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Cumquats: The French Alternative It’s cumquat eating time! The problem is that cumquats are a bit tart eaten straight from the tree, and although you don’t want to waste your cumquats you might not want to go to the trouble of making cumquat marmalade....
Date and Orange Cake Geoff Jansz shows us how to whip up a sensational date and orange cake. This dessert is simple to make, tastes wonderful and would be perfect to serve at your next dinner party. Ingredients 150g fresh dates, pitted Grated rind and juice of 1...
For a quick and easy meal all you need to do is go to the deli. Buy your favourite dip and some other ingredients that would go with it as well as some deli pasta to whip up Geoff Jansz’s Deli Dip Pasta. Ingredients 125g container of favourite dip (Geoff used...
Peter Valder has always been very fond of devilled almonds, a sort of upmarket equivalent to potato chips or salted peanuts to serve with drinks. There are no fixed quantities for this recipe, but Peter recommends being conservative with the cayenne pepper at first....
Don’s Leftover Lamb Curry Don made a rare appearance in the kitchen to pass on his own family recipe for lamb curry. You won’t find this one in a recipe book! It’s made from leftovers – basically just use whatever is lying about in the...
In a hurry and have to feed yourself or the whole family? The obvious choice is to pick up a take-away on the way home. If you only do this occasionally there’s no problem, but it’s not a good idea to use fast foods as regular meal substitutes. Take-aways...
Eggplant If you’ve never eaten an eggplant before, now is a good time to start! They’re in season at the moment, which means they’re fairly cheap and the flavour is at its best. Although used mostly as a vegetable, the eggplant, or aubergine, is...
Fish and Chips Geoff Jansz demonstrates how to make great fish and chips using a simple beer batter. When it comes to choosing your fish, it really is a matter of taste. If you like white fleshed, delicate fish Geoff recommends flathead. Gemfish and shark (also known...
Pears notes Pears are wonderful eaten on their own. Either choose from traditional pear varieties such as Williams, Packham, Beurre Bosc or Corella, all of which you eat when ripe. Or just go out and try the wonderful, crisp, juicy Nashi pear anytime, which is eaten...
It’s apple season, and the perfect time to impress your guests with this delicious Apple Galette. The recipe is very simple to put together at home, yet the result is a restaurant quality dessert. Geoff Jansz recommends using Golden Delicious or Fuji apples,...