There are a lot of different ways to prepare BBQ pork ribs, and I can’t say which I prefer. But here is one method, and flavour, which worked well. The method is simple. Quick? No. But simple. Yes. And tasty? Very. Place the pork ribs in the oven with a range of wonderful ingredients, cook…
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Crispy skin salmon with roasted cauliflower and broccoli, served with rice
I love salmon, as do my girls, but we don’t have it very often. I picked up some nice Tasmanian salmon from my favourite fishmongers today and though to match it with roasted cauliflower and broccoli. I prefer roasted cauliflower, but usually steam or sauté broccoli, but I decided to roast the broccoli as well…
Corn and avocado salsa
This was a very quick and easy salsa to make. Great with corn tortilla chips or used as a filling in quesadillas or tacos. And also great with beer. I made a small batch but it can easily be bulked up. Ingredients Fresh corn from 1 cob 1/2 of a brown onion, finely minced 3…
Lamb meatballs with spinach tomato pesto
I created this dish with a mix of indian and italian in mind. Think of lamb saag, but as a pesto with italian influence. Instead of curd cheese, italian parmesan. Add in flavours of cumin and coriander. The result was wonderful, and my girls loved it. Ingredients Meatballs 500 g (1 lb) lamb mince…
Seafood and smoked pork neck cream chowder
The original recipe was from the Delicious magazine, but altered a bit by what was available and what I thought would taste better! The result is smoky, rich and creamy, and goes well with crusty bread on a cold day. Ingredients 1 medium brown onion, finely minced 2 cloves garlic, finely minced 250 g (1/2…
Penne carbonara with cream cheese
I had some leftover canadian-style bacon, and Madeleine loves carbonara, so the decision was clear. Except I didn’t have cream! But I did have cream cheese, so I improvised. The result was creamy and rich, and perhaps a bit less fat as well! Ingredients 2 Tb olive oil and 2 Tb butter 1 cup…
Grilled and marinated eggplant and red (bell pepper) capsicum
We were going to our friends Andrew and Sarah for dinner on Saturday, and wanted to bring a snack to precede dinner. So I decided to grill and marinate eggplant and red bell peppers. It’s so quick and easy, and so rich and tasty. Cut 2 eggplants lengthwise in 1/2 inch thickness, and grill on…
Canadian Bacon (cured pork loin)
I’ve been curing pork belly for ‘American’ style bacon for over a year now, and thought I would make some ‘Canadian/British/Australian’ style of bacon, which consists of the loin. Over here, you can get either ‘long-cut’ or ‘short-cut’ bacon, which essentially refers to whether the bacon consists of the loin and belly connected, or not,…
Garlic and red wine pork sausages
This recipe is from Charcuterie by Michael Ruhlman and Brian Polcyn. These sausages are succulent and juicy, with a robust garlic flavour and red wine base. I might have made them too garlicky, though, not that the recipe called for too much garlic but I used local Gippsland garlic I bought at a Farmer’s Market,…
Vegetable Bisteeya
This recipe comes from the Gourmet Farmer Deli Book, a cookbook about producing and cooking food the ‘way it used to be’. Amongst the different recipes for making cheeses, hams, bacon and smoking and curing fish, there are a lot of recipes for great dishes. This dish looks at first glance a spanakopita, but made…
Garlic, rosemary and sage pork chops
4 pork chops, 1″ thick3 cloves garlic, mincedRosemary from 3 medium length branches, minced12 sage leaves, minced1/2 tsp salt1/2 Tb sugar1 Tb cider vinegar Mix all ingredients together and marinate pork at least 2 h. Grill to perfection! Serve with apple jelly. The rosemary, sage and the apples used to make the jelly were from…
Macaroni carbonara with Rye garlic bread
It’s Friday night! I’ve kept it simple. The carbonara. Sauté some diced bacon (British or Canadian style) for a few minutes, then add 3 cloves minced garlic. Take off the heat, and add some of the hot mixture to a mixture of 1 cup cream to 2 egg yolks. Mix this to temper the cream/egg…
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