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10–minute magic! real fast food! morels (mainly) plus a little St. George and Oyster and a little 10–minute magic! pasta vegetarian – 10 minute magic! pasta with cauliflower and herbs Grilled Fig Stuffed Garfish with Almonds and Wild Fennel – uses our favourite figs, can be prepared entirely in advance 10 minutes cooking time! technique wokking it! why so many home cooks get it wrong sous–vide and the home vac perfect poultry poaching a chicken Anzac Day Anzac Day the food parcels from home basics — savoury béchamel (egg enriched suitable for soufflés) mayonnaise (lemon) basics — sweet crumble topping turns poached fruit into a miraculous dessert Pam Field’s Sponge the best ever! biscuits — sweet Anzac biscuits bread about bread tips and ideas vintage bread a tradition make with the first grapes of vintage classic French bread crusty delicious white bread light rye lightly texture most sand soft delicious with smoked salmon and posh toppings just as good toasted with butter and Vegimite pide bread a really stunning soft white bread inspired by a recipe from Greg Malouf milk bread a great way of using old and soured milk and utterly delicious Jim Lahey’s and Tony Walsh’s fab bread Ann’s rye bread dense and delicious keeps perfectly for a week! delicious toppings for open rye sandwiches classic ciabatta Brent Kemble–Beech gorgeous milk sour dough Rebecca Stubbs molasses rye bread richly textured, dark and moist this new recipe is a stunner! cakes cloud cake Ann Oliver’s best flourless chocolate torte traditional fruit cake gourmet fruit cake chunkier fruit less cake also great with cheese and coffee mandarin and almond cake (gluten free) Claudia Roden Kulich Russian Easter cake Strega cake the late Lucia Rosella’s favourite cake macaroons large and small, spectacular dessert cake Olive’s chestnut torte worth the effort Pam Field’s sponge fabulous!! Pashka Russian Easter cake pistachio macaroon dacquoise a lot of work but a spectacular dessert cake simnell cake English Easter cake cheese making simple cow’s milk cheese crumbed and fried (vegetarian) condiments mustard apricots utterly delicious and we’ve also listed our local apricot supplier new July 1, 2011 desserts — cold puddings…new! Crème Caramel everyone’s favourite we share our recipe! desserts — hot puddings Bread & Butter Pudding true 10 minute magic! Ann Oliver’s Self–Saucing Chocolate Pudding fabulous can be made entirely the day before and cooked on the day blackberry crumble good for other types of fruit orange and walnut steamed pudding Bessie Mortimer steamed jam pudding desserts — sweet soufflés Lemon Curd Soufflé gluten free, totally fruit flavour no nasty eggy taste! Passionfruit Curd Soufflé gluten free, totally fruit flavour no nasty eggy taste! Salzburger Knockerl the queen of vanilla souffles and real 10 minute magic! new August 19, 2011 The Mistress’ Own Chocolate Soufflé gluten free takes a little skill but once mastered it’s magic! dips Olive’s Dukkah Babaganoush, smoked eggplant dip Beyesor a stunning broad bean dip from the Middle eastern kitchen Beetroot and Orange dumplings & buns — Asian & Chinese Chinese bun dough – the perfect fluffy white bun Eggs crispy fried egg the secret is …! new 30 July 2010 Faking it! perfect polenta white and yellow perfect cous cous you guessed it butter makes it better festivals & feasts christmas christmas overview baked ham turkey two ways with a beautiful stuffing plum pudding the Mistress’ own Olive’s fruitcake Olive’s gourmet fruitcake mainly fruit and nuts firm tangelo jelly a light alternative to the Christmas trifle easter easter traditions general information pashka the stunning Russian cheese and glacé easter cake kulichwonderful Russian easter yeast cake Simnel cake traditional British easter cake fruit cake style flowers roses, violets and edible flowers general information roses, violets, orange blossom general