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Continue reading →: *Spring Vegetable SoupThermomix recipe Delicious! Ingredients:unsalted butter. (I used Pepe Saya cultured salted butter, as that was all that was on hand)leekgarlicorganic zucchinicelery stalksvegetable stocksavoy cabbage frozen green peas (I used the Woolworths Australian Peas. Not the baby peas, as I find the full size has more flavour and texture)fine sea salt. (I…
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Continue reading →: Focaccia alle oliveOlive focaccia bread from A Table in Venice: Recipes from My Home (page 73) by Skye McAlpine Another WIP. Doesn’t seem to go golden in the time suggested (20min @ 220C). When I cooked it longer to get the golden colour, the bread overcooks. Ingredients: “00”flour, instant yeast, EVOO, water, salt,…
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Continue reading →: Mazzancolle al coriandolo fresco, zenzero e limePrawns with coriander, ginger and lime from Venice: Food and Wine by M. E. Chojnacka Very good, but I was expected more of the dynamic buzz that the recipe promised. Ingredients: Jumbo prawns, lime, garlic, fresh ginger, “La Lot” Pinot Grigio, water, coriander, EVOO.
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Continue reading →: *Tiramisufrom Venice: Food and Wine by M. E. Chojnacka (p77) Excellant. Ingredients: Organic Eggs (hence the more yellow colour), caster sugar, mascarpone, espresso, savoiardi (lady fingers) dipped in espresso, Donna Hay Cocoa. This was my second attempt at Tiramisu. In my first attempt, I used the Thermomix/ Cookidoo recipe process. Whilst…
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Continue reading →: *Whole artichokes with lemon butterfrom The Extraordinary Cookbook: Make Meals Your Friends Will Never Forget (page 70) by Stefan Gates So simple, and so good. Ingredients: Artichokes, Pepe Saya salted butter, lemons, S & P
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Continue reading →: Ricotta pizzafrom The Martha Stewart Living Cookbook: The Original Classics by Martha Stewart Maybe not the tastiest pizza I have made, but probably the healthiest. Ingredients: Garlic & shallots, anchovy fillets roasted red peppers (capsicum) & thyme, artichoke hearts, Parmesan cheese, ricotta cheese & parsley
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Continue reading →: *Ricotta fritta con piccola insalata di pomodoriFried ricotta with a little tomato salad from Jamie’s Italy (page 12) by Jamie Oliver Delicious, Quick and Easy. Ingredients: ricotta cheese, Parmesan cheese, organic egg, flour, Olsson’s sea salt,tomatoes, basil, red and green chilli, EVOO, red wine vinegar & nutmeg
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Continue reading →: Tuna with Salsa Verde PizzaFrom Pizza Pizzazz by Australian Women’s Weekly It was good, but I still prefer the Margherita. Ingredients: cream cheese, grape tomatoes, canned tuna slices in oil, red onion Salsa Verda: Parsley, mint, EVOO, baby capers, lemon juice & garlic
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Continue reading →: Lobster Risottoinspired by the #seafood_network. https://www.instagram.com/p/C05JgiWswjI/ Lobster removed from the shell and sous vide at 54C for 30minutes with garlic butter and salt. The shells and cuttings went into a vegetable stock. (I didn’t use a seafood stock as I wanted the flavour to be about the lobster). The Risotto was just…
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Continue reading →: *Baked artichoke dipfrom Thermomix/ CookidooJust parmesan cheese, garlic, mayonnaise and marinated artichoke hearts blended and baked. This time I did individual serves which is a much easier presentation






