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Continue reading →: *Wild rice and mushroom soupfrom Around the World in 80 Dishes: Classic Recipes from the World’s Favourite Chefs by David Loftus wild rice (Black and Red)onioncarrots (organic)celery (organic)mixed mushrooms (Woolworths exotic mushroom mix). chicken stockthymecrème fraîche (non locally available so I substituted greek yogurt)Dry Sherry (substituted Noilly Prat Vermouth as Sherry gets drunk when opened, i.e.…
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Continue reading →: Danyel’s filled Camembertrom Around the World in 80 Dishes: Classic Recipes from the World’s Favourite Chefs by David Loftus dried figs (Organic Turkish) sultanas (Organic) currants (Organic) Dried apricots. Camembert cheese (Paris Creek Farms bio-dynamic triple cream) celery leaves (home grown, unfortunately that seems to be all that grows of the celery) Pepe…
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Continue reading →: *Colcannonfrom The Conran Cookbook by Caroline Conran and Terence Conran and Simon Hopkinson Potatoes, cabbage, leek, spring onion milk, butter, mace and S & P. Great comfort food! Served with lobster tails from Aldi . Packet recipe with the herb butter sauce provided. Next time I will cut them in two…
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Continue reading →: Fava Bean (Broad Bean) and Goat Cheese DipThermomix/ Cookidoo recipe. fava beansfresh tarragonmint leavesgarlic clovelemon zest & juicesalt & pepergoat cheese (Meridith’s)EVOO The result was quite good. Wasn’t sure how long it will keep, so I used the rest as a pasta sauce and added organic broccoli and chilli. Also very good.
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Continue reading →: Chinese stir-fried vegetablesThermomix recipe. Except for chopping the vegetables this was all done in the Thermomix. The result was quite impressive. The changes I would make next time are:Use light soy sauce rather than oyster sauceAdd some cauliflower floretsIt needed a little more sauce, and I note that Charmaine Solomon uses vegetable…
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Continue reading →: *Gordon Ramsay’s “3 ingredient Broccoli Soup”Equal weights broccoli and water. For 2 people 300g of broccoli and 300g of water. Try to use organic broccoli for extra flavour. Add salt. Cook and blend Add S & P to taste. Serve Optional add two slices of goat cheese per bowl. Drizzle with EVOO. Another optional iswalnuts…
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Continue reading →: Cod with Potatoes, Savoy Cabbage and Citrus SauceThis is a Thermomix recipe. Whilst it cooked everything, you loose control of the cooking process. For me the fish was a bit overcooked, but Mrs B thought it was perfect. The sauce was interesting but without any wow factor. Ingredients: vegetable stockpotatoessweet paprikacurry powderpollock fillets, (I substituted cod)savoy cabbagecream cheeseorange…
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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 lime (Prawns with coriander, ginger and lime)Prawns 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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