Category: Recipe
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What’s in the Fridge? No. 5
Slow-Cooked Curry Stir Fry Every now and then we receive a call or email from our friend Alistair saying: “Hi guys, I’m thinking of cooking one of my stir fries on … night. Want to come over?” Well of course we would, we might even contemplate cancelling other engagements just to be there! So what…
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Champagne-Style Cocktail – With Pernod!
This is our version of an exotic Champagne-style cocktail. It is quite affordable and very popular with our friends. We came across it more or less accidentally when, some years ago, we had made a Pernod based granita for dessert. Some days later there was still quite a lot of the granita in the freezer,…
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Europe 2016 – Part 5
Continued from Europe 2016 – Part 4. Table d’Hôtes If you have travelled through France you are probably familiar with Chambres d’Hôtes – the equivalent of the Australian and British concept of Bed and Breakfast – and Gîtes – the equivalent of our holiday rental in the form of self-contained cottages, houses or apartments. Some…
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Europe 2016 – Part 4
Continued from Europe 2016 – Part 3. We went to learn French and learnt a lot about Sancerre The name ‘Sancerre‘ is well-known in the wine world, being a wine region south west of Paris famous for its sauvignon blanc. However, we hadn’t realised that there was also a small town called Sancerre until we…
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Europe 2016 – Part 3
Continued from Europe 2016 – Part 2. What is the best way to roast potatoes? This is not the question we expected to be asking ourselves while spending a week in Chamonix, right under Mont Blanc. However, after a day of walking in the Alps, the four of us agreed that dinner that night would…
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Europe 2016 – Part 2
Continued from Europe 2016 – Part 1. A German Style Plum Sheet Cake Our plum sheet cake experiment would happen, but at Chamonix in France, not in Bavaria. The key steps in our method are described below – follow them, or find a recipe for this type of cake in your cookbooks or on the…
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Europe 2016 – Part 1
German Plum Sheet Cake After 22 hours in the air from Melbourne, we arrived in Munich for an extended European visit. Our German friends – who had visited us in Australia one year earlier – were there to meet us at the airport. It was midday but we weren’t ready for lunch then. One and…
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Scorched Eggplant, Tuna And White Bean Dip
Say it quickly and you could think that Baba Ghanoush was named after someone called Barbara. It came to our notice as Lebanese restaurants began to proliferate in Melbourne. Now it is more or less a household term. It is based on smoked or charred eggplant (aubergine) and tahini (made from ground sesame seeds). To…
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Burnt Vegetables! Part 3
Continued from: Burnt Vegetables! Part 2 Geronimo Aperitivo Bar and Restaurant is a relatively new establishment in Launceston, serving very interesting food and wine. Under General Manager, Jeremy Kode, its operation is one of restrained sophistication. This article from the Qantas Travel Insider magazine is worth a read. It reports that “… Geronimo Aperitivo Bar…