Tuna Teriyaki

Dawn Hollins and Carole Broadhead

Marinate tuna steaks in a mixture of sherry, white wine and soy sauce or commercial teriyaki sauce with water, sherry or wine. Turn occasionally for the flavour to penetrate evenly. After an hour or so cook on a grill or in a pan for about three minutes on each side. Serve with rice and salad and the rest of the cooked marinade as a sauce.

Lamb Tagine with Dates and Almonds 

by Cam Star

3 tablespoons olive oil
2 onions, finely diced
2 teaspoons turmeric
1 teaspoon ground ginger
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1250 gms lean diced lamb, shoulder or leg
250 gms pitted dates
1 tablespoon dark honey
3 tablespoon blanched almonds
1 bunch flat leaf parsley, finely chopped 

Heat oil in a tagine or casserole dish. Stir in onions until golden brown. Stir in turmeric, … Read more »

Chickpea Curry 

by Cam Starr 

1 cup dried chickpeas
2 tablespoons oil
2 onions, finely diced
400 gms tinned chopped tomatoes
½ teaspoon ground coriander
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon chilli powder
¼ teaspoon ground turmeric
1 tablespoon garam masala
20 gms butter
1 small onion sliced, mint and coriander leaves for garnish 

Soak chickpeas overnight. Drain and rinse, place in pot and cover with water then simmer … Read more »

A south coast version of Ottolenghi’s chicken with clementines and fennel

by Angela Marshall

This is an adaptation of a recipe by Yotom Ottolenghi whose recipes are a byword for fabulous flavours and very long, involved and often unobtainable ingredient lists – but at this time of year we have a bounty of citrus and fennel bulbs as well as thyme and parsley. And the rest of the ingredients are pretty common pantry items.

Ingredients: 

1/3 cup of dry vermouth (ouzo is even better if you … Read more »

Lemon and garlic fish sauce 

Anh-Thu Stuart

4 cloves garlic, crushed

juice of 1 large lemon

4 ½ tablespoons sugar

125 ml fish sauce

125 ml cold water

1 chilli, chopped (optional)

Mix all ingredients together. Add more water, sugar or lemon juice to taste if necessary.

Pork and prawn rice paper roll (Goi cuon)

Anh-Thu Stuart

400 g boneless belly pork (remove skin) or pork rashers

½ teaspoon salt

300 g cooked or uncooked, small to medium prawns

100 g medium rice vermicelli

20 rice papers (medium to large)

lettuce leaves

mint leaves

150 g fresh bean sprouts

1 bunch garlic chives (optional)

Method:

Wash pork thoroughly. … Read more »