CHERRY RIPPLE ICE CREAM
Recipe: Vicki Ravlich-Horan | Photography: Brydie Thompson This easy creamy ice cream rippled with cherry can be whipped up without the need for a fancy ice cream machine. 250g cherries ¼ cup sugar 1 cup cream 200g mascarpone 1 tin condensed milk Halve and pit the cherries. Place in a small pot with the sugar […]
WAYNE’S MAGICAL MERINGUES
Photography: Ashlee deCaires Wayne from Arkanda demonstrated these in the Samsung Cooking Theatre at the recent Waikato Home and Garden Show and they worked perfectly every time. I decided I had to share them. Meringues are great to have in an airtight container just in case. With a bit of whipped cream and some fresh […]
NUTELLA PARFAIT
Photography: Ashlee deCaires “The best chocolate frozen dessert ever” is how Maurice Montero describes this Nutella parfait. “Parfait is one of my favourite things to make because I don’t need an ice cream machine. For a joke I was putting Nutella in a parfait base and it was the best accident ever. Who wouldn’t love […]
The Sweet October Cookbook
Special collection of 31 recipes for the 31 days of October launches to support Kiwis living with incurable breast cancer Al Brown’s apple pie, Matilda Green’s Mediterranean chicken and Shavaughn Ruakere’s ambrosia sure get the taste-buds going, but that’s not why these familiar faces are sharing their recipes in a new book. Tomorrow (1 October), […]
Punnet’s Rocky Road
Recipe: Punnet Eatery | Photography: Melody Leftus 500g Whittaker’s 50% dark chocolate 500g marshmallows 175g roasted peanuts 100g dried cranberries 1 cup freeze-dried strawberry slices 10g roasted pistachios, finely chopped 1 cup freeze-dried raspberries Gently melt chocolate in a bowl over simmering water. Once melted, fold in your marshmallows, roasted peanuts, dried cranberries and freeze-dried […]
Crème Brûlée
Recipe Extract: from The Recipe, Josh Emett | Photography: Kieran E. Scott (Upstart Press, $49.99 RRP) on sale now. COMPLEXITY: EASY | PREP TIME: 20 MINUTES | COOK TIME: 45 MINUTES, PLUS REFRIGERATION TIME MAKES: 5 TO 6 2 cups plus 1¼ tbsp (500 ml) heavy/double cream2 vanilla beans10 egg yolks2/3 cup (150 g) superfine/caster […]
Apple Tart
Recipe: from the kitchen at Elizabeth Cafe | Photography: Brydie Thompson This stunning looking apple tart is a beautiful way to end a meal or a fabulous afternoon treat. Make it from scratch like Bex does or cheat by using bought pastry and custard. No one will know! Sweet pastry If you want you can […]
The Perfect Brownie
Words Vicki Ravlich-Horan Images Ashlee DeCaires This winter I embarked on a selfless project. It consumed my weekends and counteracted my efforts at the gym. Thankfully the result was not just wasted lunges and grateful family and friends (who benefited from the tests), but what I think is the perfect brownie. That’s right, I pulled […]