Rosie
SNAPPER WITH MANGO AND AVOCADO SALSA

After a dash to the fish co-op one afternoon we produced this delicious dinner of a Barbecued Snapper served with Spicy Mango and Avocado Salsa and accompanied it with the best friend of white fleshed fish - potatoes - simply steamed and tossed in butter. It was spectacularly simple and delicious ….

SNAPPER WITH MANGO AND AVOCADO SALSA
Caren
MUSSELS IN CIDER AND CREAM

Inspired by my favourite, old, French cookbook, I prepared this mussel dish. It is very simple to make, the quality of the result relying upon the use of the very best produce you can lay your hands on. And aren’t we fortunate in Australia to have such ingredients to indulge our appetites and fantasies? ….

MUSSELS IN CIDER AND CREAM
Caren
XO SAUCE

This is a recipe for XO Sauce with a difference. It is gluten-free, of course, which is the first difference. The next is that XO sauces usually include dried scallops and seafood but we use readily available bacon and mushroom to create the savoury complexity expected in an XO sauce ….

XO SAUCE
Jan
MUSHROOM AND LENTIL MOUSSAKA

Versions of moussaka have been made in the Levant and the Balkans, in Egypt and Turkey and Greece for who knows how long. Proof of its popularity. But do we need another one? Well, this Mushroom and Lentil Moussaka has no gluten. It has no meat. It has no potato. The eggplant is grilled not fried ….

MUSHROOM AND LENTIL MOUSSAKA
Entrée, Main, Vegetables
Rosie
TUBULAR TASTES

Deliciously succulent pasta tubes filled with aubergine, ricotta, spinach, parmesan and smoked Fior di Latte, topped and bottomed with home made tomato sauce ….. salivating yet? This week’s recipe is a home-cook’s dream as it can be prepared well ahead of time and gently reheated to serve topped with fresh basil leaves. It can be made in very large quantities for parties and freezes well ....

TUBULAR TASTES

RASPBERRY RIPE SEMIFREDDO

RASPBERRY RIPE SEMIFREDDO

It looks like there may be something for everyone in our Raspberry Ripe Semifreddo. There’s a coconut macaroon base topped with a delicious, creamy, frozen raspberry dessert and a layer of chocolate chip running through the centre. We think it’s going to be a real crowd pleaser ….

PEAS, BEANS AND CARROTS

PEAS, BEANS AND CARROTS

These two salad recipes, though quite different, both make use of some of our most basic vegetables. We have a Peas and Beans Salad and a Roasted Carrot Salad with Sherry Caramel. They’ve been paired to accompany our Christmas Rolled Roast Turkey Breast, but you’ll find they will complement a wide variety of your favourite dishes ….

TURKEY BREAST, 'STUFFINS' AND CRANBERRY

TURKEY BREAST, 'STUFFINS' AND CRANBERRY

There’s going be a crowd of us around the dinner table this Christmas so the menu has been decided, not just with a nod to tradition, but by what we can fit in the oven and how we can actually deliver a hot meal! One whole turkey was never going to cut it, so the plan arose to cook several turkey breasts, rolled and roasted …

PERSIAN CARROT JAM - Moraba-ye-Havij

PERSIAN CARROT JAM - Moraba-ye-Havij

When I came across the idea of this Carrot Jam – Moraba-ye Havij I was really quite delighted. Apparently, it’s been made in the Middle East since the twelfth century. But for me, the thought of the humble carrot – one of our most familiar and everyday vegetables – being sweetened up, spiced up and tweaked up with citrus, had a sure ring of novelty and promise …

FLAMICHE AUX POIREAUX

FLAMICHE AUX POIREAUX

Flamiche aux Poireau is a classic French dish from Picardy, the region directly north of Paris. The word flamiche was originally Flemish for ‘cake’ but by the 18th century it had turned into a tart – specifically, as anyone who knows their pommes from their poireaux would tell you – a leek tart ….