Peter Brettell's (Wild Rocket @ Misty's in Montville Head Chef and passionate local beef supporter) shared his braised beef recipe with me some time ago. It is delicious! With the cold weather it is a true 'nose to tail' winter warmer. If you are not familiar with the 'nose to tail' concept - it is the art of [...]
The curing process has always been something that has intrigued me. Once upon a time it was a method of preserving food in the absence of refrigeration, and while it still very much a preservation technique, it has morphed into more of a novelty factor rather than a necessity. So, novelty factor fresh in my [...]
Wow, what a surprise this Coffee Bean and Vodka Cured Hiramasa Kingfish turned out to be. I think this is my favourite recipe ever (until next time). It is incredible, even if I do say so myself. Coffee is not my first choice ingredient for curing, but the risk paid off, and the result was [...]
I was in possession of a beautiful whole Hiramasa Kingfish, I felt compelled to do something special and while there is nothing quite like sashimi, I decided the next best thing would be curing. I have always been a fan of cured fish, and the process is actually quite fun. This recipe is not only [...]
I thought I would try my hand at some lavash… I needed some snacks, forgot to buy some, so had to think quick. Lavash are surprisingly quick and easy. I cut them quite roughly as I like them to look less uninform. Just make sure you keep an eye on them, they can go from [...]
It was March 2013, we were in Melbourne, visiting for the Formula 1 Grand Prix, and we passed a little kiosk that made traditional fresh hot sugared jam donuts. You know the sort, the ones that you can smell from 100m down the road, and the jam oozes out all over your hands… Well, my [...]
Excited at the prospect of having ample space for a herb garden, I could possibly have been a little over zealous when it came to planting my basil… two little basil bushes would have been ample, but they are so tiny as seedlings in their punnets... So, if one punnet of common basil wasn’t enough, [...]
This salad was served as part of an elaborate lunch to showcase the Sunshine Coast’s fabulous produce for the Official Program Launch of the Real Food Festival at Spicer’s Clovelly Montville. While created by Cameron Matthews on the day, he did give credit for this recipe to another kitchen rock star Matt Wilkinson. To read story, [...]
I recently had the pleasure of enjoying the a cooking class focusing on the ever divine truffle at The Golden Pig Food & Wine School in Brisbane. While there a number of fabulous dishes with the magic ingredient… I could help but be particularly enraptured with this dish… purely because of the truffle butter and [...]
This is another fabulous recipe shared by Katrina Ryan from The Golden Pig Food & Wine School. A Thai dish, this was featured as part of the Vietnamese cooking class I attended, the beautiful tangy chicken complementing the other dishes wonderfully. [divider] Ingredients: 4 chicken marylands 8 cloves garlic 3 stalks lemongrass white part only, [...]
