First serve was
baked ricotta gnocchi on a sweet potato and fennel bed .
MAINS
Spicy Chicken Fillet with Chillli Pilaf
MAINS
Spicy Chicken Fillet with Chillli Pilaf
Wednesday, 19 March 2014
WHAT PLANT IS THIS ?
A gift from a visitor to my garden , I know of these plants as nodding violets , but I am unsure .
I would love to know the correct common name as well as the botanical... Can anyone help ?
I would love to know the correct common name as well as the botanical... Can anyone help ?
Tuesday, 18 March 2014
APICIUS ON STUFFED DORMICE............FIRST CENTURY A.D.
Edible dormouse known in zoology as Glis glis is a uniquely European creature .
The Romans used to fatten them with a special diet before cooking them . Seven inches long with a seven inch long bushy tail .
The edible dormouse has lost favour since Roman times , perhaps because it reminds us that a squirrel is just a rat with a bushy tail.!
( Are you aware that an adult platypus is only about 10" in length fully grown ..I was really surprised too .I always thought the " little" platypus were the babies .
Recipe For Stuffed Dormouse.
" the dormouse is stuffed with a forcemeat of pork and small pieces of dormouse meat trimmings , all be pounded with pepper, nuts, laser, broth.
Put the dormouse thus stuffed in an earthen casserole, roast it in the oven , or boil it in the stock pot."
translated from the Latin by Joseph Dommers Vehling.
The Romans used to fatten them with a special diet before cooking them . Seven inches long with a seven inch long bushy tail .
The edible dormouse has lost favour since Roman times , perhaps because it reminds us that a squirrel is just a rat with a bushy tail.!
( Are you aware that an adult platypus is only about 10" in length fully grown ..I was really surprised too .I always thought the " little" platypus were the babies .
Recipe For Stuffed Dormouse.
" the dormouse is stuffed with a forcemeat of pork and small pieces of dormouse meat trimmings , all be pounded with pepper, nuts, laser, broth.
Put the dormouse thus stuffed in an earthen casserole, roast it in the oven , or boil it in the stock pot."
translated from the Latin by Joseph Dommers Vehling.
COOKING CLASSES @ CHURCHILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE.
I am working in conjunction with Churchill Neighborhood House to run cooking classes in the very adequate kitchen at the Churchill Hub Phillip Parade Churchill .
Classes will be available during the day
Childrens classes will run after school
Evening classes will also be available
For further imformation please phone Henry Parniak at Churchill Neighborhood House on 51222955
Classes will be available during the day
Childrens classes will run after school
Evening classes will also be available
For further imformation please phone Henry Parniak at Churchill Neighborhood House on 51222955
HUMMINGBIRD CAKE AND ORANGE SESAME SYRUP CAKE
HUMMINGBIRD CAKE
REF : WOMENS WEEKLY CLASSIC CAKES pg 121
HUMMINGBIRD CAKE
REF : WOMENS WEEKLY CLASSIC CAKES pg 121
HUMMINGBIRD CAKE
NOELENES TRADITIONAL FRUIT CAKE..OWN RECIPE
ORANGE POPPY SEED SYRUP CAKE
REF: WOMENS WEEKLY CLASSIC CAKES PG 169
SPELT PASTA WITH ALMOND AND WALNUT PASTE ,PEARS AND BROAD BEANS . (vegan recipe )
Today in the Herald Sun 18/03 /14 .....In the Taste section of the tabloid Matt Preston presents ..".Easy Nuts To Crack".........I had to giggle..... a memory from a Coles supermarket long ago, my co contestant Samira declaring ` Don`t mess with my nuts "
As Matt Preston suggests nuts are great with soups and braises , in salads, sauces , savoury and sweet baking, pastas , as a side dish , and an addition to stuffings and stir fries .
In the recipe below nuts are made into a paste , and served with pasta , pears and broad beans.
In a processor finely chop 80gm of almonds , 50 gm of walnuts , 3 fat cloves of garlic , 1/4 cup of firmly packed watercress and 1/2 tsp of ground pepper .
While the motor is still running slowly pour in 125 ml of olive oil to combine .
Season with salt .
Place 400gm of spelt penne pasta in a saucepan of salted boiling water and boil till almost tender.
Drain and keep pasta warm in the covered pan.
Season eight wedges of pears ( 2 whole pears ) with the skin on .
Heat a little olive oil in a pan and cook till slightly coloured on each side .
Drain on paper towel.
Add the nut paste to the warm pasta , thin the paste with a few drops of hot water for easier coating, do not return the pasta to the heat or the paste will thicken.
The pears can now be added along with 240 gm of frozen broad beans , which have been blanched and extra watercress ,
Toss to combine .
Serve topped with 25gm shaved pecorino. Vegans can use a soy alternative.
WOMENS WEEKLY SUPERFOODS PG 74
As Matt Preston suggests nuts are great with soups and braises , in salads, sauces , savoury and sweet baking, pastas , as a side dish , and an addition to stuffings and stir fries .
In the recipe below nuts are made into a paste , and served with pasta , pears and broad beans.
In a processor finely chop 80gm of almonds , 50 gm of walnuts , 3 fat cloves of garlic , 1/4 cup of firmly packed watercress and 1/2 tsp of ground pepper .
While the motor is still running slowly pour in 125 ml of olive oil to combine .
Season with salt .
Place 400gm of spelt penne pasta in a saucepan of salted boiling water and boil till almost tender.
Drain and keep pasta warm in the covered pan.
Season eight wedges of pears ( 2 whole pears ) with the skin on .
Heat a little olive oil in a pan and cook till slightly coloured on each side .
Drain on paper towel.
Add the nut paste to the warm pasta , thin the paste with a few drops of hot water for easier coating, do not return the pasta to the heat or the paste will thicken.
The pears can now be added along with 240 gm of frozen broad beans , which have been blanched and extra watercress ,
Toss to combine .
Serve topped with 25gm shaved pecorino. Vegans can use a soy alternative.
WOMENS WEEKLY SUPERFOODS PG 74
Saturday, 15 March 2014
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