Plums, plums, plums!! These are Angelina plums - I know from experience that they preserve beautifully. They came from our friend Michael's tree; organic and in optimum condition for bottling. He brought them here to preserve early this morning and within a mere couple of hours with three of us working together, they are all … Continue reading The Plums Roll in ….

This sparkling fruit drink is a great favourite in our household, and many others I'm told. As always when a recipe is much requested, I post it on this page. So here it is - simplicity itself to make, an absolutely delightful drink. Sparkling Elderflower Be sure to use the flower heads only for this … Continue reading Sparkling elderflower – recipe

I resurrected this recipe from the Spanish cooking classes we used to run here. It was made for a very special friend, who is very fond indeed of both rice and seafood. I've had many requests for this recipe since I posted a photo of the Paella on Facebook and Instagram, so here it is. … Continue reading Paella (with recipe)

Many requests for this recipe, so here it is. A little secret I discovered last year when I had a glut at end of tomato season - it is just a s good made with green tomatoes some people have commented even better than made with ripe. Now that's saying something, as this is one … Continue reading Kasoundi – recipe

After the pineapple doughnut recipe development episode, there were a goodly number of pineapple slices still remianing. After numerous batches had been made, I'd seen enough doughnuts for quite a while. Arguably I had rather over-invested in A10 tins of pineapple, two of them, each containing at least 1.7 kilos of slices. There were a … Continue reading Pineapple More – Pineapple Upside Down Cake

(Please note - recipe has been updated for the pineapple filled version at 4.51pm today.) For those who have been listening to the discussion on ABC radio Sydney over the past couple of weeks, there's been discussion with Indira Naidoo and I and listeners regarding bakery favourites. One intriguing item that was the centre of … Continue reading Pineapple Doughnuts – recipe

Just like that - turn your back for a couple days and the zucchinis grow wild. It was only a few days ago that I made a very large jarful of pickled zucchini slices. Oh well, they're so delicious it's no chore to make another batch or two, maybe even three. Incidentally even though the … Continue reading Zucchini Time Again!!

I've had loads of requests for the recipes for the three Apricot cakes I posted a couple of days ago, so here they are. Let me know if there are any questions regarding the recipes. Apricot Mousse Cake Serves 8 For the base 60g butter, softened 60g sugar 1 egg yolk 60g plain flour 60g … Continue reading Apricot Baking Recipes

Now that the apricots are all preserved, time for a little indulgent comfort cake baking to share with friends and family. Apricot Mousse Cake, apricot macaroon slice and apricot crumble crostada. That was yesterday, today another new invention - this tray bake contains in its batter a large stalk of rhubarb (finely diced), and was … Continue reading Apricot Baking begins…

Apricots all done! A friend came to learn how to preserve today, an extra pair of hands, which was excellent. There's just a jam pan of stewed left, which I could bottle, but with cakes to bake and visitors coming tomorrow for lunch and dinner, these will form the basis of delicious apricot sweets for … Continue reading Preserving the apricot bounty