These blue swimmer crabs were the best I’ve ever eaten! Thomas cooked them in this Singaporean dish, adapted from Chef John’s recipe at Food Wishes. If you can get fresh crabs, don’t wash them – you want to retain as much natural flavour as possible. If you’ve never prepared them for cooking before then this video from The Sydney Fish Market will…… Continue reading chilli crab
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buffalo cauliflower and butternut
Vegetarian and spicy, this dish uses the fabulous flavours normally reserved for chicken wings. Preheat your oven to 230ºC (450ºF). Cut half a cauliflower into florets and some butternut pumpkin (squash) into chunks. Melt some ghee (clarified butter) and toss the vegetables in the ghee, seasoning with salt and pepper to taste. Roast in the oven until…… Continue reading buffalo cauliflower and butternut
pear and almond slice
A classic combination in a not-too-sweet and gluten free slice. Preheat your oven to 180ºC (350ºF) and grease and line a 22cm (8½”) square cake tin. Cream 120g (4¼ oz) of butter with ⅓ of a cup of sugar and when they are light and fluffy beat in 2 large eggs, one at a time. Add 1¼…… Continue reading pear and almond slice
sesame seared tuna with soba noodles and edamame
A lovely cold dish for a hot day and gluten free too. Cook the soba noodles according to instructions and when they are ready immediately run cold water over them. Place them into a bowl with 2-3 sliced spring onions and some cooked and shelled edamame (young soy) beans. Make a sauce of 3 tablespoons of soy sauce,…… Continue reading sesame seared tuna with soba noodles and edamame
cavolo nero polenta with beef cheek ragu
A great way to eat greens, this polenta recipe appears in River Cafe Cook Book Two by Rose Grey and Ruth Rogers. Beef cheeks: In some olive oil over high heat sear the beef cheeks briefly and remove them to a plate. Lower the heat and add a little more olive oil, some diced onion, garlic, carrots and celery…… Continue reading cavolo nero polenta with beef cheek ragu
fig and espresso cake
A moist heavy fig cake with a good hit of caffeine. It can be served simply cut into thin slices and needs nothing more than a dollop of cream and a cup of tea. In a medium-sized saucepan, combine 2 cups of strong espresso coffee, 15 dried figs, ¼ of a cup of honey, 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon,…… Continue reading fig and espresso cake
leek, brussel sprout and stilton tart + roasted beets and carrots
A lovely combination of flavours improved by being encased in Maggie Beer’s sour cream pastry. Make the pastry according to the recipe (it works very well with light sour cream too). Roll the pastry out and cut a circle for the bottom of a springform cake tin and some strips for the sides and line the tin making sure there…… Continue reading leek, brussel sprout and stilton tart + roasted beets and carrots
grand final fiesta
There are many similarities between Super Bowl Sunday and the AFL Grand Final. Many families and friends gather to watch the game and celebrate or commiserate. The drink of choice is generally beer. At the game a meat pie is essential but at home barbecues reign. We decided instead to drink Margheritas and eat chicken fajitas, chorizo with potato and corn,…… Continue reading grand final fiesta
chèvre ice cream with brandied figs
Homemade fresh chèvre in abundance led me to another wonderful ice cream flavour from Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams at Home by Jeni Britton Bauer. The flavour is delicate and delicious and the brandied figs are a great match. For the ice cream measure 2 cups of milk. Take out 2 tablespoons of the milk and make a slurry with 4 teaspoons of cornflour…… Continue reading chèvre ice cream with brandied figs
jerk chicken + coconut rice and beans
I haven’t tried much Jamaican food but a newly found appreciation of all things cooked over coal led to this delicious meal. Jerk is a style of cooking in which meat is dry-rubbed or wet marinated with a very hot spice mixture which always includes allspice (pimento in Jamaica) and Scotch bonnet chillies. We used Tasting Tables’s…… Continue reading jerk chicken + coconut rice and beans
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