Spent a very informative and interesting day with a friend yesterday. We were invited to go to watch, and assist if we liked, make salami. I've never done this before, and so was hugely interested in the entire process. It was a fantastic day with lots learned and things to apply. Plus, my goodness, what … Continue reading Salami – so that’s how you make it!

The gluten free class here has just finished. I really do love this class topic. Lots of things were made today as per the photos here. Most of the recipes were from my gluten free book "From My Kitchen to Yours". However, it's fantastic when someone in the class says "I really do miss, most … Continue reading Gluten free class today

So here's the much requested recipe for the choc/orange Marble cake. It's just a combination of two really simple cake recipes handed down through our family for generations. The optional patterned icing just gives it a little something extra. Each of these cakes can be baked as separate entities in either an 18cm round or … Continue reading Choc Orange Marble Cake recipe

I was lucky enough this morning to find a 10kg box of tomatoes for sale at Cracknell Tomatoes' stall at Granton (for a mere $25). Just so happens I have a need of a large number of semi- dried tomatoes this week. It's one of those lovely equations - time and opportunity (to go to … Continue reading Tomatoes – still!

Almost forgot to mention the Wednesday morning tea platter. This week - a chocolate and orange marble cake, double batch, in a baking dish. I do like to have a cake very fresh, and preferably served still warm, each week. That's especially the case in the chill of the hills here at Molesworth. It does … Continue reading Chocolate and Orange Marble Cake – this week’s Wednesday morning tea platter

Here are the two of my books getting the greatest workout in the kitchen at present. Several of our children have said that "Leftover Makeovers" is their favourite of all my books, amazing since using up leftovers when they were young was a constant game of subterfuge. In the background of that photo, the apple … Continue reading Leftover type things

Minus 2, feels like minus 6, said the weather report for Molesworth at 6.30am a couple of days ago and not much warmer today. When we left here at 10, the frost was still on the pepperberry bushes, very pretty I think. Each year we have a family of kookaburras arrive for the first few … Continue reading Cold in these here hills

It's a very cold and frosty morning here - still a way to go before it all melts. First chore of the day - feed the animals. I always have a slow cooker of barley cooking to a porridge overnight, warms their tummies first thing in the morning. It's mixed with the rest of their … Continue reading Molesworth Winter Morning

Recently on one of those glorious golden, crisp Tasmanian winter days - time spent with these wonderful people doing what I Iike to do best - cooking up a storm in a warm and cosy country kitchen. Video and article about that truly memorable day can be found at: https://www.sbs.com.au/food/article/2019/6/11/winter-time-when-locals-connect-their-boutique-producers        

Here are he recipes requested by listeners this morning - mini quiches, herb jelly, pumpkin cake, pumpkin cheese pie and two versions of preserving olives - the first is by Pat Carnevale, the second one given to me by a man at Salamanca Market years ago. If I have forgotten to include any recipes, please … Continue reading Recipes from ABC Jams and Preserves Talkback today