Chestnut Risotto Cakes
Serves 4
15g porcini mushrooms
175g risotto rice
600ml vegetable stock
50g butter
1 onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic
200g chestnuts, cooked peeled and chopped
75g Parmesan cheese, grated
1 egg, lightly beaten
50g instant polenta
1 tbsp olive oil
Salt & pepper
Mixed salad leaves & lemon wedges to serve
Cover the dried mushrooms with boiling water and set aside.
Heat the olive oil in a saucepan, add the […]
Banana’s - Fruit of the Month May 2010
What are they?
Bananas are sweet with firm and creamy flesh, they come prepackaged in their own yellow jackets and are available for harvest throughout the year.
Are they good for me?
Bananas are called the wonder food. As well as being a favourite and easy to eat fruit for all age groups, they have many health […]
How To Prepare Chestnuts
Chestnuts are a wonderfully versatile food, you can use them in sweet or savory dishes. 1kg of chestnuts will yield about 700g of peeled nut. They will keep in the crisper section of your fridge for about 2 weeks if covered in a paper bag.
When purchasing chestnuts look for nuts that are heavy for their […]
Class Updates - May 2010
We still have a few spots left on our May Classes.
If you would like to book in for a class please call me 02 9976 3372 or email info@simplysumptuousfood.com.au I’d love to see you there.
16th May 10am Healthy Cooking - 4 places left
18th May 6:30pm Dough and Pastry - 4 places left
23rd May 10am Gourmet […]
Raspeberry & Yoghurt Cake
Serves 8
150g unsalted butter, softened
200g brown sugar
1 vanilla bean, split, seeds scrapped
2 eggs
150g natural yoghurt
75g self raising flour, sifted
60g almond meal
1 red apple, peeled, cored and finely chopped
70g raspberries
80g flaked almonds
250g mascarpone cheese
Additional raspberries for decoration - optional
Preheat oven to 180°. Grease and line a 23cm spring form cake tin.
Beat butter, sugar and vanilla seeds […]
Vegetable of the Month - Silverbeet
What is it?This is the vegetable, with its big, dark green leaves and white veins and stalk that many Australians mistakenly call spinach. Silverbeet is in fact a close relative of both spinach and beetroot. Used for many centuries, silverbeet was mentioned in Roman writings dating back to the 3rd and 4th centuries BC. Even […]
April Class Updates
We still have a few spots left on our April classes listed below
24th April 10am-1pm $109 Gourmet Vegetarian
We will be making a selection of delicious dishes including Mushroom Nutloaf with tomato sauce, Risotto cakes and spicy vegetable soup
25th April 10am-2pm $129 Pizza Class
Learn how to make the perfect pizza dough and enjoy a 3 […]
Vegetable of the Month - March - Fennel
Courtesy www.organicfood.com.au
What is it?
Fennel is a roundish, bulbous vegetable, with a mild licorice smell and taste. Their large swollen base consists of several overlapping broad stems, forming a white to very pale green-white, firm, crisp bulb. When they are cut you can see the layers of their overlapping stems. They are a member of […]
Class Updates March 2010
Classes have been popular and filling up fast this year. Our March Gourmet Vegetarian class has already booked out so below is an update of spaces still available in this month’s classes.
4th March 6.30pm-9.30pm – Vegetarian has 3 spaces left. If you are interested in learning some new and delicious vegetarian meals such as sweetcorn […]
Quick Berry Sorbet
This month’s recipe is a wonderfully simply dessert that is perfect for cooling you down on those hot summer days, enjoy.
500g frozen berries
4tbsp icing sugar
100ml buttermilk
maple syrup (optional)
Fresh mint and cream to serve
Place berries & sugar in the bowl of a food processor. Pulse a couple of times then slowly pour in the buttermilk while […]
