John Xuereb’s favourite
1½ kg pumpkin, cut into equal sizes (use a tasty, dry pumpkin like Queensland Blue)
2 – 3 medium potatoes cut into medium chunks
2 onions, chopped
½ cup rice
1 tin Hamper Lite Corned Beef
3 rashers bacon, chopped
1 tablespoon tomato paste in ½ cup water
1 to 2 teaspoons sugar
basil leaves
salt and pepper to taste
6 sheets puff pastry
Bake pumpkin until cooked. … Read more »
1 kilo marrows
200 g minced pork
100 g chopped bacon
1 tablespoon tomato paste
2 onions, chopped
50 g butter
1 tablespoon Parmesan cheese
2 beaten eggs
Salt-reduced stock
¼ teaspoon mixed spice
6 potatoes, sliced
2 onions, sliced
2 large carrots, halved lengthwise and sliced
1 cup peas
Cut top of marrows making an opening to stuff. Cut the bottoms so they’ll sit flat … Read more »
Pastry
1 cups plain flour
1 cup grated tasty cheese
1 tsp salt
1 tsp paprika
1/2 cup butter
Filling
1x 500 gm can salmon, boned and flaked
3 x 50 gm eggs
1 cup sour cream
1/2 cup grated tasty cheese
2 tablespoons mayo
1 finely chopped small onion
Method
Mix dry ingredients, and rub in butter till it resembles breadcrumbs. Reserve 1 cup and press the remaining mixture into a spring-form … Read more »
Ingredients
1 kg shelled broad beans
1 cup couscous soaked in 1 cup water
½ cup flour
4 eggs
1 tablespoon salt or to taste
1 tablespoon ground cumin
1 tablespoon ground coriander
1 teaspoon ground pepper
pinch of chilli pepper (optional)
8 cloves garlic
1 cup chopped spring onions
1 cup chopped herbs (parsley, coriander, mint)
1/4 cup lemon juice
sesame seeds (optional)
Method
Frying oil … Read more »
Angela Marshall
Mark Twain claimed that cauliflower was just cabbage with a college education but I think he’s pithy but wrong. We eat the leaves of a cabbage but the pre-flowering part of a cauliflower. Cauliflower is a quite distinctive vegetable and, if you’re relying on growing your own, it is a really good winter to early spring crop that doesn’t handle heat well. We grow and eat cabbage year round but, for us, cauliflower is a strictly seasonal vegetable and … Read more »
Angela Marshall
Because spring is here, the asparagus is just starting to appear and the chooks are outdoing themselves … so start the day with the healthiest of breakfast indulgences: Soft-boiled eggs with tender, fresh asparagus spears (for dipping into the eggs). No recipe needed because it’s all in the name! You can add a sprinkle of sea salt, some fresh ground black pepper (to your eggs), a squeeze of lemon juice and/or shaved parmesan (to your asparagus).
