Archive for March, 2006

Blue cheese salad dressing

This dressing would be delicous served with a salad of baby cos lettuce, crispy pancetta, semi dried tomatoes, walnuts and avocado. Also lovely on roast or steamed potatoes. Yum! This recipe is for 12 as an accompaniment and will keep for up to 1 day in a sealed container in the fridge. Ingredients 75g blue [...]

Creamed honey mustard

Ingredients 75g wholegrain mustard 1/2 tbs honey 1/2 tbs whole egg mayonnaise Directions Whisk all ingredients together until well combined. Delicious served with roast meat.

Roast beef or lamb with rosemary and garlic

Ingredients ~600g easy carve roasting beef or lamb (or whatever size you happen to buy) 8-10 sprigs of rosemary, leaves removed 1/4 cup olive oil 4 garlic cloves salt and pepper Directions Preheat oven to 240C. Place rosemary, oil, garlic and salt and pepper in a jug and whiz together using a slick blender, or [...]

Gnocchi with blue cheese sauce

Ingredients 2 tbs olive oil 100g French shallots, sliced 3 garlic cloves, sliced 125ml dry white wine 300ml cream 200g baby spinach 80g gorgonzola, chopped juice of 1/2 lemon Directions Heat oil in a frypan over medium heat. Saute the shallots and garlic until tender. Pour in the wine, simmer and reduce by half. Add [...]

Green olive, walnut and almond tapenade

This is super easy and super yum. It can be served as a dip with bread or used as a delicious pasta sauce. Ingredients 1 cup (160g) pimento stuffed green olives 1/4 cup (30g) walnut pieces 2 tbs slivered almonds 4 anchovy fillets, drained 1 tbs capers, drained 2 tbs extra virgin olive oil 2 [...]

Mixed herb Turkish bread

Ingredients 1 loaf of Turkish bread 1 tbs olive oil 2 garlic cloves, crushed 1 tbs chopped parsley 2 tsp chopped thyme 2 tsp chopped rosemary Directions Combine herbs, garlic and oil in a bowl. Brush sliced Turkish bread with the mixture and grill on a hot bbq grill until lightly toasted.

Balsamic lamb with beetroot salad

Stuart made this, complete with herbed turkish bread and it was on the table in 30 minutes. Really easy and really delicious! Ingredients 2 tbs balsamic vinegar 2 garlic clove, crushed 1 tsp chopped rosemary 2 tsp olive oil 500g lamb backstrap 200g drained canned baby beets, quartered chopped fetta cheese baby spinach leaves toasted [...]

Roasted capsicum and chorizo pasta

Ingredients 2 red capsicums (about 500g) 2 ripe tomatoes (about 500g) 2 tbs olive oil salt and pepper 400g dried thin spaghetti 4 chorizo sausages, sliced thinly 1 bunch broccolini, cut into 5 cm lengths 1/2 cup shredded fresh basil parmesan, to serve Directions Preheat oven to 200C and place capsicums and tomato on a [...]

Caesar salad dressing

Ingredients 3/4 cup whole egg mayonnaise 1 tbs lemon juice 4 drained anchovy fillets, drained, chopped finely 3 tsp Dijon mustard 1 tbs water Directions Combine ingredients above. Serve with typical caesar salad ingredients such as cos lettuce, parmesan, croutons, cooked chicken or bacon.

Chicken, mushroom and asparagus pasta bake

The vegetables for this recipe could be easily substituted. I would leave the mushrooms, but the asparagus can be quite expensive so you could use leek, grated carrot or zucchini, cauliflower, brocollini, baby spinach, capsicum… feel free to be generous with the amount of vegetables in the dish, the more the better! Ingredients 375g rigatoni [...]