Savoury Recipes
Baked Eggs
Ingredients: 9 cherry tomatoes, halved 1 small garlic clove, thinly sliced 2 tsp good-quality olive oil 1 tsp balsamic vinegar 5 basil leaves, torn, plus a few extra to serve if you like 5 pitted olives, sliced 2 large free-range egg 1 tsp small capers, rinsed salt...
Leftover Spag Bol Toastie With Pesto Mayo
Ingredients: Leftover Spaghetti Bolognese Sliced white bread Mozzarella Smoked mozzarella Grated Parmesan Butter Olive oil Mayo Pesto Salt and pepper Method: Place a scoop of pasta on one side of the bread. Then grate up your 3 cheeses and place on the other side of...
Spicy Nut Mix
Ingredients: 250g Walnuts 250g Hazelnuts 250g Macadamia nuts 125g Pumpkin seeds 125g Sunflower seeds 60g Butter, unsalted 2 Tbsp Honey, Mr Noons honeycomb 1 Tsp Cayenne pepper 2 Tbsp Rosemary, finely chopped 1 Tbsp Cognac Method: Preheat oven to 180* Prepare...
Tomato & Burrata Salad
Client - That’s Amore Cheese Typically from Puglia, this fresh creamy cheese has gained more and more popularity in the past few years, not only in Italy but overseas. Burrata is a fresh, handmade cow's milk cheese made from mozzarella and cream and it can be used in...
SPAGHETTI CARBONARA
Ingredients: 150g guanciale, diced 3 eggs, whisked 200g pecorino cheese, grated Black pepper Salt Method: Add salt to a pot of water, and bring to a boil. Cook your pasta until al dente. In a frying pan, add the guanciale on low heat and allow it to render out the...
Steak with Pepper Sauce
Ingredients: Serves: 2-4 2 x 250g T-bone or Rump steak Sea salt 2 Tbsp Olive oil 2 Tbsp Butter 1 brown onion, diced 2-3 cloves garlic, finely chopped 1 tsp dried chilli flakes 2 tsp dried mixed herbs 40 ‘twists’ cracked black pepper 2 chicken stock cubes, crumbled 2-3...
Roasted Pumpkin, Pumpkin Seed and Miso Puree
Ingredients: Crown Pumpkin (or similar) Pumpkin Puree: 250g Pumpkin seeds 100g Miso 500g Spanish Onion 100g Butter Method: Pumpkin Puree: Roast pumpkin seeds at 200 degrees until golden Sweat down onions in butter until nice and golden Once all cooked blitz together...
Pork Meatballs in White Wine and Sage
Ingredients: 1kg pork mince 1 brown onion, finely diced 2 cloves garlic, finely diced 1 cup grated parmigiano cheese 1 egg 1/2 cup fresh breadcrumbs Plain flour, for dusting White Wine Sauce: 2 cups white wine 1 bunch sage leaves 2 sprigs of rosemary 2 bay leaves 6...
Beef and Lemongrass Betel Leaf Rolls
Ingredients: Serves: 4-6 500g beef mince 3 lemongrass stalks, white part only, grated 3 spring onions, white and green separated, each finely chopped 1 large clove garlic, grated ½ cup chopped coriander (stems included) 1 Tbsp fish sauce 1 Tbsp caster sugar 1 tsp salt...
BBQ Quail with Pancetta and Sage
Ingredients: Recipe brought to you with the help of our friends at Wine Selectors Serves: 4 Four quails 2 cloves of garlic, peeled and finely chopped 6-8 leaves of sage, finely chopped Sea salt and cracked pepper 8 strips smoky pancetta Olive oil Lemon halves for...
Creamy Tarragon Chicken
Ingredients: Serves: 4 2 tablespoon olive oil 3 garlic cloves, crushed 500g chicken breast, whole 1 brown onion, finely diced 1 cup dry white wine 1 cup cream 2 tablespoons tarragon, coarsely chopped 1 teaspoon cornflour serve with steamed rice and blanched broccolini...
Fillet Steak Salad, Iceburg, Watercress and Parmesan
Ingredients: Recipe brought to you with the help of our friends at Velisha Farms 200g Fillet Steak, cooked on a bbq or pan to your liking. 50g peas 50g small broad beans 1 spring onions, thinly sliced Small handful fresh mint leaves, finely chopped Small handful fresh...
Sarma-Style Soup
Ingredients: Serves: 6 500g Sauerkraut 200g speck, chopped 350ml Passata 1 Tbsp paprika Salt and pepper Meatballs: 500g beef mince 500g pork mince ½ cup uncooked rice 1 Tbsp paprika ½ bunch parsley, chopped 100g speck, finely chopped Salt and pepper Method: Combine...
