Preparation time: 20 minutes Cooking time: 5 minutes + overnight freezing Serves: 8 • 11/2 cups (330g) caster sugar • 3 cups (750mL) water • 2 cups (500mL) freshly squeezed Valencia orange juice • finely grated rind of 1 orange • 300g frozen cranberries 1....
Preparation time: 15 minutes Cooking time: nil Serves: 8 • 500g strawberries, hulled and thickly sliced • 2 teaspoons icing sugar • 20cm plain sponge cake • 1/4 to 1/3 cup liqueur (such as Frangelico or Grand Marnier) • 250g tub mascarpone (Italian-style cream...
2 kg green apples, washed 1/4 cup (60 ml) lemon juice 1 cinnamon stick 2-3 cups (440g-550g) sugar 10 drops pink food colouring (optional) 2 teaspoons rose flower water 1 cup (tightly packed) unsprayed rose petals 1. Chop the apples into 3cm chunks, and place into a...
Preparation time: 30 minutes Cooking time: 5 minutes + 4 hours setting Serves: 8 • 2 1/2 cups (625mL) milk • 1 vanilla bean, split lengthways and seeds scraped • 6 egg yolks • 1/2 cup (110g) caster sugar • 3 teaspoons gelatine • 300mL cream, whipped Fruit salad •...
Backyard vegie growers who planted capsicums a few months ago should be enjoying a good harvest around September – maybe even a glut – so try these two recipes which use capsicums in new ways that maybe you haven’t tried before. Both involve stuffing the...
Grapes are in season now and they’re wonderful just as they are, as a healthy, refreshing snack at any time of day. Chicken with Grapes and Guinness Grapes go really well with chicken, so try this idea which also uses Guinness – just one week too late for St Patrick’s...
Harvesting pumpkins When ripe, pumpkins will have taken on their ripe colour (which varies with the variety you have grown) and the stem which connects the fruit to the plant will have dried and become wrinkly and woody. Use secateurs to cut the ripe pumpkins from the...
Easy lemon-roasted chicken The idea for this is so simple. Just stuff the bird with a whole lemon, and the lemon flavour will go through the chicken as it roasts. However, if you make some fine cuts through the lemon skin it will release more juices, and if you rub...
Rhubarb tips and recipes Autumn is rhubarb-harvesting time, so it’s at its best in the shops. It’s usually sold in bunches, but sometimes stalks are sold individually. About 8-10 stalks makes a bunch, enough to make a good dessert for a family of 4-6 people. If the...
In the May 2009 issue of ‘Burke’s Backyard’ magazine, on sale April 27, our Kitchen Garden special feature is on growing broad beans and peas. These space-saving crops are ideal for growing in small spaces, as they can be grown up walls or on trellises. May is the...