Broccoli and Goats Cheese Frittata

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Broccoli and Goats Cheese Frittata

Ingredients

1 head of broccoli, cut into bite sized pieces
1 medium brown onion diced
2 garlic cloves, sliced
1/2tsp chilli flakes
8 Eggs, whisked
100g Coles Finest Tasmanian Goats Cheese
½ bunch parsley, picked
½ bunch dill, picked
1 shallot, thinly sliced
Sea salt

Method

Heat a 20cm cast-iron skillet or non-stick frypan over a medium heat.

Add a drizzle of oil from the goat’s cheese and the onion with a pinch of salt to the hot pan and cook for 1-2 minutes until the onion softens. Add the broccoli and garlic, cook for another 1-2 minutes. Add the chilli flakes and stir through.

Add a little more oil and turn through the pan. Add the eggs and gently spread around the pan to ensure the egg is evenly through the pan. Cook for 3-4 minutes until the base of the frittata sets. Add the goat’s cheese to the top of the frittata. When cooked, removed pan from the stove and allow to sit for 5 minutes.

Combine the parsley, dill, shallot, salt and 2 teaspoons of oil from the goat’s cheese in a small bowl and toss.

Serve the frittata in the pan topped with herb salad.

Notes: The frittata can also be chilled in the fridge to serve cold. It makes a great breakfast, lunch or dinner.

Recipe by Michael Weldon

Herb Stalk Chicken, Corn and Citrus

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Herb Stalk Chicken, Corn and Citrus

Ingredients

1 pasture raised chicken cut up into 12 pieces
1 cloves garlic
15g fresh ginger
1 large red chilli
1 handful of coriander, parsley, mint stalks
2 green spring onion shallot
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice 
1 teaspoon smoked paprika
1 tea spoon white pepper
200g Jalna yogurt
Salt to taste

To serve
1 lime
2 heads corn (kernels cut and set aside)
½ bunch Coriander and mint
3 tbsp Red Island olive oil
1 large red chilli sliced

Method

Crank the oven to 190 degrees.

To prepare the chicken you will need some poultry scissors or a sharp knife. Remove the backbone by cutting along each side. Lay the chicken flat and cut down the breast bone. Now you will have the two halves, cut these in half between the breast and leg meat and then cut each part into three.

Peel the garlic and ginger, de stalk the chilli, roughly chop the shallot and throw it all into a blender along with all the other ingredients and blend to make a smooth paste.

Marinade the chicken and leave in the fridge for at least 20 minutes or overnight is the best to get all the flavours inside.  Transfer the chicken onto a paper-lined baking tray and allow to come to room temperature for about 20 minutes.

Roast the chicken for around 25-30 minutes. Once cooked, season with lime juice, a bit more salt, yogurt, corn, picked herbs and chilli before digging in.

Super Simple Perfect Pan Sauce

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Super Simple Perfect Pan Sauce

Ingredients

200ml beef stock
1tbs plain flour
1 jar green peppercorns
1 tbs cracked black pepper
100g cream
30g unsalted butter

Method

In a pan or roasting tray over a medium heat add the flour and toast it off.

Add the stock and peppers, redeuce by half.

Add the cream and butter. Reduce by ¼.

Taste for seasoning.

Serve over steak of roast beef.

Recipe by Michael Weldon

Indian Spiced Potatoes With Yoghurt, Crispy Chickpeas & Coriander Salsa

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Indian Spiced Potatoes With Yoghurt, Crispy Chickpeas & Coriander Salsa

Ingredients

1kg Washed/roasting potatoes (same as we shopped for in Coles intros)
½ cup (125ml) tablespoons Red Island olive oil
sea salt and cracked black pepper to taste
1 teaspoon ground turmeric
1 teaspoon ground cumin seeds
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1 x 400g can chickpeas, drained, rinsed
1.5 cups Jalna Greek/Natural yoghurt
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon honey
½ teaspoon ground sumac

Coriander Salsa (Zhoug)
1 bunch coriander, washed, chopped
1 clove garlic, peeled
1 long green chili, plus extra to serve
½ teaspoon ground cardamom

Method

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.

Slice the potatoes into 1cm scallops and place into a large bowl.

Season the potatoes with sea salt, pepper, ground turmeric, cumin, coriander and ¼ cup of the olive oil. Toss well to coat potatoes in spices and spread onto a lined oven tray. Place the chickpeas onto a separate tray and season with salt and a little oil. Place the potatoes and chickpeas into the oven and roast for 40-45 minutes, or until potatoes and chickpeas are crisp and fragrant.

