Thursday, 11th March 2010
Enjoy cooking good food with seasonal produce
Cucumbers. Not necessarily the most exciting vegetable are they? They seem to be faithful companions in many salads and I know I can’t have a Pimms without a long thin wedge bobbing around in the glass. But try the recipe for Cucumber Salad - gurkensalat, as it’s called in the Barossa Valley - I think you’ll find it so crunchy and refreshing it’ll become a summer favourite …
Isn’t this just the most wonderful photograph? The colours zing around you and not only that, there’s a watermelon on the stool which fits in perfectly with the delicious Watermelon Sorbet that follows …
What do you do for a meal when you really don’t much feel like cooking but you know something is required? When a boiled egg isn’t quite what you’re after or when the taste buds are jaded and you crave that intangible combination of comfort and flavour in 10 minutes or less? I’ll tell you my two favourite stand-by recipes …
Summer Pudding has to be one of the most luscious desserts you can make. Have you made one? The jewel-like colour of the pudding is a visual feast but what makes it so special is that with very few ingredients you can create a truly brilliant summer taste sensation …
Have you ever noticed that most summer vegetables grow above the earth in the light and air? Asparagus and beetroot are two exceptions but we won’t hold that against them. The following recipes for asparagus are current favourites, well worth adding to your summer repertoire …
Absolutely no heat required to make Strawberries Al Formaggio which is just as well as we head into hot summer days with the sound of cicadas ever present. Many other berries are in season in December so don’t feel you have to stay true to the recipe. Explore other taste temptations …
At Christmas time last year (2008) Margaret Fulton released her new cook book simply titled Christmas. I went to a lunch where she spoke about the book, and many other things beside, but Womensnook was not quite up and running at the time so I couldn’t tell you about it. But we all know it’s never too late so here is what I wrote at the time …
