This beautiful home-made mayonnaise enhances everything it touches, with its custardy richness and delicate tang that gives a clean and clear flavour that commercial mayonnaise does not have. When making this sauce, do remember to take your time and go slowly, drop by drop, at the beginning for the addition of the oil. The whole [...]
Makes 1.5 – 2 litres stock Ingredients 75g dried shitake mushrooms 1 ½ tbsp olive oil 100g fresh mushrooms 2 medium carrots, peeled, diced 1 medium onion, chopped into 1 cm pieces 2 celery stalks diced ½ cup leek greens, roughly chopped, 1 cm pieces 3 sage leaves or large pinch dried sage Bouquet garni [...]
This is a quick and easy everyday prawn curry which also makes a lovely entrée for a special lunch or dinner with friends. I hav eincluded the Green Curry Paste recipe at the end of this. Serves 4 400g broccoli, cut into tiny, mouth-sized florets 1k large, raw Queensland prawns 60g butter 4 tbsp extra [...]
Tapénade is a rich olive paste with a full-flavoured taste that comes with the addition of garlic, anchovies and capers. Originally tapénade was made with a mortar and pestle; you may choose to hand chop the ingredients, if you like a coarse texture, or alternatively use a food processor or kitchen whiz wand. You may [...]
This is a very intense and flavoursome, tomato sauce which suits many dishes; it is marvellous simply served with zucchini noodles and cheese, try it! Serves 8 Ingredients 1 red capsicum roasted; remove seeds and skin; finely chop 100mls or 7 tbsp olive oil 2 onions, finely chopped 2 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed 2 [...]
These little pots are so quick and simple to make; these ones taste luscious and delicious. They can be made with a variety of ingredients, such as cheese, ham, mushrooms, spinach, lightly cooked vegetables, salmon, prawns, whatever your heart fancies, nestled in the base of the little pots. I use my small 8.5cm diameter, shallow [...]
Serves 6 This recipe is based on my mother’s corned beef and is a family favourite. I always loved rolled corned beef as it is juicy, succulent and flavoursome from the fat. These days it is a little difficult to source, so I look for the fattiest silver-side I can find. Today the ‘eye’ of [...]
This smooth, luxurious and flavoursome soup is perfect as a wintry pick-me-up. It is also ideal for freezing. Mussels are inexpensive and taste wonderful when paired with the pumpkin. Serves 4 Ingredients 250ml white wine 1kg mussels -rinsed, de-bearded, discard any mussels that do not close tightly when tapped 50g butter 1 onion, roughly chopped [...]
In this recipe the pumpkin and onions are sautéed, roasted and simmered; this is to give the soup a deep, rich flavour. It is fine and still delicious, to miss the roasting step and to simply sauté and simmer until cooked. Then purée. Serves 4 Ingredients Garnish 800g diced pumpkin 2 large onions, diced 50g [...]
This is a lovely flavourful main course and is very easy to make. The meatballs can be nestled into many of your dishes to add extra protein, such as your Napoli sauce or shakshuka. Make them larger and cook them as hamburgers. You can substitute beef mince for the chicken, plus add some grated carrots, [...]