Kingfish with Orange and Orange and Olive Oil Cake
Ingredients: Olive Oil Cake Sugar 300g Eggs 3pcs Milk 250g Extra Virgin olive oil 250g Orange juice + zest 3pcs Flour 300g Baking powder 15g Kingfish with Orange 200g kingfish sliced 75ml orange juice 1 tbsp olives, sliced 1 spring onion, finely sliced 1 green chili,...
Pork Cutlets, Nashi Pear, Kohlrabi Slaw
Ingredients: Recipe brought to you with the help of our friends at Let's Go Motorhomes 400g pork chop, 2 chops 30ml Olive Oil 1g Rosemary Slaw: 50g Caster Sugar 50g Rice Vinegar 100ml Filtered Water 50g Mustard Seed 100ml Malbec Wine 500g Kohlrabi, thinly sliced 2...
Silken Tofu with Chilli and Spring Onion
Ingredients: Serves: 4 250g soft tofu, drained 2 Tbsp light soy sauce 1/3 cup peanut oil 3 spring onions, finely sliced 2cm piece ginger, grated 1 green chilli, finely sliced 1 tsp sesame oil Salt White pepper 2 tsp toasted sesame seeds 1 Tbsp crispy shallots Method:...
Chicken and Chorizo Meatballs
Ingredients: Serves: 4 2 Tbsp Olive oil 1 brown onion, diced 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped 100gm speck, roughly chopped 285gm jar piquillo peppers, drained 400gm tinned diced tomatoes 2 bay leaves 2 tsp chopped or dried rosemary 250ml chicken stock Salt and pepper ¼...
Breaded Squid, Herb Salad
Ingredients: Serves: 4 Vegetable oil, for deep frying 75g plain flour Salt and freshly ground black pepper 4 medium squid, cleaned, quills and beaks removed, sliced into 0.5cm / ½ inch rings 2 free-range eggs, beaten 75g Japanese panko breadcrumbs Assortment of fresh...
Pickled Gherkins
Ingredients: 1 kg Gherkins ¼ cup non-iodized salt 2 cup white vinegar 2 cups water 2 tbsp sugar 2 tbsp salt 1 tbsp pickling spice (combination of your favourite pickling spices, such as mustard seeds, allspice berries, red pepper flakes, bay leaves, cloves, black...
Chicken Biryani
Ingredients: Serves: 4 500 Diced chicken thigh 800g cherry tomatoes 8 large garlic cloves, peeled 4 banana shallots, peeled and diced 25g coriander, plus 10g from serving 6 sprigs of fresh thyme 4 Small cinnamon sticks 1 tbsp turmeric 1 tbsp cumin 1tsp chilli powder...
Lamb Neck Soup
Ingredients: Serves: 4 1 Tbsp Extra virgin olive oil 800g lamb neck, cut into 4 chunks (ask the butcher) 1 brown onion, chopped 2 large carrots, cut into chunks 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped 2 Bay leaves 1.5 Litres salt reduced chicken stock 100gm green beans,...
Poached Salmon, Watercress Salad
Ingredients: 200g Salmon, skin on A few sprigs of parsley 2 bay leaves ½ lemon juice and zest ½ bunch of watercress 1 avocado, peeled and cubed 15g Shallots 75g Sour cream 1 tsp fennel seeds 1tsp paprika 25ml Early harvest olive oil Method: In a deep saucepan add...
Cold Soba Noodle (Zaru Soba)
Ingredients: Recipe brought to you with the help of our friends at Asian Inspirations Serves : 3 1 pack Hakubaku Organic Soba Noodle Dashi Stock: 300ml water 4 each Shitake Mushroom 1 each Konbu seaweed (dry) (5cm x 3cm) Soba Sauce: 300ml Dashi stock 70ml Murasaki Soy...
Pork Adobo
Ingredients: Serves: 4-6 1 kg pork belly, cut into 4cm pieces 1/3 cup apple cider vinegar 1/3 cup soy sauce 6 cloves garlic, grated 2 tsp black peppercorns 2 Tbsp olive oil 1 red onion, cut into wedges or chunks 3 bay leaves 1 Tbsp brown sugar Salt Method: Add the...
Lo Mai Gai
Ingredients: Recipe brought to you with the help of our friends at Wine Selectors Serves: 4-6 200gm Glutinous rice, soaked overnight, or minimum 3 hours 1 Tbsp vegetable oil 500gm Pork mince 1 tin red curry paste (Maesri brand) 2tsp Caster sugar 2 Tbsp Fish sauce 1...
