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Black olives in a bowl

Curing Olives

You’ll need: fresh black or green olives salt water sterilised glass jars with lids* 1. First, wash and prepare the olives. Discard any with blemishes, separate the green and black ones if necessary (they have different soaking times, so need to be soaked separately)....

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Geoff’s Brown Rice

Geoff Jansz walked the streets of Carlton in Melbourne, helping people with their culinary questions. He met Chris and Voula Paschalidis, who admitted to having a problem with brown rice. Geoff went to their place, solved their problem and cooked dinner at the same...

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Seafood BBQ

Asian marinade 2 stalks coriander, chopped juice of 2 limes 1/2 medium-hot chilli, chopped 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, finely grated 8 leaves Vietnamese mint, chopped 1 large stalk lemongrass, chopped 1/2 red onion, finely diced 1/2 clove garlic, mashed 50ml sunflower...

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The Jansz/Blitz Wedding Cake

Choux buns 200g butter, cut into cubes 500ml water 260g plain flour 8 eggs 1. Put the butter and water in a large saucepan and bring to a very gentle simmer. As soon as all the butter has melted, tip in the flour. Take off the heat and beat together thoroughly. 2. Add...

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Anna’s Rabbit Stew

Thanks to Anna Gauci for sharing her recipe with Burke’s Backyard viewers. Ingredients * 1 rabbit, cut into pieces oil * 1 large onion, chopped * 4 garlic cloves, chopped * 1/2 teaspoon curry powder * 1/2 teaspoon sugar * 1 cup green peas * salt to taste * 2...

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