Recipes
Mushroom Stroganoff
Ingredients:
900g mixed mushrooms
10g porcini mushrooms
275ml dry white wine or maderia (Morris Tokay fortified wine is a good alternative to maderia)
2 large onions, thinly sliced in half moon shapes
50g butter
200ml crème fraiche
¼ tsp ground nutmeg
Heat the wine (or maderia or tokay) in a small saucepan until it begins to bubble around the edges. Then remove from […]
Fresh Tomato Sauce
Ingredients:
1kg roma tomatoes
1 garlic bulb
½ onion, finely chopped
Handful basil, roughly chopped
Olive oil
Place the whole garlic in the oven at 180° and bake for 5-10 minutes until garlic is soft. Score across the top of the tomatoes and place in a large bowl, cover with boiling water for 1-2 minutes, drain and rinse in cold water. […]
Kare Sayur – Vegetable Curry
Vegetable Ingredients:
1 carrot, chopped
1 potato, peeled and chopped
½ cauliflower, cut in to small florets
8 baby corn, cut in half
10 button mushrooms
* you can add any selections of your favorite veggies if you want to mix it up.
Curry Sauce:
1½ tbsp curry powder – madras style
½ tsp chilli powder (use more if a mild powder)
1 stalk lemongrass, […]
Berry Mascarpone Tarts
Tart Case
150g plain flour
75g butter, cubed
40g icing sugar
1 tsp salt
2 tbsp iced water
Filling
250g mascarpone
4 tbsp icing sugar
1 tsp vanilla paste
mixture of fresh berries
2 tbsp apricot jam
Place flour, salt & icing sugar in the bowl of a food processor. Pulse a couple of times then add the butter and process until butter is fully incorporated and […]
Class Updates - August 2010
Given that I will be away classes won’t be running from 19th Sept – 11th Oct however I have brought a few classes forward so there are plenty to choose from this month.
24th August - Vegetarian Express $80 7pm-9.30pm - 2 places left
28th August - Pizza 10am-2pm $129 - 4 places left
29th August - […]
Poached Winter Fruits
Serves 4
10 dried apricot halves
7 dried peach halves
6 prunes, stones removed
6 dried figs, cut in half
1 cinnamon stick
1 orange
125ml apple juice
1 vanilla bean, split and scrape out the seeds
2 pears, peeled and cut into quarters
2 apples, peeled and cut into quarters
1tbps raw sugar or honey
Put the apricots, prune, peaches, figs, cinnamon, vanilla pod […]
Spinach & Ricotta Strudels
Serves 4
8 sheets filo pastry
50g butter, melted
Filling
300g fresh spinach
200g fresh ricotta
1 garlic clove
½ onion, finely diced
30g grated parmesan
½ tsp ground nutmeg
To make the filling blanch the spinach in a pan of boiling water for 30seconds or until wilted, drain, rinse and squeeze out all of the excess liquid. In a frying pan cook the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
