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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

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

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

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

Parsley Tips and Recipes

...t! Cooking with parsley There’s a lot of nonsense said about how inferior curly parsley is to flat-leaf parsley. Curly leaf parsley does have a milder flavour compared to flat leaf parsley, but it’s still a very good, versatile herb that goes well in sauces, soups, stews, salads and many other dishes. Curly leaf parsley is easier to chop finely than flat-leaf parsley. In fact, after washing flat leaf parsley, it’s a good idea to hang it upside dow... 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

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

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

Don’s Tips: Weeds

Weeding
...better – especially on problem weeds. These new sprays also work better during Autumn/Winter as well. Send us before and after pictures of your weed successes. You can do this by going to burkesbackyard.com, select the Facebook page (the small symbol near the top right with an f in a green circle) and then put your before and after photos in the section that says Write Something On This Page….. We’ll send a Burke’s Backyard pack to the best weede... read more

Low Maintenance Garden

...spare time keeping it in shape, consider conifers such as Spartan juniper (Juniperus virginiana ‘Spartan’) which grow naturally into a pleasing, conical shape. Further reading See the bonus 20-page section on low maintenance gardens in the November edition of the Burke’s Backyard magazine. The magazine is available at newsagents for $4.80.... read more

Bird-friendly & Beautiful

...rds will definitely come to your garden. But with a design like the one on page 38 you’ll have every chance of fulfilling your dreams. If you don’t understand the pavilion thing in this garden design just go to the Burke’s Backyard website at www.burkesbackyard.com.au and look up the Backyard Blitz fact sheet in the 2005 makeover archives, and find the ‘Ultimate Outdoor Entertainer’. It has all the details. And promise me that you will send your r... read more

Potatoes recipes

...in the coriander leaves. Now your filling is made, but let it cool down for 20 minutes before making the pies. Shaping the pies: I find that using small tart tins 10cm wide and 2cm deep makes this easy (mine come as a tray with four tarts per tray). Spray the inside of each tart tin with light olive oil, then add a layer of mashed potato about 5-10mm thick. Then put a dollop of meat filling inside. Top with more mashed potato to seal into a pie sh... read more