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Chargrilled Tomato Salsa
This smokey delight is perfect as a dipping sauce or stirred through pasta. Ingredients 1 punnet very ripe cherry roma or grape tomatoes (washed) 1 garlic clove (sliced) 1 shallot (sliced) 1 handful fresh thyme ...
Slow Roasted Ribeye with Rich Gravy
Slow Roasting a cut of meat on the bone, on a low heat breaks down meat and allows it to fall off the bone. Instead of your usual Sunday Roast, treat the family (and yourself) ...
Fool Proof Whole Egg Mayonnaise
I am a sucker for a thick, creamy mayonnaise. Growing up with a Dutch mother, mayonnaise was put on and with everything. Sandwiches, salad, chicken, fish, hot chips, burgers, the list goes on. There always ...
Basic Pasta Sauce
I am going to establish right now that I am not Italian and much to my heart’s (and palate’s) dismay, I have never been involved in a “tomato sauce day”. Nothing beats the taste of ...
Pesto
I love Stephanie Alexander’s pesto with a few tweaks… here is my sure-fire version. Ingredients: 1 cup well packed basil leaves (I jam packed my cup – pushing down the leaves with every new layer) ...
The Dip
You would think the old school method of mixing a creamy base with dried soup mix ended with the 60′s… fortunately for the lazy host, it is still a perfectly acceptable way to create a ...
Plum Red Wine Reduction
A delicious sauce perfect with game meat. Ingredients 2x Spring Onions (trimmed and thinly sliced) 1x Shallot (thinly sliced) 1x Large Garlic Clove (thinly sliced) 1 1/2 cups Red Wine 3x tbsp Plum Sauce 1x ...
Aioli
Creamy, dreamy and gorgeous with the humble spud. An epic classic that will leave you wanting more. Aioli: Ingredients 1 Cup of Homemade Mayonnaise 2 Garlic Cloves 1 Teaspoon Worcestershire Sauce Tabasco Sauce to taste ...
Cranberry Balsamic Reduction
This is a beautiful, sweet sauce which can be served with poultry or on a cheese platter. Perfect for Christmas. Ingredients 1/2 cup red wine 3 tblsp balsamic vinegar (4 leaf) 3 tblsp cranberry sauce ...
Spiced Plum Reduction
For a sweet and spicy kick, try this sauce as a glaze or dipping sauce for pork, game meat or even BBQ’d chicken. Ingredients 2 tablespoons prepared plum sauce 1 cinnamon quill 1/2 teaspoon smoked ...
Garlic Mint Yoghurt
This creamy, aromatic sauce is delicious with lamb, chicken, pizza or anything that you want add a little zing to. Ingredients 1 small tub plain Greek Yoghurt 1 handfull fresh mint (washed and chopped finely) ...