information pumpkin and zucchini flowers general information also see rose petal pasta for an interesting recipe using flowers fruit apples Michele Guerard’s thousand layer apple cake worth the effort apricots mustard apricots utterly delicious and we’ve also listed our local apricot supplier Buddha’s hands Buddha’s hands tips and history Buddha’s hands jam glacé Buddha’s hands Buddha’s hands ice cream cherries Fay Oliver’s brandied cherries both cherries and brandy are stunning and not overly sweet new january 20, 2013 cherry clafoutis revised recipe 6 January, 2012 cherry sauce – cherry ripple – cherry preserve cherries pickled cherry ice cream figs figgy tips and ideas glacé figs Grandma Quinn Mille Feuille of fig glacé ginger and pistachio ice cream with fresh figs and pomegranate jelly figs and chocolate baked in filo, chocolate sauce figs and spice bread great with cheese for old and favourite fig recipes click here and even more recipes for figs www.willabrand.com lemons lemons tips and ideas lemon delicious pudding Fay Oliver lemon curd lemon curd soufflé gluten free when made with pure icing sugar pickled lemons (or limes) limes limes tips and ideas also refer to lemons lime ice cream with pistachio praline and citron makes a spectacular terrine mandarins mandarin and almond cake a twist on Claudia Roden’s (gluten free) mandarin glacé mulberries — white white mulberry, blackberry and Moscato jelly a real showgirl and made entirely in advance mangoes mango tips and ideas mango daiquiri Shirl the pearl’s mango and lime bavarian, raspberry jelly sponge fab dessert cake for 16 mango sorbet fast mangoes poached in passionfruit sauce hot and fast, see passionfruit butter! mango gelati fast and eggless! mango ice cream divine! mango and chilli sorbet with glacé chilli mango, prawn, corn and herb salad Thai mango and lime chutney passionfruit passionfruit tips and ideas passionfruit butter crepes passionfruit curd also see lemon curd soufflé same method different flavour passionfruit floating islands a bit of work but divine! passionfruit ice cream pears pears tips and ideas poaching pears hot poached pears with zabaglione an oldie but a goldie! pear green ginger and wild fennel paste great with cheese! persimmons Salad of astringent persimmon, pomegranate, herbs and leaves an intriguing, complex and utterly delicious salad perfect for an entrée…new May 2013 pineapple apple and passionfruit jelly fresh pineapple and passionfruit plums (red) plum tips and ideas plum crumble oh yummy mummy (and fast and fabulous! plum jelly a show girl, also good with meat! poached plums plums (mustard) utterly delicious fab with cold meats or roast duck pomegranates pomegranates tips and ideas persian pomegranate sorbet prickly pears prickly pear jelly (conserve) prickly pear sorbet quinces quince paste no waste, keeps indefinitely! strawberries strawberry icecream and sorbet recipes to die for! jelly and gelatine tangelo jelly a light alternative to the Christmas trifle white mulberry, blackberry and Moscato jelly a reall showgirl and completely made in advance ice cream cherry ice cream lime ice cream with pistachio praline and citron mulberry ice cream also good for raspberries and blackberries also see mango, limes and promise lots more recipes in the very near future nectarine or peach ice cream new December 2012 passionfruit ice cream pistachio ice cream rose petal ice cream rose petal sorbet vanilla ice cream macaroons pistachio macaroons a lot of work but worth the effort pastry Grandma Quinn’s Choux Pastry a really brilliant recipe! Olive’s Sweet Pastry tried and true we haven’t found a better recipe in the last 10 years! sauces sweet cherry sauce – cherry ripple – cherry preserve versatile and handy new 6 January, 2012 seeds poppy seed tart utterly divine but you'll only be able to make it if you own or can borrow a poppy seed mill sweet tarts Tarte di Santiago simple, simply delicious!

