While the following recipes barely qualify as local and seasonal they are ideally suited for hot weather dining. The first is a delicious American-style jellied salad which my mother used to make; the second is a quick and unusual jellied sweet.
Sunlit salad
44 gm tin of pineapple – pieces or crushed
a third of a cup of chopped nuts – pecans, cashews or whatever you like
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Now that we are coming up to the festive season and some warm weather, I thought it might be nice to have a cold dish that could be served on Christmas Day.
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That, served with Il Passaggio pasta, would stretch to feed a mob and give everyone a taste of the sea.
This recipe will serve 4-6.
1. Start with a good tomato base. Soften 4 cloves of garlic, crushed, and a diced medium onion in a generous amount of olive oil. Then add one tin (or 3 fresh diced) tomatoes, three tablespoons of tomato paste, ¾ cup of … Read more »
We all love spring. As a newbie gardener I am very excited to come back after a month away to see the broad beans that were sown months ago laden with pods. If your broad beans are young enough they don’t need to be double peeled, but in most cases after shelling your pods of beans, you blanch them in boiling salted water for a minute or so, refresh them in cold water and then peel the outer skin … Read more »
Tomato Chutney
/in Preserves, Recipes /by Darryl ButlerPut all ingredients in a large heavy saucepan and bring to the boil and simmer until … Read more »
Cool Jellies for Summer
/in Desserts, Recipes /by Darryl ButlerWhile the following recipes barely qualify as local and seasonal they are ideally suited for hot weather dining. The first is a delicious American-style jellied salad which my mother used to make; the second is a quick and unusual jellied sweet.
Sunlit salad
Banana and green ginger muffins
/in Desserts, Recipes /by Darryl ButlerFor breakfast or morning tea how about using up the over-ripe bananas in the fruit bowl in some muffins with zing!
Wet mix: a quarter cup sugar, half a cup margarine, 4 ripe mashed bananas, 2 eggs, a quarter cup diced crushed green ginger
Cream margarine and sugar, add eggs and remaining wet ingredients or use a food processor.
Dry mix: 2 cups self-raising flour
Fold flour into wet mixture, place in prepared muffin pans and sprinkle over a mix of equal parts of garam masala and sugar. This adds an extra tang.
Bake at 180C for 20-25 minutes. Makes … Read more »
Chicken and Ham Terrine
/in Mains, Recipes /by Darryl ButlerJenny Halliday
Now that we are coming up to the festive season and some warm weather, I thought it might be nice to have a cold dish that could be served on Christmas Day.
Seafood Marinara Sauce
/in Mains, Recipes /by Darryl ButlerGeorgina Adamson
That, served with Il Passaggio pasta, would stretch to feed a mob and give everyone a taste of the sea.
This recipe will serve 4-6.
1. Start with a good tomato base. Soften 4 cloves of garlic, crushed, and a diced medium onion in a generous amount of olive oil. Then add one tin (or 3 fresh diced) tomatoes, three tablespoons of tomato paste, ¾ cup of … Read more »
Broad Beans (Salad & Hummus)
/in Mains, Recipes, Starters /by Darryl Butlerbut in most cases after shelling your pods of beans, you blanch them in boiling salted water for a minute or so, refresh them in cold water and then peel the outer skin … Read more »