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In the October 2009 issue of Burke’s Backyard magazine, on sale now nationally, our Kitchen Garden special feature is all about growing vegies and fruits in pots – and cherry tomatoes are a wonderful choice for containers (or growing in the ground, for that...
Seafood & Green Papaya Salad with Hot & Sour Dressing 250g cooked prawns peeled and deveined 250g squid cleaned and sliced 1 cup shredded green pawpaw 6 golden shallots, finely sliced 1 tablespoon finely chopped lemon grass 1 tablespoon finely shredded kaffir...
Like most herbs, parsley likes to be grown in a mostly sunny spot, but parsley is versatile in that it can take some shade through the day. In fact, in very hot parts of Australia, some shade during the middle of the day, or the afternoon, would be preferable....
Quinces The quince (Cydonia oblonga ) is an excellent backyard fruit tree for cooler parts of Australia. No wonder it is becoming trendy again, because it has several things going for it: it’s small (around 4-5m, but they can be kept smaller with pruning), it puts on...
Antonio’s tomato toast crusty bread, sliced thickly (sourdough is ideal) several large garlic cloves, cut in half several ripe tomatoes, cut in half olive oil, for drizzling salt, for sprinkling 1. Put the bread under a griller or on top of a barbecue, and lightly...
Silver beet: also called Swiss chard. Silver beet can look terrific in the kitchen garden as it comes in several colours. The colour differences are mostly in the stalks, which can be white, yellow, orange, red or pink, although you can get some varieties with red...
Preparation time: 20 minutes Cooking time: 30 minutes Makes: about 4 cups 1/2 cup (125mL) red wine vinegar 1/2 cup (125mL) balsamic vinegar 1 cup (200g) brown sugar 750g beetroot, peeled and grated 2 green apples, peeled and grated 1 onion, finely chopped 1 tablespoon...
Chicken with 40 garlic cloves 1.8 size chicken salt and freshly ground black pepper small bunch of herbs – bay leaf, sage, parsley, thyme and rosemary 40 unpeeled garlic cloves (see note) 1/4 cup olive oil toasted slices of baguette (long French bread), for serving 1....
Parsnip puree Wash, peel and prepare parsnips, cutting out any central woody cores. It doesn’t matter if you end up with lots of small pieces of parsnip. Now, fry the parsnip pieces in a knob of butter for 5 minutes, until they change colour, then pour over...
Lemon myrtle fish cakes This recipe is adapted from one which first appeared in the book, ‘Wild Lime’, by Juleigh Robins (published Allen & Unwin), which seems to be out of print at the moment, but your local library or secondhand bookstore might have it. This...