The fruit is ripe, I’ve dusted off the old Fowlers Kit and dragged it out from under the house and I have picked, peeled, cored, and packed many, many pears for preserving! Fowlers Vacola Preserving Fowlers Vacola had humble origins as a fruit-bottling business started by Joseph Fowler at the rear of a small house in Burke Road, Melbourne.
Category: Yum
Yum : Lemon Tart
Mmmm … Lemon Tart. This is another recipe that we used to make on The Bay of Fires Walk. Lemon Tart 1 quantity of short crust pastry 3-4 large lemons 6 eggs 250 g castor sugar pure icing sugar 200 ml cream Method Line a 24 cm loose-bottom deep flan tin with pastry, then blind bake
Yum : Homemade Raspberry Ice Cream
My Mum gave us an Ice Cream Maker for Christmas and so I have been busily whipping up a storm with the fresh fruit from her garden: Fresh Raspberry Ice Cream 3 cups fresh ripe raspberries 4 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice 1 1/2 cups sugar – divided 2 3/4 cups heavy cream 1 1/2
Peas in a Pod
I have grown up with peas – as Dad has grown them commercially for many, many years. He even has a great story of how he was actually sowing peas when I was born!
When I recently stayed on our family farm in Hagley, Mum gave me a big bundle of freshly grown peas before I left. Mum and Dad hand-pick their personal needs from their crop before they are harvested.
On Boxing Day we sat around Mum and Dad’s living room with my sisters and brother and ‘podded peas’. It is funny – I don’t think I have podded peas for many years, but that action of using your thumb nail to open the beautiful casing, then sliding the produce into your bucket that sits in your lap, and tossing the empty pod on the sheet spread out on the floor – came back to me very easily. Such a simple task, but one that took me back to my childhood … and all those days of shifting irrigators, picking, podding and eating peas.
Yum : Sweet Potato, Smoked Chicken, Bocconcini and Rocket Salad
Another salad for you this week – we make this on a regular basis as it is so delicious: Sweet Potato, Smoked Chicken, Bocconcini and Rocket Salad 2 sweet potatoes, peeled and diced into 2 cm cubes oil salt and freshly ground cracked pepper 6 – 8 bocconcini, halved 2 smoked chicken fillets, sliced 100
Yum : Chicken Caesar Salad
Chicken Caesar … my favourite summer salad: Chicken Caesar Salad 3 eggs 1 rasher of bacon, sliced or cubed olive oil 2 – 3 slices of sourdough bread, crusts removed 2 cos lettuce hearts, washed and well dried 6 anchovies, cut into strips 1 chicken breast, broiled and thinly sliced 2 tbsp freshly grated parmesan
Yum : Sticky Date Pudding
I was hoping to post a savoury recipe this week, but I haven’t made any interesting meals. Meat and three veg tend to be a bit of a staple around here. Boring I know! So today we have more ‘sweety treats’ – a delicious dessert that is very naughty. Sticky Date Pudding 170 g dates
Yum : Lolly Banana Slice
This slice is incredibly rich, but oh so yummy. Anna N. gave this recipe to me last year and I don’t make it very often, as it is far too tempting to have in the house: Lolly Banana Slice 1 packet Marie biscuits – crushed 1 packet lolly bananas 60 g butter 3/4 tin condensed
Yum : Rice Paper Rolls with Vietnamese Dipping Sauce (Nuoc Cham)
One of my favourite meals – Rice Paper Rolls with Vietnamese Dipping Sauce! This is a great dinner party meal and we enjoyed it last night with my sister Cath and her daughter Bronte, who were in town for the night! Vietnamese Rolls 500 g cooked prawns 2 chicken breasts – boiled and shredded Carrot
Yum : Crayfish & Nicko’s Thousand Island Dressing
We don’t usually have Crayfish for dinner on a Monday night, but we did last night due to Nick’s ‘hunting and gathering’ skills at the weekend.
Nicko’s Thousand Island Dressing
- 3 parts soy mayonnaise
- 1 part tomato sauce
- Worcestershire sauce to taste
- Tabasco sauce to taste
Method
- Mix together and enjoy with any seafood.
Crayfish goes perfectly with a crisp green salad … and don’t forget a beer! xx
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