Coriander Salsa (Zhoug)
Meanwhile place the remaining oil, all the Zhoug ingredients and a pinch of salt into the jug of a stick blender. Blitz until bright green and smooth.

Whisk the yoghurt, lemon juice and honey together in a bowl until smooth.

Spread the yoghurt on the base of a large flat platter. Top with half of the Zhoug and crispy potatoes. Drizzle the dish with remaining Zhoug and roast chickpeas.

Garnish with extra sliced chili and sprinkle with ground sumac.

Recipe by Courtney Roulston

Yellow Cauliflower Curry, Coconut Yogurt And Crispy Curry Leaves

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Yellow Cauliflower Curry, Coconut Yogurt And Crispy Curry Leaves

Ingredients

Curry Paste
6 long Thai chillies, halved and deseeded
50g garlic, peeled
150g fresh ginger, peeled
50g turmeric
1 bunch coriander stalks and roots, washed
1 tbs cumin seeds, toasted
1 cinnamon stick

Yellow Curry
1 tbs yellow mustard seeds
1 handful curry leaves
1 large red onion, diced
4 cans coconut cream
1 large cauliflower
2 tbs dried currants
1 punnet cherry tomatoes, halved
75ml lime juice
30ml soy sauce
170g tub Jalna biodynamic organic yoghurt
1 bunch coriander
1 bunch mint
Salt flakes to taste
Fried curry leaves to serve

Brown rice to serve

Method

Curry Paste
Place all the curry paste ingredients into a food processor and blitz until smooth.

Preheat your oven to 240 degrees.

Heat a couple of tablespoons of rice bran oil in a large saucepan over a medium to high heat.

Add the brown mustard seeds. Once the mustard seeds start to pop, throw in the curry leaves. Be careful as once the curry leaves hit the oil they will spit. Stir in the curry leaves for 10 seconds. Once they’re fragrant, add the curry paste and red onion to the pan. At this point you want to reduce your heat to medium as you’re trying to cook the water out of the curry paste which will take time. You will need to stir the pot for about 10 minutes or until you see the oil start to split from the curry paste.

Once this has happened, pour in the coconut cream, bring the mixture to a simmer and reduce by half.

While this is happening you want to prep your cauliflower. Cut the cauliflower into golf ball size florets. Place them on an oven tray lined with baking paper and give them a coating of oil and salt and pepper.

Place the cauliflower in a super-hot oven for 15 minutes or until you have good colour on the cauliflower and the stems are just tender.

Once the curry mix has reduced by half, add the tomatoes and the dried currants and simmer for a further 5 minutes as the cherry tomatoes will start to soften.

Turn the heat off and season with the soy, lime juice and salt flakes. Please taste it as it how much you have reduced the sauce will depend on how much salt and acid you will need to add.

To serve, pour the hot curry mix over the top of the warm cauliflower in a shallow bowl. Top with some coconut yogurt, coriander and mint leaves and crispy curry leaves.

Serve with brown rice and naan bread.

Recipe by Andy Allen

Pickled Ginger

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Pickled Ginger

Ingredients

500g ginger, peeled and sliced thinly on a mandolin
1 cup rice wine vinegar
½ cup caster sugar
2 tbs sea salt flakes
2 tbs water

Method

Combine the vinegar, sugar, sea salt and water in a medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring until the sugar melts. Bring the pickling liquid to a boil.

Place the ginger into a sterilized airtight jar.

Once the pickling liquid has come to a boil pour over the ginger into the jar.

Allow to cool, then store in the fridge until fully pickled.

Recipe by Michael Weldon

White Bean And Anchovy DIP With Charred Peppers And Yoghurt Flatbread

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White Bean And Anchovy Dip With Charred Peppers And Yoghurt Flatbread

Ingredients

White Bean and Anchovy Dip
400g can white beans or cannellini beans, drained and washed under cold water
50g anchovies
1 large garlic clove, peeled
75g extra virgin olive oil
75g lemon juice
Salt to taste

Charred Peppers
1 large red capsicum
1 yellow capsicum
2 tsp dried oregano
Zest of 1 lemon
1 tbs extra virgin olive oil
Salt and pepper

Yoghurt Flatbread
400g plain flour, plus extra for dusting
100g Jalna natural yogurt
200g warm water
7g instant yeast
10g caster sugar
pinch of salt

Method

Yoghurt Flatbread
For the Yoghurt Flatbread, combine the natural yogurt, warm water, yeast and sugar into a bowl. Leave the mixture until bubbles start to form on the surface. This means the yeast is activated. Next, it’s time to mix the wet ingredients with the flour and the salt.

