlic, then salt & freshly ground pepper. Lay the tongue in the centre & roll carefully, tucking any long bits into the inside of the snout. Tie firmly in several places.

Place in a roasting dish with a shallow pour of white wine and some roasting vegetables, cover tightly with aluminium foil. Braise in a very low oven (110C) for at least 8 hours.

When you remove the porchetta from the oven, you can either weigh it down and refrigerate for 24 hours before slicing very thinly for charcuterie, or slice and serve warm.

Porchetta di testa goes well with pickles, mustard, chutney & similar, as the acid and or spice cuts through the beautiful fattiness well.

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We were hoping that Catherine Tait would pop in to

We were hoping that Catherine Tait would pop in to see us today. But we wanted to give her a shout out as third prize. Well done!

Thanks again to @bloomsthechemist Daylesford for sponsoring the prizes for the Swiss Italian Festa Landscape Art Show.

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Good morning! We wanted to give a big shout to our

Good morning! We wanted to give a big shout to our friends at the Veneto Club Melbourne Choir. We are sad they couldn’t join us in person, but they sent these messages for us.

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Congratulations to our Second Prize Winner Valerie

Congratulations to our Second Prize Winner Valerie Roberts! Thanks for participating in the Swiss Italian Landscape Art Show.

We are in Town Hall from 10-4 today and tomorrow.

Thank you @greg_mallyon for judging. Thank you to the Daylesford Rotary for your support.

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Congratulations to Noel Saunders! Our First Prize

Congratulations to Noel Saunders! Our First Prize winner in the Swiss Italian Landscape Art Show.

Thank you to @greg_mallyon for judging.
Thank you to the Daylesford Rotary for all your support.

We are in the Town Hall from 10-4 today and tomorrow. Come and see us.

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Well…..we have made it! It’s Festa weekend. A

Well…..we have made it! It’s Festa weekend. A few things to start us off.

If you have ordered @daylesfordpicnicboxes hamper, don’t forget to pick it up!

Come and see the Landscape Art Show at the Town Hall on Saturday or Sunday from 10-4pm.

Join in @alicesjourneys8459 Camino Di Daylesford. Tickets won’t last.

MOST IMPORTANTLY —- Don’t forget to put out your lanterns tomorrow night. Help us bring the spirit of the Festa to life.

Viva la Festa!

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Our shout out this morning goes out to @spadetobla

Our shout out this morning goes out to @spadetoblade We thank Gary and his team for all their support of the Festa. We asked him to say a few words.

“Some of my very earliest childhood memories are about my family gathering together for bullboar sausage making days, and I have enjoyed the opportunity to share some of this with the many people who have joined with the Swiss Italian Festa over the past 25 years. At Spade to Blade, we believe in local food, support for farmers, regenerative systems, seasonal practice. So did the old ones.”

And we believe in you and your work. Thank you.

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To continue our shout out to our supporters, we wo

To continue our shout out to our supporters, we would like to thank Basil and the whole team @hepburndistillery for your partnership and enthusiastic support of the Festa. They not only partnered with @daylesfordcider to create a special schnapps, they also made grappa especially for us.

Their product is ‘local, sustainable and unique’. And we would say the team are too!

Our deepest thanks and we look forward to partnering again. 🙏🏽

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The Festa would not be what it is without all of o

The Festa would not be what it is without all of our supporters. We want to give a big shout out to Blooms The Chemist who is supporting the Landscape Art show. Here is their story.

Blooms The Chemist Daylesford opened in March 2021, with incoming Pharmacist-owners Andrew Leslie and Huy Huynh passionate about providing local communities with the highest level of care, delivered through genuine relationships, personalised advice, and a wide range of health services and quality products at every day low prices.
Huy has worked in the store for six years, having studied pharmacy as an international student in regional Victoria before settling in the surrounding Daylesford and Hepburn Springs region. Huy’s citizenship was sponsored by the previous owners of the pharmacy and when the business became a Blooms The Chemist, Huy chose to continue giving back to the community he loves by moving into business ownership alongside Andrew.
Andrew is a passionate advocate for ensuring all Australians in metro and regional areas have access to good health and wellbeing. Keeping care and community at the core of what he does, Andrew is also excited to support organisations and causes close to the heart of the Daylesford community, such as the Swiss Italia Festa.
“Blooms The Chemist is all about community pharmacy, community connection and giving everyone in the community access to cost-effective healthcare. Daylesford is known for the beauty of the land and friendliness of the people. It’s important to us that we deliver exceptional healthcare to everyone in the community, through local owners and employees who understand the community and their needs.”

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So the Alice’s Journeys Camino di Hepburn has SO

So the Alice’s Journeys Camino di Hepburn has SOLD OUT! However, you are in luck! Alice has added a Camino di Daylesford. Don’t miss out on tickets. www.TryBooking.com/BURKX @alicesjourneys8459 #communityspirit #swissitalianfesta #daylesfordmacedonlife

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