As winter has now landed with a vengeance here at Molesworth, it's time to resurrect lovely warming puddings to complete dinner each night. The all-time favourite of golden syrup dumplings always springs to mind of course. Last weekend I decided to incorporate some of the last of summer's mulberries. I'd been eking out the very … Continue reading Golden Syrup (berry) Dumplings
This morning when I visited the supermarket there was kangaroo mince, lovely and lean, on special no less. Of course this provided the ideal opportunity to make kangaroo patties. Up until recently I've been a bit timid about eating game-type meats as I disliked the strong flavour of patties I'd tried about 20 years ago … Continue reading Kangaroo Patties
At the cooking school here a few days ago I had the opportunity to do a colonial cooking session, albeit a shortened version due to time constraints. I have loved researching convict and particularly colonial food for many years now, so for this session I carefully selected recipes that reflected the food of the era … Continue reading Colonial Lamb with Redcurrant Sauce (gravy)
There is nothing better than a spring lamb roast with all the trimmings. Here is a recipe together with the quintessential accompaniment – homemade mint sauce. 3 tablespoons olive oil 1 leg lamb 1 carrot, diced 1 stick celery, diced 1 onion, diced 2 tablespoons red wine 1½ cups chicken stock 2 teaspoons tomato paste … Continue reading Roast of Spring Lamb with Fresh Mint Sauce
As spring is now here the warming soups of winter might need to be replaced at least in part with a lighter option. Personally, I have found that these home-made wraps with spiced paprika or tandoori chicken fill the bill quite nicely. The purchased commercial wraps are quite expensive, especially when feeding a hungry family … Continue reading Spring Chicken Wraps
Last weekend when the grandchildren came to visit, I decided to make them a version of the classic sausage in a piece of bread. Four year old Charlotte particularly loves to help me in the kitchen, so this recipe is ideal - she loved rolling each piece of dough and wrapping it around the sausages. … Continue reading Sausages – a new twist on piggies in blankets
Although plums are not is season at present, keep this recipe for when plums are readily available. On the other hand, you may well have some frozen, even bottled. Probably you could even use tinned plums, though I'd steer way from those that have been canned in syrup. I was fortunate in that my daughter … Continue reading Chinese Plum Sauce
This last weekend saw the arrival here of two very special guests – Clarence and Charlotte, two adorable alpacas. As much as I’d like it to be so, we don’t own them, just agisting them on a couple of our paddocks. They are such peaceful creatures and love human company, unlike other alpacas I’ve come … Continue reading Elephant’s Foot Buns and Alpacas
Potatoes - so many varieties, so much to choose from. At times I’ve been sadly disappointed in the potatoes I’ve bought in good faith , especially when buying them by the 10kg bagful. Often they have been less than satisfactory – bruised or with a great hole in the middle, sprouting shoots and/or unpleasant to … Continue reading Hot Potato – and Curried Fish and Potato Bake
Today the temperature outside is dropping significantly. Didn’t notice for a while but a friend who came to visit had to rush off to chop firewood. Now I know what he meant – it has turned from cool to positively freezing. So what to cook for dinner I thought? Now there are only two of … Continue reading Seasoned Pot Roast of Beef
