Category: Kitchen ~ Recipes

Camp-oven Cook-off recipes
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Camp-oven Cook-off recipes

The winning recipes, Sri Lankan pepper beef curry, Three picket roast roo and Southern Gumbo.

Spiced Chicken & Mango Salad
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Spiced Chicken & Mango Salad

Serves two. Chicken breast with a Chinese five spice lift, mango and macadamia nuts with pea shoots or watercress.

Fish Tacos with Fresh Mango Salsa
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Fish Tacos with Fresh Mango Salsa

Serves four. Marinated fish fillets with a mango salsa makes this special (and quick) tortilla filling.

Grilled Mango with Caramelised Brioche
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Grilled Mango with Caramelised Brioche

Serves two. Great way to use left over pannettone, or buy some brioche just for the pleasure of it.

Apricot and Lemon Jam
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Apricot and Lemon Jam

Looks like it’s making Jam time to me. This recipe was originally for dried apricots, but works great with fresh ones.

La Rocciata di Assisi
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La Rocciata di Assisi

A traditional Christmas sweet from Umbria in the heart of Italy.

Panforte – Siena cake
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Panforte – Siena cake

Matthew Evans’ recipe for panforte differs from most others with the addition of some Golden Syrup, but I reckon that’s an important part of the taste of this version of a year round favourite.

Bizcochitos – Christmas tradition from New Mexico
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Bizcochitos – Christmas tradition from New Mexico

This biscuit was made the official New Mexico state cookie in 1989, then the legislature debated on how to spell the name. Picking one recipe is just as difficult.

Classic Strawberry Pavlova
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Classic Strawberry Pavlova

My aunt Elsie was always the ‘gold standard’ for pavlovas at our family get-togethers, crisp outside and soft, fluffy and just chewy centres. I’ve never replicated them.

Sautéed Brussels Sprouts with Pancetta
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Sautéed Brussels Sprouts with Pancetta

If you’re a brussels sprout lover this is a really satisfying dish, entree or main.

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Chilli Lamb in Red Wine

This was the winning entry in the Roadkill Stew section at the Camp Oven Cook-off. Works on a stove top too.

Your own Dry Cured Bacon
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Your own Dry Cured Bacon

The UK based Local Food Heroes Blog has a good introduction to dry curing and addresses the issues of the toxicity of the chemicals used in curing, please read it first before attempting this recipe. They also have calculator so you can match the amount of ingredients to the actual size of your piece of [...]

Cooking with truffles #3 -The recipes
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Cooking with truffles #3 -The recipes

The temptation is to show off with this expensive ingredient. Starting simply gives rewards.

Cooking with truffles #2 – Tasting
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Cooking with truffles #2 – Tasting

First you have to learn what fresh truffles taste like. The solution is to eat out.

Spaghetti ai peperoncini verdi (or rosso)
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Spaghetti ai peperoncini verdi (or rosso)

When bell peppers/capsicums are cheap, or plentiful it’s usually at the end of the summer and salads season, so we think about cooking them.