Peanut Nah Jim Prawn Salad and Peanut Brittle
Ingredients: Peanut-Sesame Brittle 30g Water 500g Sucrose 60g White vinegar 60g White sesame seeds 560g Peanuts Peanut Nam Jim 200g cooked prawns 2 long green chillies, roughly chopped 2 garlic cloves, quartered 2 green onions, roughly chopped 2 tbsp lime juice 2 tbsp...
Broccoli and Paneer Curry
Ingredients: Recipe brought to you with the help of our friends at Velisha Farms 1 tbsp ghee, for frying 800g broccoli, cut into florets 225g paneer, cut into 2cm cubes 1 onion, thinly sliced 4cm ginger, peeled and grated 2 garlic cloves, grated 2 tsp curry powder 2...
Gourmet Tomato and Buratta Salad with Homemade Balsamic Reduction
Ingredients: Serves: 2 4 Heirloom tomatoes (assorted colours), thickly sliced 1-2 balls burrata ½ red onion, thinly sliced 20 basil leaves 1-2 Tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil Sea salt Cracked Pepper Reduction: 1 cup balsamic vinegar 2 Tbsp brown sugar ½ tsp sea salt...
Miso and Honey Garlic King Prawns
Ingredients: Serves: 4 3 tsp cornflour 1 tsp soy sauce 1 egg white, lightly beaten 1 tsp sesame oil 16 King prawns, peeled, deveined and butterflied Oil for deep frying 2 Tbsp toasted sesame seeds 2 Tbsp chives, chopped Miso-Honey Sauce: 3 Tbsp miso paste 2 Tbsp honey...
Zucchini, Zucchini, Zucchini
Ingredients: Yellow Puree: 200g Yellow zucchini 75g Butter Water Salt Fermented Zucchini: 1 Zucchini, yellow 200ml Whey 50g Horseradish fresh (5g if from a jar) 2 Garlic cloves, miced 3g Fine salt Stuffed Zucchini Flower: 1 Flower 75ml Goats Curd 25g Fresh Dates 50ml...
Thai Beef Salad with Lemongrass
Ingredients: 200g steak – rump or scotch fillet 1 tsp vegetable oil Salt and black pepper Dressing: 3 cloves garlic 4 birdseye chillies – more or less to taste 1 Tbsp fish sauce 1 Tbsp soy sauce 1 tsp palm sugar, grated (or white sugar) 1 ½ Tbsp fresh lemon juice...
Salmon Poke Bowl
Ingredients: 60g salmon, raw 170g Brown rice, cooked 1g Black & White Sesame Seeds ½ Avocado Hass 30g Carrots 2g Red Chilli 10g Coriander, fresh ½ Lime 30ml Kewpie Mayonnaise 10g Pickled Ginger 20g Red Cabbage 5ml Suduchi Juice or Yuzu Juice Method: Cut the salmon...
Saltimbocca
Ingredients: 400g Broad Beans 1 clove garlic 1 small brown onion 1 pork fillet Approx 10 thin slices of quality flat pancetta 15 sage leaves Plain flour for dusting 1 rosemary sprigs 1-2 garlic cloves Splash of white wine Method: Peel the second skin off broad beans....
Vietnamese Spring Rolls with Kaffir South Side
Ingredients: 1 packet rice paper wrappers 500g Pork mince 150g wood ear mushrooms, pre-soaked then strained, roughly chopped 150g Vermicelli noodles, softened, roughly chopped 2 cloves garlic, finely grated 1 egg, lightly beaten 2 Tbsp fish sauce 2 Tbsp caster sugar 2...
Singapore Noodles
Ingredients: Serves: 4 250gm dried vermicelli noodles ¼ cup vegetable oil 4 eggs, lightly beaten 1 brown onion, finely chopped 4 garlic cloves, grated 1-inch piece ginger, peeled and grated 250gm Gai lan, chopped 100gm snap peas, trimmed and halved 500gm peeled and...
Pippi’s, Pancetta, Garlic and Crusty Bread
Ingredients: Recipe brought to you with the help of our friends at Wine Selectors Serves: 4 8 slices pancetta, cut into batons 1kg fresh clams or vongole, washed 50 ml extra virgin olive oil 4 cloves of garlic, peeled and finely minced 1-2 small red chili’s, finely...
Lamb Cutlets with Pea and Lettuce Ragout
Ingredients: Recipe brought to you with the help of our friends at Velisha Farms 3 bone lamb cutlets (French trimmed) 2 carrots, peeled and diced 35ml Early harvest olive oil 70g smoked lardons (sliced bacon) 100g frozen peas 1 iceberg lettuce, chopped 150ml lamb...
Thai Poached Fish in Red Curry
Ingredients: Recipe brought to you with the help of our friends at Asian Inspirations 1 cup TCC Premium Coconut Milk 2 white fish fillets 1 lemongrass 2 tsp Squid Brand Fish Sauce 1⁄4 cup Valcom Red Curry Paste Fresh ginger (finely shredded) Cucumber Salad: 1⁄2 cup...
