Georgina Adamson
There are still plenty of lemons around so make sure you put away some jars of lemon butter for delicious desserts: a filling for a sponge or tart, in a cheesecake, or simply over ice cream. Here’s my basic recipe for Lemon Butter (or curd).
1. Melt 250g unsalted butter in a large heat-proof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water.
2. Add 3 cups sugar and stir till the sugar is dissolved.
Linda Sang
250g ripe blood plums
2/3 cup fish sauce
6 whole star anise.
2 cinnamon quills
1/3 cup lime juice
Bring 1 cup water and 1 cup sugar to the boil, turn to low heat for 5 minutes until slightly reduced. Add plums, fish sauce, and spices. Simmer for 1 minute or so then stir in lime juice.
I like to make at least double the recipe. Better still, make lots and bottle it for gifts. I use this sauce with a Chinese … Read more »
Linda Sang
Something easy, no fuss, no cooking for the season’s gathering of friends and family? Or just a celebration of summer? How about prawns with mango salsa? Choose Australian cooked king prawns or, if you’re lucky, buy local school prawns from a roadside van. They’re a bit fiddly to prepare but well worth the effort with the reward of sweet little morsels.
Even better still, try catching them yourself with friends, flashlights, nets and buckets on a moonless night in summer. Ask a local for … Read more »
Evelyne A
1 kilo rhubarb [washed and cut into 2-3 centimetre pieces]
350ml red wine vinegar
650ml malt vinegar
4 cloves garlic, peeled and finely chopped
545 grams raisins
455 grams chopped dates
470 grams sugar
2 tablespoons salt
1.5 tablespoons Cayenne pepper [yes, tablespoons]
115 grams stem ginger in syrup finely chopped. Janet and I used our own ginger marmalade. A good quality commercial one does the job … Read more »
Virginia White
I read with interest Keith’s article about chokos in last month’s Triangle. However, I think he forgot the best use for them, ie pickles. Try this and judge for yourself.
1.5kgs chokos
1kg onions
1/2 cup salt
1 litre brown vinegar
1 cup plain flour
2 cups sugar
1 dessertspoon tumeric
1 dessertspoon mustard powder
1 dessertspoon curry powder
1/2 tsp ground ginger
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Jenny Halliday
2 medium sized cucumbers
1 onion
1 tablespoon salt
1 cup white wine vinegar
1 small fresh Red chilli, finely chopped
1 teaspoon turmeric
3 cloves garlic, crushed
1 teaspoon fennel seeds
85 grams sugar
Thinly slice the unpeeled cucumbers. Put these in a bowl with sliced onion. Sprinkle with salt, cover with water and leave to stand overnight.
Drain well the following day.
Combine the rest of … Read more »
