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Bourbon pork ribs

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August 26, 2025

Thermomix/ Cookidoo recipe Time consuming but worth it. Spice rub overnight: raw sugar, salt, mustard powder, paprika, smoked paprika, fresh ginger, chilli flakes, all spice and black pepper. Then baked in the oven. Glaze (made in Thermomix): Finish cooking with the glaze added. Cooking under alfoil did not produce a…

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Cabbage, Pies

Cabbage Pie

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August 20, 2025

The recipe came from a newspaper/magazine cutting many years ago. Mrs B found it and wanted it. If you recognise it, I can attribute the author/source. It was good, but nothing special: I cooked this in the pie maker using short rust pastry bottoms, and puff pastry tops topped with…

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Green Beans, Potatoes, Sardines

Potatoes, beans, sardines

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August 18, 2025

from Hugh’s Three Good Things…on a Plate by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (page 42) A few months back I bought a packet of organic Kipfler potatoes and did not use all of them, and the few that were left started sprouting, so I planted them. A few months later, I had a harvest of new…

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Mussels

Mussels with saffron pici

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August 18, 2025

from Destination Flavour: People and Places(page 196) by Adam Liaw This recipe taught me a new and better way to cook mussels. That is to blanch them in boiling salted water until they open and then transfer to the sauce. It results in all the mussels being perfectly cooked. I used the steaming…

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*Favourites, Lentils, Pasta

*Lentil bolognese

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August 15, 2025

recipe from Cookidoo / Themomix This was delicious, and quick: As the sauce takes 17m to cook in the Thermomix, and the Barilla Spaghetti takes 10m plus the time to bring the pot to the boil, you should start both at the same time. Version 2 Added Chilli, Basil and…

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Olives, Polenta, Tomato

Polenta puttanesca

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August 8, 2025

from Thug Kitchen 101: Fast as F*ck: Comfort Food, One-Pot Meals, and Other Easy, Plant-Based Dishes to Pack Your Plate by Thug Kitchen and Matt Holloway and Michelle Davis p (117) Polenta (cooked in Thermomix using the dough hook) Puttanesca Sauce: It was very good (don’t mention it was vegan!)

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Canapé/ Starter, Cheddar, Sandwich

Welsh Rarebit / Buck Rarebit

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August 6, 2025

I acquired this plate from the local op shop. Recipe is on the plate: Buck Rarebit: add poached egg Whilst this is good / interesting, my comments: In the end, I prefer the simplicity of toasted cheese on toast!

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ITALY, Soups, Vegetables

Classic winter minestrone

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August 4, 2025

fom Simple Italian: The Essentials of Italian Home Cooking by Silvia Colloca (p230) Chilli oil to serve. This was very good. I needed to keep adding water which made the “broth” a little bland, so I should add more water at the start than mercy covering the vegetables, but the flavours should…

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Fish, Pies, Trout

Fish pot pie

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August 3, 2025

from More Fish, More Veg: Simple, Sustainable Recipes and Know-how for Everyday Delicious Meals (page 184) by Tom Walton OK not a “pot pie,” but I used the same filling and short crust pastry for the base, puff pastry for the top and inserted in the pie maker, which cooked the pie in 14mins…

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Borlotti beans, Cow, ITALY

Osso buco with borlotti beans (Osso buco e borlotti)

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July 28, 2025

Osso buco with borlotti beans (Osso buco e borlotti)

from Stefano Manfredi’s Italian Food: Over 500 Recipes from the Authentic to the Modern and from the North to the South of Italy (page 337) by Stefano Manfredi A SWMBO request for the cold weekend. Served with the Polenta (previous post) It was good, but veal would have been a better match for the…

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