Food and Recipes


Apple Teacake

Nothing beats home-baked apple teacake with a cup of tea or coffee. Geoff Jansz used Golden Delicious apples for this recipe, because they are sweet and hold their shape when cooked. You’ll need2 x 23cm springform cake tins, lined with baking paper and lightly greased...

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Kitchen Essentials and Recipes

Geoff Jansz explained how to set up a pantry. The idea is that you stock up on basic ingredients for 20 to 30 different meals, then you only need to shop for the fresh components. Geoff divided the ingredients into two main categories, to reflect the two major...

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BBQ Pavlova

Geoff Jansz set up a barbecue on Fort Denison, Sydney Harbour, and demonstrated how to make a true blue Aussie pavlova featuring bush fruits. Ingredients (makes 4 individual pavlovas) 3 eggwhites 1/2 cup caster sugar lemon juice 3 teaspoons cornflour vanilla essence...

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Food Myths

Geoff Jansz looked at some of the most common kitchen and food myths. Avocados Myth 1:  Cholesterol Many people believe avocados are high in cholesterol. To counter this, those marketing avocados put stickers on the fruit that read ‘no cholesterol’. While avocados are...

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Geoff and Jamie’s Sri Lanka

Contents How to Get There The Cultural Triangle Travel Considerations Geoff’s Recipes Geoff and Jamie’s Itinerary Growers Markets Locations Located at the southern tip of India, Sri Lanka is an exquisite, pear-shaped island afloat in the Indian Ocean....

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Hors d’oeuvres

Using Geoff’s simple tips, these everyday appetisers can be jazzed up to add some real style to your next dinner party or barbeque. Tomato & red onion bruschetta Ingredients 6 salad tomatoes, pulp removed and finely diced (see tip below) 12 basil leaves, cut...

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Ainsley Harriott’s Sinhalese Linguine & Prawns

According to celebrity chef, Ainsley Harriott, when it comes to cheap, low fat, really tasty food, nothing beats his Sinhalese linguine prawn pasta. Ainsley prepared this budget meal for two people in 20 minutes from start to finish! Try using spaghetti or noodles for...

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Chicken in a Bag

Geoff Jansz showed how to make the perfect TV dinner. It’s a mixture of French technique, the Australian casual approach and some Asian ingredients. Ingredients 500g chicken thighs, diced off the bone 1 clove garlic, minced 1 red chilli, chopped 1/2 onion, chopped 1...

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Tenderising meat

Kiwifruit contains an enzyme that helps to tenderise meat. Just pop a kiwifruit into a food processor or blender, and puree. Use the puree to coat both sides of your steak. Cover and refrigerate the steak for three hours, brush off the kiwifruit and then place the...

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Guiseppine & Nicola’s Garden and Sauce Recipe

Don visited the Sydney home of Guiseppine and Nicola Fusco. Like many Italians, they grow, process and cook much of their own food. On the day we visited, Guiseppine and Nicola were harvesting tomatoes, eggplants, beans and cucumbers. As well as vegetables, they grow...

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