I’m not big on sweet flavours for breakfast but there is something rather nice about maple syrup and bacon. Accompany that with the sweet/savoury aspect of sweet corn fritters and breakfast is on it’s way. Dash of olive oil 2 shallots – finely sliced 1 cup of corn kernels 2/3 cup plain flour 3 eggs…
The holy grail of takeaway chicken
The buzz has died down somewhat on this newish local hot spot which leaves me less inclined to want to keep it a secret. The Hub House Diner in Dulwich Hill was overflowing when it first opened it’s doors in the last 12 months and with good reason. The menu is hip, comforting, delicious and…
Hearty mushroom breakfast
Is there ever an end to how many ways you can cook breakfast with a small number of ingredients? It never ceases to amaze me the number of different combinations that arise when you hunt around for a bit of inspiration. I was on a bit of a mushroom tangent recently and decided to bake…
Heavenly winter mushroom soup
So I’ve been a been quiet for a while. Food stuff has been happening but so has a mountain of course writing. After diving in the deep end of teaching Graphic Design and writing my own course from scratch, blogging has had to take the back seat for a while. Something’s gotta give, right? Wonderwoman…
Marvellous minestrone
Winter is on it’s way. We had our first real weekend of heater and ugg boots weather and the desire for stodgy winter food is rising. I find the perfect combatant to this is to steer towards healthy soup options, because nobody wants to come out the tail end of winter with a couch shaped…
Makin’ bacon, yeah!
I can’t recommend making it highly enough! We’ve been delving into the art for a couple of years now and we will never go back to store bought bacon. It just doesn’t even come close to the flavoursome meat product that you can produce yourself with minimal time and effort. This post is less about…
Herb crusted salmon confit with dill potato cakes and steamed spinach
I’ve often felt a little deterred from making confit due to the sheer amount of oil involved – just from an economical perspective, but after recently reading a number of recipes for salmon confit that use an oven instead of a pan and only require the fish to be basted rather than swimming in oil,…
Pork fillet wrapped in pancetta and sage with wild Rocky River pumpkin mash and grilled parmesan zucchini
There was some major cheating involved in this meal as I purchased the pork fillet already snugly tucked up in it’s pancetta blanket and sage ribbons, but hey… it would be easy to replicate should you wish to. But why bother with all those ingredients purchases for two if it’s already been assembled I say,…
Sausage rolls #1
There is nothing quite like a really good sausage roll and seeing as I have access to amazing sausages at my local award winning butcher, I figure I can give making good ones, a decent go. Attempt number one was pretty successful. They weren’t quite as fabulous as the ones we get from Alexander’s Patisserie…
Moroccan spicy saffron lamb tagine with cous cous and labneh
I’ve eaten and made a few moroccan tagines and I think I have gotten to a stage where I have pinpointed the flavours I enjoy the most in order to maximise the experience when making it myself. A few things I have noted • I enjoy the date/sultana/fruit and nut combo so some kind of…
crispy&citrus 