While mandarins are still in season we thought we’d introduce you to these delicious Duck Breasts with Chinese Five-Spice and Mandarin. It’s an easy recipe but you’ll need to begin the day before by curing the duck breasts overnight in spiced salt, a process that helps crisp up the skin and enhances the tenderness and flavour ....
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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 ….
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BEEF BOURGUIGNON
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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 ….
FLAMICHE AUX POIREAUX
SPICED CHICKEN WITH CHORIZO AND CHICKPEAS
Our recently published Cornbread recipe had me thinking about a main meal to go with it. Mexican seemed the logical direction but it came with a proviso that it would be flavoursome and easy to prepare. (Much sought after those two characteristics.) And so Spiced Chicken with Chorizo and Chickpeas came about ….
ORANGE-SCENTED OXTAIL
BEEF RENDANG
ROAST CAULIFLOWER AND CHICK PEA CURRY
It’s winter in Australia and lockdown in Sydney is now in its fifth week. We can exercise outside without a mask and the sun does shine a lot in sunny Sydney, even in winter, but still the highlight of the day does seem to be dinner! And I’m delving deep to keep it interesting. Last night I made a Roast Cauliflower and Chickpea Curry and served it with Tofu in Chilli Sauce ….
CHOOK A L'ORANGE
We were heading off to spend a few days in Orange recently, and in the process of planning meals what should spring to mind but that cordon-bleu classic - Duck a l’Orange! Given the dish has been described by Gordon Ramsay as the culinary equivalent of flared trousers, the temptation to go there was impossible to resist. Somehow in the process, though, the duck became good old Aussie chook ….