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Charred Zucchini, Capsicum and Feta Salad

January 31, 2014 by admin Leave a Comment

zucchini-and-feta-saladSince I was barbecuing beef on the Weber tonight, I also char-grilled some halved zucchini and red capsicum. Served up here with some sliced red onion, crumbled feta cheese, currants, freshly cracked pepper and salt, and drizzled with vino cotto.  Tasty and looking sharp.

 

Filed Under: BBQ, Salads, Vegetarian

Grilled Peach, Chard and Fennel Salad

January 31, 2014 by admin Leave a Comment

nectarine-salad

I’ve become a fan of Jamie Oliver’s shared platters, so at least in the summertime they pop up fairly often in our house, either inspired by his “15 Minute Meals”, or my own simpler creations like this. Yes, I could have added some goat’s cheese, but I was saving that for dessert!

Lettuce and baby chard leaves from our garden
Cherry tomatoes (also from the garden)
Redo onion and fennel bulb, sliced thinly
BBQ grilled peach slices
Green and purple basil leaves (yes, garden too!)
Drizzled with honey and lemon juice
Freshly cracked black pepper and salt

Colourful. Tasty. Healthy.

 

Filed Under: Fruit, Salads, Vegetarian

Roast Garlic & Cheese Tart

January 29, 2014 by admin Leave a Comment

roast-garlic-tart

This is such an excellent dish. It’s not too different from making a quiche. What makes it special is the sweet-sour roasted garlic and whatever combination of cheese you choose. My recipe is adapted from Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipe in “Plenty“.  I’ve added the greens (and changed the cheeses a little). Yotam is my ‘go to’ chef at the moment. Maggie Beer’s website is here. She is extraordinary and her website and cookbooks are excellent. Maggie was behind me on the queue for a flight once, and I wanted to turn around and say “your pastry recipe has changed my life” but that just sounded a bit, you know, fannish… Anyway, here’s the recipe.

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Tomato and Haloumi Pesto Pasta

December 19, 2013 by admin Leave a Comment

haloumi-pasta

Here’s a simple vegetarian pasta that I made up the other night.

Slice half a large leek thinly. Saute it gently in butter until soft. Add 1/3 cup of white wine and reduce. When half of the liquid has evaporated, add halved cherry tomatoes and continue to simmer until the liquid reduces some more. Add 3-4 tbsp good quality pesto.

Meanwhile cook the spaghetti. Drain and reserve a little of the cooking liquid. Add a 3-4 tbsp of this to the pesto sauce.

Pan fry some sliced haloumi over high heat until brown. Mix the spaghetti, pesto sauce and haloumi together. Top with fresh basil leaves and some shaved parmesan or grana padano. Squeeze some fresh lemon juice on top and add cracked black pepper.

Very fresh and fine indeed.

Filed Under: Pasta, Vegetarian

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I now cook on Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia, having moved recently from the Adelaide Hills in South Australia. The region is similar to the Mediterranean, with temperate climate, fertile hills, nearby ocean, wonderful local vegetables, fruit, wine and meat produced locally. Meanwhile our Adelaide Hills garden has cherry, peach, almond, citrus, olive, pomegranate and fig trees which are suffering neglect! Cooking has been a growing passion for me, about connecting culture, creativity, community and spirit.

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