Posted in Cooking on Jun 26th, 2010
Recently I’ve had a hankering for some Split Pea Soup, usually something I associate with cold winters days … yet it’s the middle of summer. A few things led me to this urge. I had some ham bones from a ham I’d cured and smoked some time ago in the freezer ( My mother used [...]
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Posted in Cooking on Jun 12th, 2010
I’ve been looking for a decent quality pork belly for a while now to make a good slab of bacon ( well not really bacon because it’s not smoked, but cured and dry hung ). I was about to hunt down some from a local farm when I found a secret stash down at wholefoods. [...]
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Posted in Cooking on May 16th, 2010
I’ve been watching Master Chef Australia whenever I can get hold of an episode and in a recent episode they were making a bunch of Duck dishes and it reminded me that it’s been a while since I cooked Duck. I decided there and then that I needed to remedy the situation as duck is [...]
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Posted in Cooking on Feb 15th, 2010
Here’s a really nice simple soup that tastes great. I sauté half an onion and a clove of garlic in some EVO, then add a splash of wine and a chopped head and stem of Broccoli. Added enough stock to just cover the Broccoli and simmered until the Broccoli was soft, but not mush. Blended [...]
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Posted in Cooking, Featured, Headline on Sep 14th, 2008
Decided to make pizza tonight and thought that some of my left over Terrine filling would be an excellent start. While taking it out of the freezer I also found some home made bacon and home made Pastrami. Excellent I thought, this will make a kick-ass pizza. I’ve also wanted to try making a Pizza [...]
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Posted in Cooking on Jun 7th, 2008
The Perfect breakfast
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