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Cooking with Coriander

...eds… Coriander olives Mix some crushed coriander seeds into your favourite olives from the deli, along with a dash of extra virgin olive oil, and stir well to combine the flavours and coat the olives. Fantastic as part of an antipasto platter served as an entree before a meal. Simple authentic Indian curry Fry together… Chopped onion, garlic, ginger and chilli for 5 minutes, then sprinkle in crushed cumin, coriander and turmeric. Then add a can of... read more

Warm potato salad

...olive oil 1 chorizo sausage, halved lengthways and sliced 1/2 cup Sicilian olives, pitted and quartered 2 tablespoons chopped parsley 1. Place the potatoes into a large saucepan and cover with water. Bring to the boil, and cook at a steady simmer for about 15 minutes, until tender. Drain and cool slightly. 2. Meanwhile, drop the beans into a saucepan of boiling water and cook for 2 minutes. Drain and plunge into iced water, then drain well. Cut in... read more

Ten Minute Meal

...ing pasta red onion tomato red capsicum ham parsley good quality olive oil olives, for garnish parmesan cheese, for garnish Method boil pasta in plenty of salted water chop the red onion, red capsicum, tomato, ham and parsley drain the pasta, and while it is still hot, toss it through the vegetables and allow the heat of the pasta to cook them toss through some good quality olive oil spoon out pasta with some of the vegetables on top garnish with... read more

Tapenade

...focaccia, or anything char-grilled. Ingredients   150g good quality black olives, pitted 2 tablespoons capers, preferably small 8 good quality anchovy fillets juice of half a lemon 1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard black pepper, freshly ground 100ml olive oil Method   1. Squash the olives to remove the seeds. 2. Put the olive flesh and the capers in a blender or food processor. (Note: if the capers are salted, rinse them first.) 3. Pour boiling water ov... read more

Parsley Tips and Recipes

...• 1/4 cup blanched almonds • 1 cup flat leaf parsley • 1 cup (160g) green olives, pitted • 1 tablespoon capers • 1 garlic clove, chopped • finely grated rind and juice of 1 lemon • 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil • vegetable oil, to fry 1. Dust the cutlets with flour, then dip into egg and then the breadcrumbs. Don’t worry about coating the bone, just the meat. Refrigerate for 30 minutes. 2. Meanwhile, combine the almonds, parsley, olives, capers,... read more

Don’s Tips: Backyard Harvest Times

Backyard Harvest
...vocadoes ripen a few days after picking – they don’t ripen on the tree All olives will ripen to a black colour which indicates ripeness. For green olives pick when the juice from the olive turns from clear to milky. Citrus are ripe when one tastes good. They can be greenish and ripe or yellow or orange and still not ripe. Harvest sour ones for marmalade. Most fruit are ripe when they colour and when one picked fruit tastes OK All green vegetables... read more

Spring Salad

...se a little grey or sea salt, but salads which include ingredients such as olives or anchovies will not require as much salt. Other flavourings: capers, mustard and olives are standard additions to salads. However, Geoff recommends tasting all the salad leaves before adding other flavourings, which might compete. Crunch: instead of the usual croutons, consider using nuts. Geoff’s favourites are pine nuts and walnuts Fresh herbs: Geoff often uses d... read more

Mediterranean chicken

...oes 1 cup chicken stock 4 large sprigs thyme 1/2 cup (75g) pitted kalamata olives (75g) baby spinach leaves 1. Trim fat from the chicken. Heat the olive oil in a large, deep, heavy-based frying pan. Cook the chicken in 2 batches over medium heat for 5 minutes, turning until golden brown. Set aside on a plate. 2. Reduce the heat slightly and add the onion, celery and fennel to the pan. Cook for 10 minutes, stirring often, until very soft and lightl... read more

Home Grown Tomato Sauce

...cumber, potatoes onions, pears, apples, peaches, nectarines, figs, lemons, olives, walnuts and almonds. The Vaccaros bake their own bread in a home-made, wood-fired oven. They also make their own wine, and pickle and preserve their own fruit and vegetables. Maria and Fred showed Geoff Jansz how to make sugo, fresh pasta and an authentic Italian pasta sauce. Maria and Fred’s Sugo Recipe Ingredients 2 kg ripe tomatoes, cored & squeezed to remove see... read more

Fabulous Food

...pasta made from durum wheat, olive paste, Italian tomato sauce, anchovies, olives, Parmesan cheese from Italy, Calaspara rice for making Spanish paellas, English biscuits, French tea, Australian smoked salmon, sausages, cheeses and olive oil. All the stores have helpful staff who know and love the items they stock and who enjoy helping people with their purchases. The Geoff Jansz list of quality ingredient and cookware suppliers While there are un... read more

Don’s Last Supper Lamb Cutlets

...s Mozzarella cheese, sliced into thin rounds Parmesan cheese, grated Black olives, seeded and sliced into cheeks Prosciutto, sliced lengthways into two narrow pieces Tomato Relish ½ medium red onion, chopped 1 tsp fresh rosemary, chopped 2 tbsp fresh Italian parsley, chopped 4 ripe tomatoes, cored, diced into chunks pinch salt pinch chilli powder pinch black pepper 3 tbsp good quality balsamic vinegar 1½ tsp brown sugar 2 tbsp olive oil Method In... read more

Don’s Tips: Great Weeds

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...duce seeds for native finches. Guinea grass, panic veldt grass, winter grass and summer grass all produce bird-feeding seeds. Wild olive trees in South Australia can be heart stoppingly beautiful – and the wild olives taste far better than the larger cultivated ones. So spare a thought for your local weeds. Most of them are here to stay, not matter what we do. So why not sit back and enjoy them! Hooroo!... read more