Category: Recipes
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Ginger Gems
Ginger gems are hard to describe to those who have never tried them. Think of small ginger flavoured sponges served with cream and a dab of raspberry jam and you are on the right track. Or butter, or vanilla ice-cream. This recipe makes enough to fill two gem irons.
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Pork and Cider Stew
This is one of my favourite dish for cold winter nights. A slow-cooked stew of pork, mushrooms, garlic, apples and woody spices. It’s full of umami and fills the kitchen with a wonderfully nurturing and warming smell.
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GV’s Espresso Pavlova
Some would suggest that GV is in a committed relationship with coffee. I cannot possibly comment on this. His decadent interpretation of the classic Edmonds Pavlova is stunning.
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Digby Law’s Plum Sauce
My mother started following this recipe in the early 80s. This spicy plum sauce is simply the best thing to put on good pork sausages, or to add colour and depth to a stew.
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Julia Child’s Ratatouille
Eggplant casserole with tomatoes, onions, peppers and zucchini. Ratatouille perfumes the kitchen with the essence of Provence and is certainly one of the great Mediterranean dishes. As it is strongly flavored it is best when it accompanies plain roast or broiled beef or lamb, pot-au-feu (boiled beef), or plain roast, broiled, or sautéed chicken. Equally…
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Stephanie Alexander’s Ratatouille
I’m more influenced by Stephane’s take on ratatouille, which is considerably less faffing about than Julia’s, and still manages to capture the magic of that combination of onions, eggplants, tomatoes and zucchinis.
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Julia Child’s Bouillabaisse
Excerpted from Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child. Copyright © 1961 by Alfred A. Knopf. Reprinted with permission from the publisher Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc. as part of the JC100 Celebration.
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The Edmonds’ Pavlova
This is the classic Edmonds pavlova recipe. For decades the Edmonds Cookbook was the biggest selling book in New Zealand. Every household had at least one copy. You knew you were really leaving home when mum gave you your own copy.
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The Edmonds’ Pikelet
Pikelets are delicious with butter and jam or jam and whipped cream – or with sour cream, smoked salmon and dill. To make American-style hotcakes, also known as pancakes, double this recipe and make them larger. Serve in a stack with butter, maple syrup, bacon and blueberries.