Food and Recipes


Raspberry Tarts

Preparation time: 30 minutes + 20 minutes chilling  
Cooking time: 15-20 minutes  Makes: 12 • 1 cup (150g) plain flour • 1/2 cup (60g) ground almonds • 1/4 cup (35g) icing sugar mixture • 80g cold butter, chopped • 1 teaspoon vanilla essence • 2 tablespoons iced water...

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Peach and White Chocolate Trifles

Preparation time: 30 minutes + 1 hour chilling  Cooking time: 5 minutes  Makes: 6 • 180g white chocolate, broken up • 300mL thickened cream • 4 peaches • 3 jam rollettes • 1/4 cup Cointreau, or the liqueur of your choice • 2 tablespoons flaked almonds, lightly toasted...

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Passion Hearts

Preparation time: 20 minute Cooking time: 5 minutes 
Makes: 6 • 300g ricotta • 1/2 cup (110g) caster sugar • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract • 250g mascarpone • pulp of 6 passionfruit, sieved • 1 tablespoon icing sugar 1. Using electric beaters, beat the ricotta, caster...

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Mango and Coconut Muffins

Preparation time: 20 minutes Cooking time: 25-30 minutes Makes: 8 large muffins • 21/2 cups (375g) self-raising flour • 2/3 cup (135g) brown sugar • 2 teaspoons ground ginger • 1/2 cup (45g) desiccated coconut • 2 eggs • 1 cup (250mL) milk • 125g butter, melted and...

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Tracy Rutherford’s Duck Salad

2UE listeners’ bonus recipe And for Don Burke’s 2UE listeners, we have a bonus salad recipe for you to try: Tracy Rutherford’s Duck Salad. You can substitute cooked barbecued chicken for the duck if you prefer, but whichever meat you choose this is a wonderful Asian...

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Vegetable spaghetti

Bonus recipe: as a special bonus for Don’s 2UE listeners, we have an easy lemon-herb sauce recipe that goes well with pasta and also with vegetable spaghetti. Lemon & herb pasta 1 lemon, rind grated and juiced 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 1/3 cup...

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Sowing seeds (and an easy lamb and bean curry)

The fact is that some vegies and herbs in particular actually grow better and more happily from seed, compared with seedlings. Good examples of plants which grow better from seed include parsley, parsnips, carrots, beetroot and beans. As a bonus for Don Burke’s...

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Stir-fried silverbeet with nutmeg

And as a bonus for Don Burke’s 2UE listeners, we have a simple recipe where a pinch of nutmeg at the end makes all the difference. Stir-fried silverbeet with nutmeg Heat some light olive oil in a frypan and stir-fry a bunch of washed and chopped silverbeet...

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Shaker-style lemon pie

Prep time: 30 minutes Cooking time: 45 minutes + chilling  Serves: 10 • 4 lemons (about 150g each) • 11/2 cups (330g) caster sugar • 5 eggs • 1 teaspoon vanilla essence Pastry • 2 cups (300g) plain flour • 2 tablespoons icing sugar • 150g cold butter, chopped • 3-4...

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Baked eggs with creamy spinach

Preparation time: 15 minutes Cooking time: about 15 minutes Serves: 4 • 
2 bunches English spinach • 40g butter • 
1/2 cup (125mL) 
thin cream • pinch nutmeg • 
2 tablespoons finely grated parmesan • 4 eggs • 
extra virgin olive oil, to drizzle • toast, to serve 1....

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