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Geoff’s Meringue Heart Dessert

Geoff Jansz helped Tracey Lukin make the perfect dessert to serve at a romantic dinner for two. Ingredients 2 eggs 1 tin poached fruit (pear halves) 5 level tablespoons caster sugar 50mL Cointreau 100mL red fruit juice (cranberry or raspberry) 1 tablespoon ice-cream...

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Kiwi Gold Terrine

Geoff Jansz demonstrated how to make a fabulous dessert using the new Kiwi Gold kiwi fruit. Ingredients 750ml apple juice 6 Kiwi Gold kiwi fruit, peeled, roughly chopped 6 green kiwi fruit, peeled, roughly chopped 3 tablespoon gelatine 1/2 cup cold water 1 cup caster...

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Win Geoff – Mud Crab

You may recall that some weeks ago we had our program where viewers could win Geoff to cook a meal for them. The Collins family of Hamilton, Brisbane were the winners and Geoff went to their home to cook mud crab for them. Ingredients Peanut oil 2 heaped tbsp ginger,...

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Double Yolkers

Helen Bristol wrote to Don saying that she’d recently bought a dozen eggs and about half of them were double yolkers. Helen wants to know how this happens, and if there are any beliefs surrounding eggs with double yolks. Don explained that a double yolk egg is...

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Grilled Mini Vegies

Geoff Jansz prepared a wonderful salad using mini vegetables, demonstrating that good things really do come in small packages! Ingredients Vegetables 1 bunch baby carrots, tops trimmed 1 bunch broccolini 1/2 red mini baby cabbage, cut into quarters 1/2 green mini baby...

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Kitchen Storage Solutions

Messy kitchen cupboards are disorganised, untidy and impractical. As well as looking bad, it’s impossible to find anything in them! Tara Dennis explained that there have been some exciting advances in modern kitchen design. She looked at some of the latest...

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Culinary Creation

Mark and Maureen Nicholls travelled the globe to meet each other. Mark is from England and Maureen is from Scotland, however they had to travel to Magnetic Island off the Queensland coast before they met and fell in love. A wedding in Scotland started their lives...

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Spring Duck Stir-fry

Geoff Jansz prepared a duck stir-fry that is delicious, easy to make, inexpensive, and has all the colours of spring. Ingredients 1/2 Chinese Peking duck, fat removed, skin and flesh diced 250g rice stick noodles or favourite rice noodles 1 bunch bok choy or favourite...

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Bird in Bird

Geoff Jansz prepared a family feast of stuffed chicken and spatchcock. Ingredients 1 boned chicken 1 boned spatchcock 50g butter 1/4 onion 3 slices bread 1 large rasher bacon 1/4 cup parsley 2 tablespoons currants Method To prepare the stuffing, chop the onion, bacon,...

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Roast Leg of Lamb

According to Geoff Jansz, cooking a lamb roast is risky business. Half the guests want a bland gravy, while the others want something more interesting! Geoff demonstrated an easy way to cook a leg of lamb, and showed how to turn one gravy into two for a win-win...

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