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I’ve never made Coq au Vin and I thought it was a lot more complicated than it is! 3 cups of red wine – is this a dish...
As we start to get closer to Christmas (less than 4 weeks away!) our focus starts to turn towards Christmas day brunch, lunch,...
So this week we are firing up the BBQ and cooking steak with Béarnaise, I would like to introduce everyone to the wonderful...
1 kg smoked fish 1 fennel bulb, finely diced reserve the fronds for later 2 onions, peeled and diced 3 cloves garlic,...
Cook time:1 ½ hours, prep time 12 minutes 250g smoked bacon belly, cut into strips 4 large red onions, very finely sliced 4...
Chermoula 2 shallots or 1 onion, peeled and diced 8 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed 1 small knob ginger, peeled 2...
3 day marinated spring lamb (serves 6-8) Prep time: 15 minutes Cooking time: 30 minutes 1 boned and rolled lamb shoulder,...
Uber Crispy Chicken burger with Fennel Slaw (makes 4 burgers) 6 boneless skinless chicken thighs 1 cup yogurt 1 cup milk 100g cornflour 100g...
Whilst the rest of the country outside Auckland are finding a bit of new found freedom unfortunately we are still in lockdown...
A great Father's Day dessert: Ingredients 250g gingernut biscuits 125g unsalted butter, melted 500g cream cheese 300g sour...
Whiskey Marmalade 5 oranges 1 grapefruit 250g jam setting sugar 2 tsp whiskey Using a vegetable peeler, thinly pare...
This week I want to bring you a recipe that will not only challenge our little ones, but gets them thinking about yeast,...
1 onion, finely diced 4 cloves garlic, crushed 1 Tbsp oil 1 cup Arborio rice 1/2 cup white wine like a chardonnay 4 cups...
Ingredients 1 head of cauliflower oil for cooking seasalt and cracked pepper 1 knob ginger, peeled and mircoplaned 1/2 flat...
Serve with crispy breaded pork lion cutlets Anchoiade Sauce 1/4 cup 10 cloves garlic, peeled and sliced 3 shallots, sliced 100...
MIKE'S LEFTOVER PIES (serves 4) 1 tbsp cooking oil 1⁄2 onion, sliced 1 clove garlic, crushed 2 portobello mushrooms, sliced 12...
Fast Fishermans pie (serves 6) 700g smoked kahawai, flaked3 Tbsp butter3 Tbsp flour2 cups milk, warmed1 Tbsp wholegrain mustard4...
Chocolate cakes in a salted caramel sauce (serves 6-8) Chocolate cake ½ vegetable oil 250ml cream 1 cup boiling water 1 tsp...
Stuffed apple crumble 2 tbsp brown sugar 1 tsp corn-starch 1 tsp vanilla essence 1 tbsp lemon juice 1 tsp cinnamon, ground 1/4...
Coq au vin with parsnip mash (serves 6) 1.5kg skinless, bone-in free range chicken thigh 2 cups red wine 6 baby white onions,...
Mike's Power Bars 2½ cups cooking oats ½ cup shredded coconut ½ tsp vanilla essence ½ tsp sea salt ½ tsp ground cinnamon ½...
Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 50 minutes 3 large eggs 1 cup plain yoghurt Zest from one lemon ½ cup vegetable oil 2 Tbsp...
Parmesan Gnocchi 300gm bread flour 450ml milk 100gm butter 1 tsp salt 6 eggs 1 cup grated parmesan 1 cup fresh herbs, chopped 2...
1 size 14 chicken 2 lemons 8 cloves of garlic, crushed seasalt 1 tsp cooking oil 1 oven bag Hot kumara salad 15 small Kumara 2...
