Salt Crust Baked Chicken
Recipe: Vicki Ravlich-Horan | Photography: Ashlee deCaires You can bake all manner of things in a salt crust, which results in a beautifully tender and well-seasoned dish. Whole fish is a popular option, but I love how it transforms an ordinary roast chook into something special. Bring the oven tray to the table and smash […]
Salmon Gravlax and Baked Baby Potatoes
Recipe: Vicki Ravlich-Horan | Photography: Ashlee deCaires Luxurious yet simple to make, gravlax takes uncomplicated ingredients, like salt and sugar, and time to create a lavish dish which, thinly sliced, can be served as a canape on blinis, on your eggs bene for a real treat or as part of a sumptuous buffet. The secret […]
Risotto with Garden Peas and Mint
Recipe: Mr Pickles, Hamilton | Photography: Ashlee de Caires For the risotto: 100g Arborio rice (use top quality like Carnroli or Nano) ¼ cup white onion, finely diced 4 tsp olive oil ⅓ cup white wine 1 cup blanched fresh garden peas or frozen ¼ cup blanched fresh garden peas, pureed or frozen 1½ cups […]
Smoked Tuna Arancini
Recipe and Image: Leith Davidson – Executive Chef at Red Barn (Tuna is the Māori name for eel) Makes about 25 x 60g balls Eel Stock 2 carrots 2 celery stalks 2 cloves of garlic 1 onion 1 bay leaf 3 small stems of thyme 1.5 litre of water 1 eel frame Risotto Rice 1 […]
