Name: Coriander, Chinese parsley, cilantro, ketumbar. Varieties: Coriander can ‘bolt’ to seed quickly (ie, plant doesn’t produce many leaves but flowers early then produces seeds). This is a problem in hot weather. ‘Slowbolting’ varieties are available....
Using fresh coriander leaves… These are used a lot in Asian cuisine, of course, & very popular in Mexican food, too. The Spanish word for coriander is ‘cilantro’ and that’s the name used for coriander throughout the USA. Asian stir-fries...
Varieties: Prostrate growing varieties are available, as well as various flower colours. Appearance: A dense shrub with masses of fragrant, thin, dark green leaves, usually with small blue flowers, but pink-and white-flowered varieties are also available. Growing...
Spinach with pine nuts and sultanas Heat a tiny bit of olive oil in a frypan and stir-fry a bunch of chopped spinach leaves over fairly high heat for a few minutes, until the spinach starts to wilt. Season with salt and pepper, then toss in a generous handful...
Moroccan mint tea This tea can be made in a pot, but my mate Antonio makes his in a coffee plunger, and it looks good. The trick is to use green tea as well as mint. This gives the tea real ‘body’. For each person, allow 1 green tea bag plus two mint leaves,...
Cumquat Recipes below – best recipe is for dark chocolate cake with cumquats and it’s in the August 2009 issue of the Burke’s Backyard magazine Tracy Rutherford’s Spiced Cumquats 1kg cumquats 1/2 cups (330g) caster sugar 1/2 cup (125mL) water 1 cinnamon...
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Pineapple Layer: 1 x 450g can crushed pineapple 1/4 cup cornflour mixed with 1/4 cup water 2 eggs (separated) Coconut Cream Layer: 1-1/2 cups milk 3/4 cup sugar 1/4 cup cornflour mixed with 1/4 cup water 1 cup coconut 1 tablespoon butter 1 teaspoon vanilla 1...
2 kgs corned beef 2 carrots, sliced 1 onion, halved 1 teaspoon whole black peppercorns 1 tablespoon vinegar Method Place all ingredients in a large saucepan, cover with water and bring slowly to the boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 2 hours. Serve Serve with...
Geoff Jansz has prepared 262 recipes on Burke’s Backyard, but he has saved his best until last. Ingredients: 1/2 loaf day old white bread, crusts removed 4 cloves of garlic, roughly chopped 1 tsp black pepper 2 eggs, beaten with fork 1/2 cup plain flour garlic...