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Hassetts Bakery

Carrigaline | Cork

Bakery Patisserie, Daytime Coffee Shop

Carrigaline is blessed with great bread courtesy of Hassett’s Bakery in this busy town on the outskirts of Cork City. Michael Hassett has been baking since he was in his early twenties, has always concentrated on sourcing good ingredients for his stunning array of creations, and consequently, his following has grown steadily over the years. So much so in fact, that his long established premises, which once consisted of a small counter service area with the kitchen behind, is now being extended, revamped and turned into a bakery and Coffee Shop for our times. What was the old ‘back’ kitchen is now a new, light flooded table and counter seating area with clean lines and modern furnishings, leading out to an outdoor patio also with seating facilities. These days, all the baking is done in a separate unit in town, as demand has dictated the need for more space - and to allow for a greater scope of produce as the renovated shop will increase its menu to include light lunches and café food.

Bread here is king though – made from good solid homely ingredients and without additives or improvers. As Michael says, there’s no short cut to good bread. This Master baker believes you either do it properly, which takes time, or don’t do it all. And that philosophy stands out in all he and his expert team produce. Quality and care shine through when you check out the varieties lining the shelves. Choose from temptingly crusty Granary, rustic round Scull, small and large traditional brown loaves, fruit pans, walnut bread, tomato bread, onion bread, classic Sourdough, Italian Ciabatta, browned and beautiful Vienna loaves, Multigrain crusted with seeds, good old fashioned Irish Farmhouse Soda Bread, Wholemeal topped with oats and seeds, Buttermilk Soda, French Baguettes, and Brown and White Spelt breads. That’s a fair amount of bread, and each and every loaf is made with time honoured methods, patience and good old hard work. Alright, there might be a mixing machine or two around to make the basic graft a bit easier – and a table top bread setter which helps get all those loaves in the oven - but proving takes place naturally, with no artificial improvers to hurry it up, and all kneading and shaping is done by hand according to the type of loaf. Absolutely nothing replaces time for the making and proving of Michael’s sourdough, which can take 24 hours from start to finish, not including several days of fermentation of the special culture, which starts the whole process going. Modernisation has its uses, but it certainly doesn’t create this kind of quality in baking. Michael sources his flours from Germany, France and Ireland, and uses Kells Kilkenny wholemeal. He deals directly with flour suppliers here and on the continent in order to get exactly the standard and type of milling he wants.

Having said all that, Hassett’s is about so much more than bread, and that becomes obvious as you browse the pastry shelves. The display looks as if it came straight out of a Parissienne patisserie. There are gateaux, glazed tarts, Chocolate and Coffee ‘Nuns’ – little choux pastry creations, which look like nuns! - filled with cream and topped with chocolate or coffee. Then there are the light and feathery fruit and cream filled roulades, beautifully decorated fruit tartlettes, shiny French apple tarts, Danish pastries, golden croissants sweet and savoury, Pain au Chocolate, and the dinkiest and most gorgeous looking trays of pastry petit fours with baby éclairs, single strawberry tartlets, little slabs of rich chocolate gateaux and more. These delicacies rub shoulders with more traditional confectionary including birthday cakes and homely golden-crusted pies and crumbles made with seasonal fruits. Don’t ask us to recommend the best of the bunch. That’s an impossible task!

The daytime coffee shop menu is geared for light eating, with morning coffee and pastry followed by lunch of toasted sandwiches and rolls where of course you get to choose whichever bread you want. Hot snacks will include home made pizza or quiche slices with salads, and handmade flaky puff pastry sausage rolls. The menu here is devised around making the most of artisan produce and locally grown salads to enhance the already high quality of the home baking. Those in a rush can avail of a hot and cold food takeaway, and if it’s just a quick sit down bite in the lunch hour you want, rest assured the service will be speedy enough to accommodate it. A full range of coffees, teas and hot chocolate is also available, plus soft drinks and soon to come, Irish farmhouse apple juices.

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Main Street
Carrigaline
Co Cork
+353 (0) 21 4371534
Email: hassettsbakerycork@eircom.net

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