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Continue reading →: Product Review: Josh Niland’s Fish WeightWoolworths Barramundi with burnt butter sauce I love it. The only downside is that you can only cook one meal at a time (or buy more Fish Weights!)
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Continue reading →: NSW: Paddington: PorcineDate visited; 9 April 2026 The duck’s head Duck sausage Tarragon and dijon mustards (The tarragon mustard overpowered the sausage, but you don’t need to add it) The Duck Press The sauce being made with the juice of the duck bones. (Madeira rather than Cognac). The Maderia (IMHO was too…
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Continue reading →: Spaghetti alla Natalinafrom Vincenzo’s Plate by Vincenzo Prosperi. Recipe online https://www.vincenzosplate.com/spaghetti-alla-natalina/ Apparently a classic Neapolitan pasta dish (but it does not seem to be mentioned in any of my numerous Italian cookbooks, or online) Topped with more parsley. Delicious. Think Puttanesca with nuts and sultanas
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Continue reading →: Mussels Dijonnaise (Steamed Mussels with Mustard Sauce)from Food52. Recipe Online: https://food52.com/recipes/19170-mussels-dijonnaise-steamed-mussels-with-mustard-sauce Quick, simple and very good. Served with 35hr wholemeal sourdough
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Continue reading →: *Colcannonfrom The Irish Cookbook by Jp McMahon (p76) very simple and delicious. Potatoes and 250g of Lurpak butter (no Irish butter available), both put through the ricer. Home grown spring onions poached in A2 milk, and then blended with the potato/butter mash chopped parsley
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Continue reading →: *Guinness beef piesFrom Best of the Pie Maker: Sweet, Savoury Pies & More! by Australian Women’s Weekly. It is St Patricks Day! Beef filling: garlic, rosemary, onion, celery, carrot, portobello mushrooms Eye fillet beef. This was delicious beef Guinness, beef stock and flour Served on a bed of Colcannon (next post) Irish…
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Continue reading →: NSW: Paddington: Izy.Aki with Dre KangTwo day only pop up. Date visited: 16 March 2026 Butterfly pea dumplings, soy and vinegar dressing (the blue is natural rather than food colouring). … chicken partially eaten to show contents Tuna Belly …. pop rice … foie gras sorbet Alaskan king crab with coconut, starfruit, smoked fish. Thai…
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Continue reading →: Cheat’s crunchy Mexican BBQ chicken tostadas – no BBQ requiredfrom Yummy, Easy, Quick: 127 Dinners That Take 30 Minutes or Less to Prepare by Matt Preston (page 53) Toasted corn tortillas Mashed avocado. Unfortunately the avocados available at the moment are the Shepard variety which don’t much flavour compared to the Hass, and are not easy to mash as they stay firmer.…
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Continue reading →: Tagliatelle con finocchio e gamberoni (Pasta with fennel and prawns)from Antonio Carluccio: The Collection by Antonio Carluccio Simple and very good. But like most dishes, the quality of ingredients is paramount. The first time I did this, I used Romeo IGA fennel which had no aniseed smell or flavour, and Aldi prawns which were mediocre. Next time I used a fennel from…
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Continue reading →: *Green vegetables in oyster saucefrom Charmaine Solomon’s Asian Favourites (page 160) by Charmaine Solomon Very simple, and could become my favourite way of cooking asian greens. It is a slight improvement on Nigel Slater’s method, although it takes a little longer. Boiling water with peanut oil, throw in the greans (I used organic baby Pak Choy) Sauce of…
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