Dan Dan Noodles
Ingredients: Serves: 4 270g Hikubaku udon noodles 1 bunch Gai Lan, or leafy Asian greens 3 Tbsp vegetable oil 500g pork mince 2 Tbsp Hoisin sauce 2 Tbsp Shaoxing wine 1 Tbsp dark soy sauce ½ Tbsp five spice powder ½ cup roasted crushed peanuts 4 spring onions, thinly...
Barramundi Wing with XO Sauce
Ingredients: Recipe brought to you with the help of our friends at Supreme Caravans 100ml Fish Sauce (Red boat brand) 30g brown soft sugar Sea Salt XO Sauce: 170g Dry Scallops 100g Dry Shrimp (adjust to your taste) 30g Dry Calamari (adjust to your taste) 60g Jinhua...
Cucumber and Cuttlefish Som Yum
Ingredients: 200g Cuttlefish, sliced into bite sized pieces and scored 20ml oil Som Tum: 2 continental cucumbers, roughly chopped 5 baby cucumbers, julienned 200g yellow/green beans, roughly chopped 50g cashews Dressing: 1 long chili, roughly chopped 4-6 birdseye...
Fermented Sauerkraut
Ingredients: 1/2 Red Cabbage (approx 1KG) - finely sliced (washed outer leaves and set aside) 1/4 Red onion - sliced 1-2 inch piece of fresh ginger grated 1 tsp of caraway seeds - optional Sea Salt - 2% of the total weight of ingredients (see notes) Method: Make sure...
Vietnamese Fish Skewers
Ingredients: Serves: 4 800g white fish ½ clove of ginger grated 1 cloves of garlic chopped 2 tbsp fish sauce ½ bunch of spring onions finely chopped 1 diced red chilli 25g Chopped coriander 50g Rice flour (for coating) Chili oil for serving Method: Skin and dice...
Cheeky Avo on Toast
Ingredients: 2 Avocado, Hass ripened 2 Tbsp Graceburn Feta 2 Tbsp Mixed Cherry Tomatoes 1 Tbsp Pumpkin seeds, toasted 1 Tsp Red onion, diced 1 Tsp Red Chilli, diced 4 Poached Eggs ½ Tsp Smoked Paprika ½ Tsp Olive oil 1 Tbsp Crème fraiche Chive flowers to garnish 4...
BBQ Scallops
Ingredients: 1 dozen albacore scallops 200g butter 3 cloves garlic 1 long red chilli 1/4 bunch parsley 1/4 bunch dill 1 tbsp capers 1 red shallot Salt Black pepper 2 lemons Method: Blitz the butter with the garlic, capers, shallot, chilli, 1/2 of the parsley and 1/2...
Miso Mushrooms
Ingredients: Miso Mushrooms: King Oyster Mushroom Butter Fermented Miso Glaze: 100g Black Sugar (Okinawa) 100g Miso barley 125g Fermented Chilli paste 30ml Red shiso rice vinegar 30ml Yuzu ponzu 30ml Sake Mushroom Ketchup: 250g Button mushrooms 50ml white wine vinegar...
Mushroom, Tofu and Cashew Laab
Ingredients: Recipe brought to you with the help of our friends at Wine Selectors Serves: 4 1 Tbsp vegetable oil 200g Shiitake mushrooms, chopped 150g Shimeji mushrooms, chopped 300g firm tofu, diced ½ cup toasted cashews, roughly chopped 1 red onion, thinly sliced ½...
Stir Fried Noodle with Beef
Ingredients: Recipe brought to you with the help of our friends at Asian Inspirations 120g Porterhouse steak (sliced) 200g Egg noodle 2 tbsp oil 100g bean sprouts (trimmed) 50g Red onion 2 spring onion stalks (cut into 5cm lengths) Sauce: 1 tsp light soy sauce 1 tsp...
Sichuan Salt and Pepper Spareribs
Ingredients: Serves: 4 1 kg pork spareribs, cut crosswise into thirds * (ask the butcher - about 1 ½ inches in length) 1 tsp Sichuan peppercorns 1 tsp five spice powder 1 tsp salt 1 tsp brown sugar 25ml light soy sauce 25ml Shaoxing wine ½ tsp sesame oil 1 egg,...
Fresh Fennel, Pea and Broad Bean
Ingredients: 500g fresh broad beans, in their pods 3–4 small fennel bulbs 250g frozen peas, thawed and rinsed 1 red onion, finely sliced 1 cup dill, finely chopped 1⁄2 bunch mint, finely chopped, plus extra whole leaves to garnish 1⁄2 bunch flat-leaf parsley, finely...