Category: Winter

Pork Belly with Cider

Oh yes, once or twice a winter, a little crispy nugget of pork belly pleases my soul.

All you need to know about roast pork and perfect crackling

Crackling. CRUNCHY crackling. Gorgeously golden, so fingerlickin’ salty, and so perfectly crackled you hear it shatter in your ears, and all lined with a layer of sweet creamy fat that melts on your tongue. OMG! Died and gone to heaven with this one.

Split Pea Soup with Bacon Hock

There’s nothing like a bowl of split pea soup full of tender chunks of bacon hock to fill you right down to your toes.

Gingered Fish with Lentils

Sensational – ginger underpins all the flavours with its hot little nip.

Creamy Parsnip Purée

Most cooks know that you can’t purée potatoes in a food processor unless you want to make glue, but blessed be parsnips. Oh yeah, they turn into a fluffy whipped dream.

Fish Pies with Chorizo

Little cheesy pots of bubbling goodness everyone will love.

Rhubarb, Apple & Ginger Crumble

This will bring them running …

Crispy Broccoli & Potato Stacks

Who can resist golden crunchy nuggets of goodness? Not me!

Radishes in the Pan

Hot to trot! Get out the pan and sizzle a bunch of radishes. Yum.

Radish Salad

Colour, crunch, hot bite … a small salad with big ideas!

Rhubarb & Cinnamon Cake

Would you look at this Mamma of a cake. Plenty for seconds!

Oven-baked Potatoes with Garam Masala & Lime Zest

Raise the bar – finish a tray of baked potatoes with lemon zest and a sprinkle of garam masala. Mmm.

Winter Chicken Sandwich

No reason you can’t make a summer chicken sandwich … just change out the vegetables to include char-grilled asparagus and peppers, eggplant or artichokes. Equally gorgeous.

Pumpkin Dip with Spicy Oil Drizzle

Easy dip to serve to friends? Roast off some pumpkin, mash with yoghurt and drizzle with a spicy oil. Done.

Mushrooms au Gratin

These garlicky, succulent mushroomy morsels are nothing short of sensational. Love ’em every time.

Rocky Bay Lamb Shanks

Do you know where your lamb comes from? Leelands export-quality lamb can be traced right back to Bill and Sue’s lush Southland pastures.

Tropical tempter – White Sapote

Custard and cream. Oh yeah, who doesn’t love that!

Pumpkin Mash

A dollop of soft mash on the side of something crunchy – think cauliflower fritters, snitzel, arancini stuffed with melting mozzarella – acts like a sauce. Yep. Great way to eat your ‘coloureds’.