Watermelon Skin Pickle, a fabulous accompaniment for meats, vegetables or cheese, delicious on a sandwich and a great use for your left over watermelon rind …
PERFECT PASTRY EVERY TIME
Making pastry can be a tricky undertaking at the best of times. Cooks talk about having ‘pastry hands’. Indeed, hot hands, air temperature and even humidity can have a role in success or failure. At the Coeliac’s Revenge we’re pretty good with pastry and really love making and eating it. So when tasked with producing some excellent gluten-free pastries we were up for the challenge ….
REVENGE GLUTEN-FREE FLOUR MIXES
BABY POTATOES WITH DUCK FAT AND SAGE
RED AND GREEN SALAD
CHEESE & HAM PASTRIES FOR THE CHILDREN
ROAST KUMERA WITH GINGER, GARLIC AND SHALLOTS
WATERMELON SEMIFREDDO
BEETROOT, CURD, ORANGE
This is an easy but delicious entrée for Christmas that can be prepared ahead of time. It was inspired by a dish from Ester, a truly wonderful Sydney restaurant, where, to intensify the flavour, the beetroot is cooked, then dehydrated, then roasted again. The result is sensational, but to minimise the fuss we’ve simply roasted the beetroot ….
ASPARAGUS WITH SAUCE GRIBICHE
HAVE A QUACKING CHRISTMAS
A BIRD FOR CHRISTMAS
TARTING IT UP FOR CHRISTMAS
MAKE G-F LAVOSH GREAT AGAIN
SEAWEED, CUCUMBER AND BROWN RICE SALAD
BRAISED DAIKON
CREAMED ALMOND AND COCOA NIB BALLS
TRES LECHES CAKE
Trekking in Peru, everything was amazing. The people, the views, the ancient culture, the altitude, the incredible and mysterious stone work everywhere, even the barbecued guinea pig. Their national liquor, pisco, was pretty amazing when made into a Pisco Sour and a dessert, the Tres Leches Cake, of which I became particularly fond ….