Author: PK
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Chinese Minced Pork And Corn
This basic pork mince and corn recipe is light, full of umami favours and ready for your personal touches. I find that my favourite meals have a few ingredients whose combination belies their individual simplicity. This dish is the perfect example. Serve with rice, noodles or potatoes and you are good to go! Ingredients 500g pork…
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KT’s Potato Wedges
KT has a full proof method for making potato wedges and she is going to share it with us. Simply: Cut the potatoes into wedge shapes. Peel them or not 🙂 Preheat your oven to 240C. Drizzle some olive oil (be as sparing as you like) and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cook for 45…
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Cheese: Havarti
I think everyone has heard of this famous Danish cheese. Havarti has world-wide fame as a light and easy table cheese and because it is easy to cook with. It is a relatively new cheese but has become a staple in Denmark Milk Cow Origin Denmark Aged Traditional methods see it aged for 3 months.…
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Garden Auger Veggie Bed Makeover
Gardening in Perth means you are going to get acquainted with a quartz sand that repels water and is low in the good stuff most plants love. You can add wetting agents and fertiliser as a short term fix for the water issue but without adding organic matter and some clay your vegetable beds won’t…
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Bish’s Sweet Potato Surprise
I have grown plenty of sweet potatoes in my gardens over the years, and they’re really easy to grow generally, although I’ve had hit and miss crops from them in terms of the potatoes themselves. But this year, when faced with a sprouting sweet potato in the cupboard, I decided to try something different, and…
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Bish Grows Spring Onions The Thrifty Way
I’ll readily admit I heard about this from PK directly, and have been super happy with how it’s gone – I’ve not bought spring onions for over a year as a result. The trick is to buy (your last!) bunch of spring onions from the supermarket, and make sure a few of the ends have…
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Cheese: Moliterno
Moliterno is a hard sheep and goats milk cheese that hails from southern Italy. It is full of flavour with a distinct but pleasant bight. It is medium on the salt scale and has a hard gritty texture. As such it is the perfect table cheese and can also be used in salads, sandwiches and…
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Cotechino
Cotechino is a traditional Italian sausage found through the northern areas and the central mountain regions. It is made from pork meat, rind and fat with spice blends that feature fennel but differ from one region to the next. Cotechino is slowly simmered in broth infused with herbs and spices over several hours. It makes…
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One Pot Chicken Chasseur
This hearty chicken stew is a signature dish in French cuisine. I have read that the pairing of mushrooms and chicken (the stars of the show) is not just a coincidence. During the hunt for chicken and other game, hunters would forage for mushrooms as they went. I can see how this dish would be…
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Pasta Cooked In Broth
The ultimate in comfort food, this pasta in broth recipe is example of how a few ingredients can make an amazing meal. I recently made a big batch of Italian chicken stockand used 2 cups of it below. I brought them to the boil and then added 1 cup of pasta. I reduced the heat…
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