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Sick of being splattered when adding ingredients to the Thermo a standard stainless steel jam funnel (yes we know you would have thought their designers might have thought of it!) but then you can say that about plenty of appliances!

…and, by the way I like my Thermomix a whole lot more since after two years of thinking what a crap appliance I now have a lid that engages properly with the start switch.

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mainly savoury

meat beef Michael Voumard’s Thai beef salad makes the old Aussie barby obsolete! Kangaroo Iceberg sandwich of barbecue chilli kangaroo and smoked eggplant simple and utterly delicious…a showgirl dish! slow cooked neck and shoulder of Hay Valley lamb a little history of restaurant’s serving kangaroo in Australia lamb slow cooked neck and shoulder of Hay Valley lamb lamb meatballs with pomegranate sauce and walnuts offal…yummy! Bolito Misto the best of the Italian one pot dishes…new July 6, 2012 mushrooms Chestnut and Oyster Mushroom Salad real KIS KIF this is a delicious textural salad Swiss Brown, Oyster Mushroom and Rocklobster Soup a base recipe that can easily be changed according to available seafood morels (mainly) plus a little St. George and Oyster and a little 10–minute magic! mushrooms about mushrooms pine mushrooms with crisp pancetta, sage and pasta pine mushrooms mushroom soufflé mushroom ragu with polenta for perfect polenta click here mushroom frittata a toss of wild and cultivated mushrooms with fresh pasta nuts chestnuts sweet and savoury Barley risotto with chestnuts and prunes pasta and gnocchi gnocchi classic potato gnocchi classic nettle gnocchi classic pumpkin gnocchi pasta pasta dough perfect pasta vegetarian – 10 minute magic! pasta with cauliflower and herbs toss of pasta with wild mushrooms garlic squid pasta the perfect 10–minute meal! pasta sweet rose petal pasta pickling and preserving apricots (mustard) utterly delicious and we’ve also listed our local apricot supplier Buddha’s hands jam Buddha’s hands glacé cherries pickled cherry sauce – cherry ripple – cherry preserve olive’s chilli jam and glacé chilli new June 2012 cauliflower mustard pickle Bessie Mortimer gherkins how to cure them and three different types of pickling marinades kumquats pickled sweet–sour and sweet Margaret’s Marmalade best made with Seville oranges, simple and stunning except for the bloody pips! olives black olives green olive oil judging picking the good oils lemons pickled limes pickled mango and lime chutney onions pickled Garth Oliver and the best plums (mustard) utterly delicious fab with cold meats or roast duck polenta perfect polenta poultry poaching a chicken salads POULTRY SALADS chicken marakesh interesting flavour profile chicken mayonnaise with cos and asparagus VEGETARIAN pumpkin and mograbieheh tomato, mozzarella, basil KIS KIF, the best! chick pea and vegetable salad with tahina dressing also covers making your own tahina KIS KIF, the best! new January 21, 2011 watermelon, feta, sesame Roman dressing perfect for a mix of bitter and sweet leaves roasted sesame dressing terrific for Middle Eastern combos chick peas, broad beans, pickled lemon or lime and herbs sauces hollandaise sauce seafood garfish garfish stuffed with fresh figs, almond and wild fennel crust mussels mussels tips and ideas Thai mussel salad green mussel curry with egg plant mille–Feuille of petit bouchon with fresh turmeric,celery and saffron spaghetti with petit bouchon, eggplant, chilli, peas and capsicum oysters oysters with ruby grapefruit subtle and exquisite a perfact match for and aged Champagne –new July 30, 2012 oysters tips ideas and shucking natural oysters cooked oysters oysters kilpatrick Australia’s favourite oyster New Orleans potato and oyster soup our favourite! smoked oysters olatini a pure vodka martini with a lemon twist and an oyster natural prawns garlic prawns the perfect 10–minute meal! Australian Southern Rocklobster recipes for rocklobster salmon smoking salmon simple and utterly divine! tea and spice smoked salmon this is true KIS KIF! new January 1, 2012 sardines harissa grilled sardines, with merquez, pine nuts and raisins Tony Carroll, Jolleys Boathouse oven baked sardines in macadamia crusts Dennis Whetstone, Red Ochre, Adelaide South Australia scallops cleaning scallops general information and everything you need to know to start from live grilled scallopsreal fast food! scallop sashimi divine! scallop and leek saucefantastic with pasta squid garlic squid pasta the perfect 10–minute meal! vegetarian pasta vegetarian – 10 minute magic! pasta with cauliflower and herbs pumpkin fritters with a salad of cavolo nero, caulibroc and aubergine sensational vegetarian lunch for six simple cow’s milk cheese crumbed and fried (vegetarian) vegetables green green vegetables tips and ideas Pumpkin fritters with a salad of cavolo nero, caulibroc and aubergine sensational vegetarian lunch for six artichokes click here for clear instructions for preparing, preserving in oil, preserving by the sous–vide method asparagus asparagus tips and ideas broad beans Beyesor a stunning broad bean dip from the Middle eastern kitchen cabbage broad beans Cabbage Rolls make this fabulous recipe and everyone, no matter how sophisticated will love you! garlic Garlic absolutely everything you need to know from storing to roasting and some great uses pumpkin Pumpkin fritters with a salad of cavolo nero, caulibroc and aubergine sensational vegetarian lunch for six pumpkin gnocchi…utterly divine! puntarelle Puntarelle with white anchovy and green garlic sauce unusual and delicious this scifi like vegetable has a very short season sweet corn sweet corn tips and ideas oysters natural with corn and chilli salsa corn pancakes radicchio Eggs baked in béchamel with radicchio, salad of radicchio and potato lace Roman dressing a divine dish with cooked and raw radicchio tomatoes olive’s chunky tomato sauce just the start of many delicious tomato recipes coming your way! watermelon radish watermelon radish, black lentil and herb salad with sesame dressing complex and delicious with dozens of possible permutations weeds weeds or if you are feeling particularly modern foraging…hmm! winter vegetables winter vegetables root vegetables and potatoes tips and recipes

limes are still cheap remember lime curd freezes and vacs brilliantly and pickled limes have a multitude of uses…please click on the image below for a divine lime and pistachio ice cream and also check out the recipe navigation including pickling and preserving.

the best of tarts
Revised Tarte di Santiago the wonderfully simple, utterly delicious almond tart from the Spanish kitchen…click on the image to go straight to the recipe.

 

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this week
so many great ingredients in season but don’t forget the magnificent chestnut. Yes a lot of work, but worth the effort…please click here to go to our chestnut recipes index

A huge amount of work but worth every scond it takes our chestnut torte is stupendous!

Salad of astringent persimmon, pomegranate, herbs and leaves complex, crunchy delicious this salad does require a little work but rewards with complex individual flavour profiles that work brilliantly with a good Chardonnay…click on the image to go straight to the recipe

check out pickling and preserving and all the Autumn produce recipes.

Use your potato press to extract the pomegranate juice…we advise garbage bag dresses to protect your clothes!

it’s the green olive season
click on the image to go ot our best tried and true recipe.

crème caramel well made to silken perfection this is everyone’s favourite and we think our recipe is about as good as it gets. But, if you’re going to buy crappy cream, skinny milk and cage eggs (not that we think our readers do that sort of thing) the result will never be as good…click on the image to go to the recipe.

the best of apple cakes Michele Guerard’s divine thousand layer apple cake…click on the image to go to the recipe.

everything to do with pears
tips and ideas check out the navigation

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