Mushroom Korma
A little secret to making more authentic homemade curries is to blitz your onion, garlic and ginger first, then cook slowly to form the base of your sauce before doing anything else. Don’t be put off by the long list of spices this recipe calls for – my hot tip is to measure them out […]
Salt District Beer Battered Oysters with Omahu Valley Citrus Lime Marmalade Dipping Sauce
1 cup self-raising flour (ideally cold) ½ tsp Opito Bay Sea Salt 1 cup Salt District Party Wave Pale Ale ¼ cup plain flour 24 oysters canola oil (for frying) Opito Bay Sea Salt 3 tbsp Omahu Valley Lime Marmalade 2 tbsp rice vinegar 1 tbsp soy sauce 2 tsp fish sauce Heat a deep […]
Marinated Mushroom Tart
This tart is a little bit special and a really lovely way to enjoy antipasto ingredients as a meal. A flaky pastry base is topped with caramelised onion and mustard cashew cream, then baked until golden. This is the blank canvas, ready to have all the good stuff stacked on top. Marinated mushrooms are a […]
Vineyard Chicken
Here’s me being a scintillating tart again, adding spark to my two decades plus marriage by adding fruit to our roast dinners. I love apples with pork and chook dishes, but getting grapes in there is something superior, especially at this time of year when the weather is cooling and flavours become more sunburnt, robust […]
GRILLED COS WALDORF SALAD
The Waldorf salad is named for the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City where it was created to feed attendees at a swanky charity ball. These days it’s more associated with dingy motel buffets inside rather rank musty dining rooms, completely edible, but demoted to a rather lack lustre sloppy side dish. I have put […]
GRAPE – ness
In 1817 novelist and poet Thomas Love Peacock wrote, “The juice of the grape is the liquid quintessence of concentrated sunbeams.” And as I nurse a fresh throbbing wasp sting on my hand, I can’t help but agree. Harvesting a few bunches from my own vines for this shoot was not without risk, such is […]
What is a Naturopath?
Been curious about what a naturopath actually is and if they can help you? We chatted to Natalie Jacques, owner of The Herbal Dispensary in Raglan, to find out more about naturopathy. What lead you to become a naturopath? I always liked the outdoors and being in nature. Most of my time was spent either […]
Snickers Bites
Perfect for the mid-afternoon slump, these bite-sized treats are reminiscent of the classic Snickers bar. 15x Medjool dates ¼ cup peanut butter ½ cup dark chocolate, chopped 1 tsp coconut oil flaky sea salt – optional (I used Opito Bay Sea Salt) Cut a slit in each date and remove the pit. Fill each date […]
Fennel Roasted Cauliflower with Burnt Onion Labneh
2 brown onions 2 cups Greek yoghurt 1 cauliflower, cut into florets 2 tbsp fennel seeds olive oil salt & pepper To make the labneh, strain the yoghurt in a clean tea-towel or muslin cloth overnight or for at least a few hours, until most of the liquid has seeped out. Slice the onions in […]
Turning Up the Heat with Picnicka
The food at Picnicka, in Downtown Tauranga’s Thirty Eight Elizabeth, is simple, nourishing, and meant to be shared. The menu plays with the contrast between raw, smoked and grilled dishes featuring distinct worldwide flavours. Head chef Ryan Allen shared with us his Pickled Chillies recipe – the perfect solution to your abundant chilli harvest this […]