Serves 4 - 6 Clafoutis is a rustic, country farm house, ‘batter style’, dessert, hailing from the Limousin region of France and is traditionally made with cherries. The original recipe calls for whole cherries with the pits in them, as the pits impart an almondy flavour; however, I always pit mine for more enjoyable eating. [...]
My food philosophy is to eat local food in season. The beginning of a new season is always exciting for those cooks who cook with seasonal produce; it allows enjoying a fresh new range of fruits, vegetables, meats and fish when they are at their best, at their most flavoursome and full of vitamins. Each [...]
Does anyone have grapes climbing and growing over the trellis on their back terrace? If you do, then this machine is for you. And what is this contraption you may well ask? This contraption makes delicious, natural, pale green coloured grape juice. All you do is put the fresh grapes into the container, they are [...]
Farmers’ markets are so colourful and such fun. They are now an integral part of many people’s lives as they provide fresh, local farm produce. In Australia there are now over a hundred farmers’ markets, with the first officially trading in 1999. To locate the farmer’s market in your area, there is the Australian Framers’ [...]
Pineapple, Ananas comosus, is a wonderful tropical fruit belonging to the Bromeliad family. Originally from Brazil and parts of tropical South America, they have been growing for thousands of years. Two popular varieties are McGregor’s Queen Pineapple Ananas comosus ‘Queen’, which has prickly leaves and serrated edge leaves that indicate its wild pineapple ancestry. The [...]
This dessert has been inspired from a Gordon Ramsay pineapple dessert recipe. It is a refreshing, fruity dessert which may be prepared hours ahead of serving. 200ml of stock syrup 200ml water 30ml light rum, such as Bacardi juice of ½ a lemon 1 vanilla bean, split and seeds removed 1 large ripe pineapple fresh [...]
Over January, at On the Ridge, in Queensland, I enjoy working and planning menus for the year’s classes. I love to cook a variety of dishes, playing around with ingredients, just for fun. Soufflés are not new on the menu at Cooking on the Bay; there is usually a goat’s cheese soufflé in our French [...]
My food philosophy is to eat local food in season. The beginning of a new season is always exciting for those cooks who cook with seasonal produce; it allows enjoying a fresh new range of fruits, vegetables, meats and fish when they are at their best, at their most flavoursome and full of vitamins. Each [...]
Whilst visiting France in 2007, I attended the La Varenne Cooking School in Burgundy. The local 2 star Michelin chef, Patrick Gautier, spent a day cooking with us. Figs were in season and so he presented a regional favourite, this simple fig tart; it is light and delicious. I added the frangipane to the pastry [...]
A clafoutis is a dessert hailing from the Limousin region of France, in the north western part of the Massif central. The capital is Limoges. It is traditionally made with cherries, but may also be made with plums, pears, figs, apples or blackberries. It is simply a pancake batter poured over fruit in a fireproof [...]
