Kia Orana from Andrew and June Hosking
Thanks for dropping in. Look around, we're pretty sure you'll find something to tempt your taste-buds. We're a tiny business, making small batches by hand from fresh naturally grown produce. Feel free to email us [email protected] or better still, drop in and visit us at home in Mauke.
Meitaki nui no ta kotou tauturu. Mauke Moments - e roro tikai!
Andrew and June Hosking
Meitaki nui no ta kotou tauturu. Mauke Moments - e roro tikai!
Andrew and June Hosking
Akari Miri Vai’i
Description: Andrew's Mama Taorangi Hosking's massage remedy for aches, e.g. after sports. Warm in hands before applying or, for a deep tissue massage, warm a little in a teaspoon over a flame.
Ingredients: Traditionally made coconut oil, local herb
Banana Mustard
Description: Smooth and fruity with a light mustard flavour. No added sugar or sweeteners.
Ingredients: banana, fruit, garlic, salt, turmeric, chili, vinegar, mustard, spices
Bitter Lime Marmalade
Description: Sweet and tangy with a touch of bitter skin. Pronounced 'delicious' by British visitors who make their own marmalade. Nice as dip for coconut slices or drizzled over green salad.
Ingredients: Seedless cross sections of lime, water, sugar
Chunky Lime Chutney
Description: Lime cross sections with chunks of dark sundried fruit in a sweet soft set. Marmalade lovers will enjoy this savoury version.
Ingredients: Lime, vinegar, sugar, onion, sun caramelised fruit, mustard, ginger, chilli, salt.
Cinnamon & Pawpaw Jam
Description: Mild, mid-sweet jam with the taste of cinnamon coming through.
Ingredients: Pawpaw, sugar, lemon, ginger, cinnamon
Coconut Jam
Description: Delicious caramel coconut spread with a little zest of lime. Eat as you would any sweet jam or use as a topping or filling for a cake – suggestion: apply while cake is still warm to allow flavour to seep into cake.
Ingredients: Grated coconut, coconut water, lime, sugar, spice
Delicious locally made Fudge
Delicious locally made Fudge, perfect gifts for everybody and for all occasion or to simply say :
"I miss you and I love you "
Ginger & Garlic Paste
Description: No added sugar or salt. Cooked in good Mauke sea water for the benefit of trace elements. Use as is or in cooking e.g. with veges, spread over steak to BBQ. For sore throats make a soothing drink - add a spoonful to hot water with a little honey if desired.
Ingredients: Ginger, pawpaw, sea water, lime juice, coconut water, garlic, turmeric.
Green Pawpaw Chutney
Description: Soft flavor that brings out the fruity vinegar. Goes well with fish and light meats.
Ingredients: Green & ripe pawpaw, vinegar, onion, sugar, dried fruit, salt, chili, ginger, spices.
Guava & Raparapa Chutney
Description: Sweet tangy chutney that goes with anything. Cooked over an open fire of local wood for a mild smoked flavour.
Ingredients: Guava, starfruit (raparapa), onion, chilli, garlic, turmeric, ginger, vinegar, lime, sugar, salt, spices
Guava Jelly
Description: Tasty, lovely translucent pinkish colour with distinctive guava perfume.
Ingredients: Guava, water, sugar, lime
Lime Curry Pickle
Description: Salty lime, a little bitter, lightly spiced with a smooth oil finish. An Indian recipe eaten with curry.
Ingredients: lime segments, salt, olive oil, vinegar, garlic, chili, spices, sugar
Lime Marmalade
Description: Loads of lime slices in a sweet soft set (reduced sugar). Flavour reminiscent of home made lemonade.
Ingredients: Seedless cross sections of lime, water, sugar
Mango Chutney
Description: Medium sweet and tasty mango chutney with a hint of sweet spices. Delicious on anything.
Ingredients: Mango, onion, dried fruit, vinegar, sugar, garlic, ginger, spices, salt, chilli
Mango Passion Jam
Ingredients: mango, passionfruit, sugar, lime juice, spicesDescription: A sweet and sour delight. Contains some passionfruit seeds. Use as you would
Pawpaw & Ginger Jam
Description: Sweet with just a little tang and ginger overtones.
