Maque choux

by Alfred Solti
Ingredients:
8 ears of corn (or 2 x 420 gm tins of corn kernels)
1 teaspoon unsalted butter
1 teaspoon vegetable oil
½ brown onion finely chopped
½ green capsicum finely chopped
½ teaspoon white pepper
½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
250gm chopped tomatoes
Salt to taste
1½ tablespoons whipping cream
Method:
Cut kernels from the corn cobs (if using). In a frying pan, heat oil and butter and cook onions and capsicum until … Read more »

Cajun vegetables

by Alfred Solti

Ingredients: 

1 large brown onion
1 green capsicum
2 celery stalks

Method:

Finely chop vegetables.

Cajun spice mix

by Alfred Solti

Ingredients: 

1 tablespoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon onion powder
2 teaspoons white pepper
2 teaspoons black pepper
1½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
2 teaspoons dried thyme
½ teaspoon dried oregano

Method:

Mix spices together and store in an airtight jar.

Risotto Primavera

Ingredients

200g double podded broad beans
4 medium shallots, finely minced
3 spring onions, trimmed and finely minced
1 small clove garlic, finely minced
250g trimmed asparagus spears, sliced into 4 diagonal pieces
3l good quality chicken or vegetable stock
1 tbsp olive oil
85g butter
350g risotto rice
100ml dry white wine, at room temperature
140g shelled peas
100g finely grated parmesan
Minced parsley

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Lemon Blueberry Almond cake

Preheat oven 180c line a loaf tin 11 x 21 cm with sides over for easy lifting of cooled cake

Ingredients

150 g unsalted butter room temp
190g caster sugar
2 lemons 2 tbsp zest 2 tbsp juice
1 tsp vanilla
3 large eggs
110g almond flour
1/8 tsp salt
200g blueberries
70g icing sugar

Method

Cream the butter, sugar, zest, … Read more »

Lemon Cordial

Ingredients

2kg castor sugar
1 litre water
30g citric acid
30g tartaric acid
juice of 6 large lemons, strained
finely grated zest of 2 lemons

Method

If the lemons are not from your own tree, scrub them well with hot water before proceeding to zest or juice.

Dissolve sugar in water over heat in a non-aluminium stockpot. Add citric and tartaric acids. Stir to ensure that all is completely dissolved. Cool. … Read more »