Sago Plum Pudding This old-fashioned dessert is made from simple ingredients, but it has a unique flavour. Ingredients 4 tablespoons sago or seed tapioca1 1/4 cups milk1 1/2 tsp butter, softened1/2 cup sugar1 cup raisins1 cup soft, white, breadcrumbs1/2...
Sauces Peter Valder showed how to make sauces to enhance the flavour of good, old-fashioned, plain foods. Seafood sauce 3 tablespoons mayonnaise2 teaspoons tomato sauce2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce2 teaspoons hot chilli sauceVary to taste Mix thoroughly, put into...
Slow Down You Move Too Fast There’s a natural law that states that animal metabolism is inversely related to size: big animals have a slow metabolism and live longer, while little animals live fast and die young. Regardless of size, the number of heartbeats for...
Sour Cream Chocolate Cake This deliciously decadent dessert from Geoff Jansz serves 8 people, and it only takes about 30 minutes to prepare. Ingredients 1 3/4 cups self-raising flour pinch salt 125g softened butter 1 1/2cups caster sugar 1 tspn vanilla extract...
This fabulous Thai dish is quick and easy to prepare, and it tastes delicious. For our television segment, Geoff Jansz prepared Pad Thai using ingredients which are readily available. Another version of his recipe in the August edition of the Burke’s Backyard...
Spring rolls are popular as a takeaway, but as Geoff Jansz demonstrated, they’re also very easy to make in your own kitchen. In our segment Geoff admitted that he doesn’t know why they’re called spring rolls, although he knows how to cook them....
Parsnips Several weeks ago on Burke’s Backyard Don made some disparaging comments about parsnips. He said that he wouldn’t feed parsnips to pigs, and that any parent who feeds them to their children should be shot. These remarks prompted a huge...
Spring Salad These tips from Geoff Jansz will help you to make the perfect salad! Geoff’s tips Salad leaves: be gentle with them. Wash well, shake and gently towel dry, then tear into bite-sized pieces Salad bowl: use a large bowl to toss the salad, so...
Passionfruit Sauce – The French Alternative Throughout history people have regarded different kinds of fruit as aphrodisiacs. The most obvious example is the apple, and the part it played in Adam and Eve’s hasty departure from the Garden of Eden!...
Geoff Jansz demonstrated how to make a delicious, strawberry shortbread dessert. Shortbread 1/2 cup butter, softened 1/4 cup caster sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla essence 3/4 cup plain flour Strawberry coulis 2 punnets fresh strawberries 4 tablespoons caster sugar Cream...