by Sheridan | Dec 30, 2023 | Christmas, Cocktail fare, Starters, Vegetarian
Upside Down Tomato Pesto Tarts These light savoury tarts are just the thing for New Years Eve, combining the red and green colours of the season and the tastes of summer. Even better, they’re easy to make. View Instructions InroductionAbout this Recipe By:...
by Sheridan | Nov 26, 2023 | Brunch, Dinner, Lunch, Recipes, Starters
Loukie’s Gravlax This recipe is from Loukie Werle’s charming book, The Valley, a collection of much-loved family recipes.”Not a Christmas goes by without a call from my daughter, ‘Mum, can you bring the gravlax?’ she writes.”It has...
by Sheridan | Nov 12, 2023 | Asian, Brunch, Recipes, Starters
Banh Xeo (Vietnamese crispy rice flour pancake) These crisp savoury rice flour pancakes are very popular in Vietnam and are generally eaten as a snack. Some versions are made with coconut milk. This one is both delicious and simple to prepare. The pork is optional...
by Sheridan | Aug 27, 2023 | Lunch, Picnics, Recipes, Salads, Starters
Smoked Trout Fennel and Orange Salad I really like the combination of flavours, textures and colours in this simple, elegant salad. Blood oranges, radishes and fennel are in plentiful supply at present so make the most of them. You can play around with it,...
by Sheridan | Aug 6, 2023 | Cheese, Dinner, Eggs, Lunch, Recipes, Starters
Search for: Cacio e Pepe In his recent entertaining TV series, Searching for Italy, actor Stanley Tucci goes in search of four iconic pasta dishes which he describes as staggering in their simplicity: rigatoni amatriciana, spaghetti cacio e pepe, spaghetti carbonara...
by Sheridan | Jul 9, 2023 | Cheese, Lunch, Main Courses, Picnics, Recipes, Starters, Vegetarian
Warrigal Greens and Cheese Pastries View Instructions To celebrate the last day of Naidoc Week 2023, I’m profiling a recipe from a fabulous book I recently discovered called Australian Native Food Harvest (Peppermint Ridge Farm) by Julie Weatherhead. Julie is a...