The flavours of many native herbs and spices and some fruits, for example, muntharies, are well utilised incorporated into crepes or bread dishes and bread sauces. All these soak up flavour and are economic uses of these bushfoods. The mixture ...
200g prepared refried bunya nut pastry 50g munthari 1 medium onion, chopped 1 clove garlic, chopped 2 large mushrooms, sliced 2 shiitake or Chinese mushrooms, sliced 1 medium carrot, grated 1 small kumara, thinly sliced and paperbark baked ½ teaspoon ...
4×200g beef striploin15ml oil30g butter30g fine diced onion1 clove finely chopped garlic150ml veal or beef stock100ml cream10ml wattleseed extract2 to 3 drops Gumleaf oilseasonings250g blanched Rainforest herb fettuccine300g finely sliced and blanched red and green capsicums, zucchini100g finely sliced and ...
8 large Balmain bugs (shovel-nosed sand lobsters)4 whiting fillets or ocean perch or equivalent200g kumara (orange sweet potato)1 piece of paperbark5g Mountain pepperleek and capsicum julienne or other garnishingIf the bugs are alive, place them into the freezer for 30 ...
400g whole baby barramundi30ml vegetable oil2 drops gumleaf oil (careful, this product is very strong)1 tbspn butter30g finely chopped leak½cup munthari berriespinch of lemon myrtleseasonings.Combine the vegetable oil and gumleaf oil and heat in a frypan to smoking temp. Pan ...
1kg pork, chicken or beef filletMarinade15ml Lemon aspen juice40ml light soy sauce30ml sweet sherry1 tablespoon Hoisin sauce½tablespoon grated ginger½tablespoon Mountain pepper6 Native pepperberries2 cloves crushed garlic1 teaspoon Bush tomato oil (see marinated bush tomaotes) (or sesame oil)40ml honey½teaspoon five spice ...
12 oysters in the shell1 teaspoon Lemon aspen juicean avocadoa pinch of saltedible flowers eg. native violetsMix the lemon aspen juice, avocado and salt to smoothness. Pipe about teaspoon of the lemon aspen avocado onto each freshly shucked oyster and ...
12 oysters in the shell2 heaped tablespoons Akudjura (ground bush tomatoes)1 heaped tablespoon grated cheddar cheeserock salt, medium groundMix the akudjura with the grated cheddar cheese and top each freshly shucked oyster with two teaspoonfuls of the Outback mixture. Sprinkle ...
12 oysters in the shell12 slices Tasmanian brie1 tablespoon ground Mountain pepper12 Native pepperberries, fresh frozenFreshly shuck the oysters and top each with a sliver of Tasmanian brie, seasoned with a pinch of ground Alpine pepper and garnish each with ...
This collection of named oyster dishes can be further regionalised by oyster source, for example, Nambucca River, Sydney Rock, Jervis Bay etc. Perhaps soon , Oysters Van Diemen, Oysters Outback and Rainforest Oysters will be as familiar as the now ...
This is an easy quick recipe to prepare. Add and mix together some lemon aspen juice (about 3% or to taste) with some honey, crushed ginger and Alpine pepper. Use this as a drizzle over Atlantic salmon for a very ...
Other herbs and herb combinations include native peppermint and Alpine pepper, native peppermint and native mint, aniseed myrtle, native thyme. Plain boiled rice can be made a feature component by the simple addition of native herbs. Asian practice is to ...
This is an easy quick recipe to prepare. Add and mix together some lemon aspen juice (about 3% or to taste) with some honey, crushed ginger and Alpine pepper. Use this as a drizzle over Atlantic salmon for a very ...
The juice from cheesefruit makes a delicious flavouring for sauces, cream cheese dips and spreads and the flavour of over-ripe pineapple and blue-vein cheese compliments a considerable range of dishes. This recipe was inspired by Chef Armando from Sydney’s Buon ...
400g mesclun lettuce mix50ml light lemon myrtle mayonnaise1 avocado, sliced4 red cherry and 4 yellow pear tomatoes100g emu prosciutto15ml akudjura50g shaved parmesan75g Alpine pepper croutonswhitlof leaves for garnish1 small carrotPrepare the 4 Opera House garnishes by selecting 4×5 whitlof leaves ...
When cooking fruits there are two choices of boiling medium for each of two effects: . Some fruits with delicate flesh will cook down no matter what medium but as a rule, boiling fruits in water will tend to reduce ...
Thawed native pepperberries will bleed a burgundy juice into cream sauces and can be used for a feathering or ‘comet’ effect. They also make a versatile native pepperberry butter simply whipped into butter and left chill overnight for the flavour ...
The longer this is cooked the more of the apple flavour of the muntharies imparted to the dish. A modification is to use the sauce to flavour slices of any native flavoured bread and then to set the resulting savoury ...
300ml full-bodied red wine3 shallots, coarsely chopped3 tablespoons beef stock1 clove garlic, crushed2 teaspoons ground native thyme2 teaspoons ground Alpine pepperpinch of cayenne peppersalt and ground black pepper100g beef marrow bones (optional)1 tablespoon brandy3 tablespoons butterHeat the wine then add ...
70ml lemon aspen juice (or to taste)1 litre apple juice1 .25 litre sparkling mineral waterVodka (optional – to taste)Mix all the ingredients together. Serves approx. 25 people. You can add vodka for a bit of a kick and garnish with ...
