Archive for October, 2009
Cooking SOS – Michel Roux Jr averts those kitchen disasters
Posted: 30 October '09 by Niall
Is your soup too salty? Is your sauce too lumpy? Never fear.. help is at hand! With tips that include how to save a stale baguette (“wrap it up in a damp cloth for 20 minutes, then remove from the cloth and place in a hot oven for 2-3 minutes. This will revive the bread..
Categories: News
How to make apple crumble with custard
Posted: 30 October '09 by Niall
Ah, school dinners.. While I’m not one for desserts, I have a deep-seated love of jam roly-poly, spotted dick, apple crumble, and the rest of those stodgy, custard-covered, rib-lining sweets. Here’s one of our favourites – apple crumble with homemade custard. The “homemade” part is important – none of that tinned gloop or coloured cornflour..
Categories: Recipes
Brownies with white chocolate buttons
Posted: 28 October '09 by Ciara
I was “surfing the net” a few weeks ago looking for a brownie recipe and came across a Nigella Lawson one. I have to confess, it was the first time that I have ever tried one of her recipes and I can tell you I was delighted with the results. These have to be the..
Categories: Recipes
Vegetarians, look away now: Our steak pie recipe
Posted: 28 October '09 by Niall
With the rain lashing down and a gale blowing outside our front door, we huddled around the fire. As gloomy as this sounds, I wasn’t too down-hearted.. Winter is coming – and this means “goodbye” to salads and “hello” to more substantial dishes. I like that. A quick trip to Forestside (McGee’s butchers, to be..
Categories: Recipes
Sydney Harbour Bridge welcomes 6000 picnickers for Breakfast on the Bridge
Posted: 26 October '09 by Kelly
Sydney Harbour Bridge was closed yesterday morning and the eight lanes of tarmac given a temporary make-over – with 10,000 metres of turf, and a small herd of cows. As part of “Crave Sydney”, an event to celebrate Sydney’s unmatched way of life with 31 days of food, outdoor art and fun during the month..
Categories: News > Things to do
How to make your own strawberry jam
Posted: 23 October '09 by Niall
The last time we walked around our local supermarket I spied some sorry looking strawberries – small and misshapen they might have been, but perfect for making jam! You don’t need any special skills for jam: it’s a fairly simple process, and the end result is well worth it. But strawberry jam is a slight..
Categories: Recipes
Anyone for pigs’ feet???
Posted: 22 October '09 by Kelly
‘Pigs’ trotters, are you mad?!!’ I hear you say…. but it seems in times of recession, restaurants are turning to cheaper cuts of meat like pork belly and faggots to entice people to eat out more. But would a plate of offal, tripe or pigs’ trotters entice you to go out for a meal? Well, Niall and..
Categories: News
Wine Review: Sangre de Toro 2006
Posted: 21 October '09 by Niall
On a horrible wind-swept and rainy evening, Kelly and I thought we’d cheer ourselves up with a cheeky bottle (or two!) of wine. Amazing how wine can do that. The Torres wines are firm favourites of ours: consistently good flavours, and not too hard on the pocket. And depending on your choice, you also get..
Categories: Wine Reviews
