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Simple and Delicious. Chorizo, Capsicum and Tomato Pasta. Dressed with Lemon and Coriander.
This is what I cook when I don’t know what to cook. A simple and delicious fall back option. Another firm, family favourite. It incorporates the holy trinty of spicy chorizo, capsicum and chillies simmered in a tomato sauce. I … Continue reading
A Very Modern Take on a Classic. Prosecco Poached Peaches with an Orange Scented Jelly and Vanilla Panna Cotta Cream.
The stone fruit this summer has been absolutely sensational. I came home from the market laden with a box of gorgeous peaches. Sweet. Intensely aromatic. Ideal for poaching. A perfect pairing for the long forgotten bottle of Prosecco I found … Continue reading
Posted in Fruit, Sweet Treats, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Cream, Dessert, Food, Gluten free, Jelly, Panna Cotta, Peaches, Recipe, Summer
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Double Happiness. Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Topping.
The long summer holidays are officially over. Time to resume my back to school baking. Here’s a very special lunch box treat. Soft, moist, decidedly moreish cupcakes. Chocolate upon chocolate. Double happiness. Guaranteed to put a smile on anyone’s face. … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, Chocolate, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Baking, Cake, Chocolate, Cupcakes, Food, Recipe
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Spanish Tapas. Tortilla de Patatas. Potato Omelette.
Its lunchtime and pouring with rain outside. The NSW and Queensland coasts are bracing for severe flooding. This crazy Australian summer weather. Heatwaves and bush fires one minute. Cyclones, storms and flooding the next. I’m not venturing out today. A quick scan … Continue reading
Posted in Cheese, Eggs, Vegetarian, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Cheese, Eggs, Food, Gluten free, Omelette, Potato, Recipe, Spanish, Tortilla, Vegetarian
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Melt in your Mouth. Pillows of Air. Home-Made Potato Gnocchi With Bolognese.
It would be fair to say that in our house home made potato gnocchi served with bolognese sauce and a generous grating of parmesan cheese is a perennial favourite. I think of home made gnocchi and these adjectives spring to … Continue reading
Firing Up the Barbie. T-Bone Steak. The Tuscan Way.
Firing up the barbie. I can’t think of anything more quintessentially Australian. A great, laid back Aussie summer tradition. I love a good steak on the barbie. Thick. Juicy. Tender. Perfectly charred. The easiest way to achieve this? The Tuscan … Continue reading
Australia Day. At Bondi Beach. Sun, Surf, Sand and Sausage Rolls.
January 26. Australia Day. Is there anything more quintessentially Australian than to spend the day at the beach? Our local beach? Bondi Beach. Filled with locals and tourists alike enjoying perfect blue skies, sand and surf. For lunch? Home-made sausage … Continue reading
Posted in Lamb, Musings & Inspiration, Small Bites, To Serve with Drinks, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Australia Day, Bondi Beach, Food, Lamb, Lunch, Recipe, Sausage Rolls, Summer
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Roasted Beetroot Salad with Honeyed Walnuts and Marinated Goats Cheese.
I’m roasting beetroot for one of my favourite summer salads. And yes. These crimson orbs come from my father’s garden. Of course. Roasted to a nutty deliciousness. Combined with peppery rocket, bitter radicchio, sweet honeyed walnuts and unctuous marinated goats cheese. Layer upon layer … Continue reading
Posted in Musings & Inspiration, Salads, Vegetarian, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Beetroot, Cheese, Food, Gluten free, Radicchio, Rocket, Salad, Summer, Vegetarian, Walnuts
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What’s for Breakfast? Sweetcorn Fritters With Roast Tomato.
This time when we returned from Canberra the boot of our car was filled with plums, tomatoes, sweetcorn, spinach, sweet basil, capsicum, cucumbers and zucchini. All freshly picked from my father’s garden. And two enormous bunches of hydrangea in hues … Continue reading
Posted in Breakfast, Vegetables, Vegetarian, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Breakfast, Coriander, Corn, Food, Parsley, Rocket, Spring Onions, Tomato, Vegetarian
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From My Father’s Garden and Mother’s Kitchen. Upside Down Plum Cake.
Late January in my father’s garden. The plum trees are absolutely bursting with fruit. Luscious. Sweet and juicy. I can’t recall ever having seen so much fruit on those trees. They are hanging from the low lying branches like big, … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, Sweet Treats, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Almonds, Baking, Cake, Food, Fruit, Plums, Recipe, Summer
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