Have a jar or two of Candied Quinces in your larder, some whipped cream or ice cream and you’ll have a delicious dessert on the table in an instant. Or use them, as we’ve done, in our Quince and Almond Cream Cake, or our Candied Quince and Ricotta Cake. Try replacing the rhubarb with Candied Quinces in our Rhubarb, Orange and Almond Tart ….
I make a lovely honey mousse – yes, I know I shouldn’t be saying it myself – but it has a really luscious but melting texture..
n the lead-up to a wedding in the family, (catering for a completely gluten-free reception for 40 people, but more of that later) my husband came home with some shopping, beaming, because he’d managed to score 14 punnets of beautiful strawberries for $7.50...
I’m very lucky to live near the Sydney fish markets. I try to time my shopping to avoid the weekend rush and the madness of the carpark, but in the middle of Chinese New Year...
This handy recipe for little Smoked Trout Frittatas is one good reason on its own for keeping a packet of smoked trout in the fridge at all times. With some feta, eggs, a few herbs you can put together a healthy and quite delicious tray of bite-sized mouthfuls that would hit the spot perfectly with something cool and sparkling ….
Burrata, that delicious creamy, soft, white Italian cheese, marries perfectly with a myriad of partners. It’s fabulous with prosciutto, salumi, ripe tomatoes tossed in olive oil, on a pizza, in a pasta and a little more unusually, but no less deliciously, in our recipe for Burrata with Edamame, Sweet Peas and Crunchy Chilli Shallots ….
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? ….
For some time now I’ve taken to keeping a batch of our Revenge Cream Cheese Pastry in the freezer. Which means it's always on stand-by to make one of these quick and tasty Pizza Tarts. Roll it out, top it with good fresh flavours as we’ve suggested here - Tomato and Gruyere, Kabocha and Bacon, and Asparagus and Ham - and bake ….
