Warm Thai Beef Salad -fresh and flavoursome with hints of chilli, ginger and lemongrass
This one is for Wayne, one of his fave foods. 700gm beef steak sliced thinly 1 tab fresh ginger grated 1 tab lime rind finely grated 1 tab lime juice…
Kedgeree originally called ‘khichdi’, a colonial Indian dish now a favorite in the UK.
1 ½ cups white long grain rice 415gm canned red salmon 80gm butter 1/3 cup parsley chopped 2 teas lemon juice 3 hard boiled eggs Cook rice in large saucepan…
Mushroom Risotto – first appeared in 1809 in Lombardy but risotto dates back to the Arabs in the 14th century BC
750ml chicken stock 1 litre water 2 tabs olive oil 1 small onion chopped finely 10gm butter 2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced 100gm fresh shiitake mushrooms thinly sliced 100gm button…
Sweet Chilli Chicken with Cashews a delightful dish with coriander on top.
700gm single chicken breast fillets sliced thinly ¼ cup finely chopped fresh coriander leaves 1 chilli seeded and sliced thinly 1 tab sesame oil 2 teas crushed garlic 2 tabs…
Christmas Vanilla Sugar Cookies – a recipe as old as time
225gm/1cup unsalted butter softened (or use salted and skip the salt addition) 220gm/1cup caster sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla 1 large egg 450gm (3 cups) plain flour 3/4 teaspoons baking…
Chicken and Galangal Root Soup – so flavoursome one plate is not enough !
750ml chicken stock 4cm fresh galangal sliced thickly 2 sticks fresh lemon grass cut into 5cm pieces 4 fresh kaffir lime leaves 2 teaspoons coriander root and stem chopped roughly…