Autumn/Fall | Dinner | Main Events | Show Off | Winter
Gingered Fish with Lentils
Sensational – ginger underpins all the flavours with its hot little nip.
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Coconut Chicken Curry
A picture is worth a thousand words …
Ricotta-stuffed Chicken Breasts with Verjuice
One of my fave chicken dishes – guaranteed succulence every time.
Fours aux Amandes – almond petits fours
Here’s the biscuit for you when you want to add a touch of elegance to your next tea party. Serve with your best china teacups and teapot and make a proper pot of tea as an accompaniment.
- Autumn/Fall | Dinner | Main Events | Show Off | Winter
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.
- Autumn/Fall | Dinner | Hero Vege | Show Off | Winter
Fried Cauliflower with Olives & Herbs
Oh Lordy, fried cauliflower. One of life’s delicious moments.
Brown Sugar Meringue with Chocolate Cream
Oh-la-la Impressive!
Chocolate Almond Cake from Capri
Capri is where I discovered this almond cake, sweet, nutty, chocolatey with a fresh note of lemon, an ingredient which the island is famous for. I’ve been making it a lot lately and it just gets better and better.
Mini Onion Jam Tartlets
Scrumptious little mouthfuls … just the thing to serve with drinks.
Lamb Steaks with Summer Vegetables
Beautifully pink and juicy barbecued lamb … it doesn’t get much better than this.
Roast Lamb with Lemon & Rosemary Crust
Juicy and tender, small roasts are easy to prepare and quick to cook.
Peas with Pancetta
Peas with little salty nuggets of pork belly. Whoop. Whoop.
Roast Duck with Lychee, Watermelon & Watercress Salad
Ho-Ho-Ho, are you after a non trad Xmas dish? Try this one.
- Dinner | Main Events | Show Off | Spring
Crispy Lamb Cutlets with Pea Mash & Golden Onions
Biting into a crunchy-crusted succulent lamb cutlet … sweet minty pea purée, sneaky hit of chilli .. oh she’s good!
Bissara – Moroccan Broad Bean Dip
Mysterious and green, zinging with chilli, let bissara take centre stage at your next drinks gathering.
- Autumn/Fall | Dinner | Main Events | Show Off | Winter
Butterflied Shoulder of Lamb & Preserved Lemon Pickle
Slow-cooked lamb shoulder that falls apart with a fork and spoon. Gorgeous!
- Autumn/Fall | Brunchy Things | Dinner | Main Events | Show Off | Winter
Hot Smoked Salmon & Celeriac Gratin
Whoa, steady on! This is rich, as in old-fashioned Frenchified rich, dripping with cream.
- Autumn/Fall | Lunch | Salads | Show Off
Autumn Salad – as pretty as a picture
Pears and beetroot, walnuts and blue cheese, edible flowers and salad leaves …mmmm
- Autumn/Fall | Dinner | Lunch | Salads | Show Off
Fig & Radicchio Salad with Goat’s Cheese & Hazelnuts
Don’t add anything else to this salad, nor leave anything out. Just make it and eat it and let yourself be seduced.
Prawns with Chorizo – surf ‘n turf sings!
Make sure the prawns you throw on the barbie are up to scratch.
Stuff your face with flowers? Yes! Zucchini blossoms!
Here’s what to do with those male flowers – you know the ones that don’t produce a vegetable, just a flower. Stuff them with goodness, then stuff them in (your mouth!!!).
- Drinks | Free Recipes | Show Off | Summer
Holy Guacamole – keep it simple or fancy it up
Yep, avo and lime will do, but some times you want the whole kit and caboodle!
Smoked Fish & Caper Dip
Make this a ‘go to’ for those times when you want something super tasty, but easy to prepare, to serve as a nibble with drinks.
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