Ingredients: Pawpaw, sugar, lime, ginger
Pawpaw & Lime Chutney
Description:Generous garlic, turmeric and pickled lime add a full bodied flavour with a touch of chilli. Good with meats, sausage, salami, cheese, potato salad or add to a stir fry when cooking.
Ingredients: Pawpaw, lime, sugar, vinegar, garlic, turmeric, ginger, spices, salt.
Pawpaw Chutney
Description: Tangy, spicy flavour. Goes well with bread, meat, cheese, fish & chips or vegan meals, according to your liking.
Ingredients: Pawpaw, fruit vinegar, sugar, onion, lime juice, ginger, turmeric, garlic, chilli, spices, salt
Piere Preserve
Description: An adult energy snack. Delicious strips of juicy dried banana with just a little after taste of a sweet light fruit wine.
Ingredients: Sun dried banana preserved in a fruit wine.
Pumpkin Jam
Description: Sweet pumpkin flavoured with traditional pumpkin pie spices.
Ingredients: Pumpkin, sugar, lime, coconut water, salt, sweet spices
Raparapa & Pawpaw Chutney
Description: Sweet, gentle spice flavour with a little tang. Goes with anything.
Ingredients: Starfruit (raparapa), pawpaw, sugar, chili, turmeric, garlic, onion, salt, lime, vinegar, ginger, spices.
Raparapa Marmalade
Description: Similar taste to starfruit marmalade, but processed differently for softer lime skins and a jam consistency making it easier to handle and bite.
Ingredients: Raparapa (starfruit) & lime cross sections, water, sugar
Red Chili Jam
Description: Sweet ginger & lime followed by a pleasant lingering heat. Use in marinade, as you woruld chilli sauce or as a condiment alongside any dish. Thick jam consistency.
Ingredients: Red chill's, pawpaw, salt, sugar, garlic, ginger, fish sauce
Soursop & Raparapa Syrup
Description: Sweet and tangy. Use as you would any sweet syrup – on toast, dribbled over ice-cream or add a little to enhance a green salad dressing.
"Ingredients: Soursop, raparapa, water, sugar, lemon juice"
Soursop Chutney
Description: Sweet, smooth and spicy with a little soursop tang. Delicious as a condiment for vegetable curry or on fish, chicken, lentil patties, bread, as you like.
Ingredients: Soursop, sugar, lime juice, olive oil, ginger, garlic, salt, spices
Starfruit Marmalade
Description: Distinct stars suspended in citrus to make a classy looking chunky marmalade with bite. Whole slices can be used as a garnish with meat such as ham.
Ingredients: Starfruit & lime cross sections, lemon juice, water, sugar
Sugar free Chilli Sauce
Description: Savoury medium/hot sauce with a little salty lime flavour lingering
Ingredients: Fruit, chilli, lime, turmeric, garlic, olive oil, vinegar, salt, spices
Sweet Chili Sauce
Description: Similar to sweet chili garlic, but with less garlic. Hot chili followed by a sweet spicy tang. Use as you would any sweet chili sauce.
Ingredients: Fruit, sugar, lime juice, garlic, chili, turmeric, fruit vinegar, olive oil, spices, salt
Sweet Chilli Garlic Sauce
Description: Hot chili followed by a sweet spicy tang and lingering garlic flavour.
Ingredients: Pawpaw, sugar, lime juice, garlic, chili, turmeric, fruit vinegar, olive oil, spices, salt
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Jars for June
Early 2018, selling about 10 jars a week in Mauke, we found enough jars locally to continue operations. But in preparing product for tr...
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Economic Development – taking on the challenge in Mauke, Cook Islands
When weighing up moving to Mauke we were well aware that many have 'given up' on the outer islands; depopulation continues and challeng...
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Living in the outer islands
We left regular paid jobs on a mission to develop a sustainable lifestyle; introducing appropriate technology such as a Rotaloo compost...