Once the dough has come together, empty the bowl out onto the bench and need for 10 minutes, until you have a silky smooth dough.

Place the dough back into a bowl, loosely cover with a tea towel and place in a warm place to rise and double in size.

White Bean and Anchovy Dip
For the White Bean Dip, place all of the ingredients into a blender and blitz until smooth.

Once cool enough to handle, with a sharp knife, slice the side off the capsicum. Scrape away the blackened skin.

Finely slice the flesh of the capsicum and place it into a bowl. Stir in the dried oregano, lemon zest, olive oil and salt and pepper with the capsicums.

For the Yoghurt Flatbreads, portion the dough into small balls of dough, a bit larger than a golf ball. Roll the dough out to about a 25mm. place the dough over a hot bbq for about 2-3 minutes on each side. Brush with garlic oil and season with salt and pepper.

To serve, make a circle of the white bean dip in the middle of a plate. Scatter over some of the charred peppers. Serve with Yoghurt Flatbread.

Recipe by Andy Allen

Tahini, Dark Chocolate & Cranberry Cookies

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Tahini, Dark Chocolate & Cranberry Cookies

Ingredients

125g butter, room temperature/ softened
½ cup caster sugar
½ cup brown sugar
1 free range egg
1 ½ cup self raising flour
1 tablespoon tahini paste
¾ cup good quality dark chocolate
½ cup dried cranberries
sea salt to taste

Method

Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Grease and line 2 large oven trays with baking paper. Place the butter and sugars in the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment and beat until pale.

Add in the egg, tahini and flour and beat until well combined. Stir through the chocolate and cranberries and gently mix until evenly distributed.

Roll the dough into golf ball-sized rounds and divide amongst trays, leaving a 6cm gap in between each ball. Slightly flatten the top, the bake for 15 minutes, or until golden and crisp. Cool slightly before serving.

Recipe by Courtney Roulston

Pickled Veggies With Ricotta And Carrot Top Pesto

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Pickled Veggies With Ricotta And Carrot Top Pesto

Ingredients

Fresh ricotta, to serve (see ‘Fresh Ricotta’ recipe)

Pickled Veggies
6 Dutch carrots, stems trimmed
1 bunch radishes, quartered
3 baby purple beetroots, peeled and thinly sliced into rounds
3 baby yellow beetroots, peeled and thinly sliced into rounds
1 red onion, peeled and sliced into 5mm slices

Pickle Liquor
2 bay leaves
2 tsp fennel seeds
2 garlic cloves
5 garlic cloves
500ml apple cider vinegar
500ml caster sugar
500ml water

Carrot Top Pesto
1 cup carrot tops - washed
1/2 cup basil leaves - washed and leaves picked
1 garlic clove - peeled and roughly chopped
2 tbs pepitas, toasted
4 tbs extra virgin olive oil
Zest and juice of 1 lemon
Salt and pepper to taste

Method

Place all of the veggies into a heatproof container bar the beetroots. You will need to do both the yellow beets and the purple beets separately, otherwise, the colour from them will stain the other veggies.

Heat up all of the ingredients for the pickle liquor and bring them to the boil Pour the liquid over the veggies and leave to cool.

Carrot Top Pesto
For the Carrot Top Pesto, place all of the ingredients into a mortar and pestle and pound until it becomes a smooth paste. Season with salt and pepper.

Serve pickled veggies, pesto and ricotta with toasted sourdough.

Recipe by Andy Allen

Tandoori Cauliflower and Chickpea Salad with Burnt Butter Curry Leaf Dressing

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Tandoori Cauliflower and Chickpea Salad with Burnt Butter Curry Leaf Dressing

Ingredients

1 cauliflower, cut into chunks
500g Jalna Greek yoghurt
200g packet Coles Tandoori Marinade
1 red onion, diced finely
½ bunch coriander, chopped finely
400g can chickpeas, rinsed and drained
150g unsalted butter
3 sprigs of curry leaves
1 tsp yellow mustard seeds
1 lemon, juiced
½ bunch coriander, leaves picked
Sea salt flakes

Method

Heat a grill or BBQ until smoking.

Add 250g yoghurt and the tandoori marinade to a bowl, mix until evenly combined. Add the cauliflower and coat in the mixture, making all the cauliflower is well coated.

Once the grill is hot, add the cauliflower and cook until the cauliflower soft and the marinade has caramelized.

In a bowl combine the remaining yoghurt with diced red onion, chopped coriander and a pinch of salt.

In a pot melt the butter until it bubbles. Add the mustard seeds and curry leaf. Cook until the leaves are crispy. Remove from the heat and scoop out the leaves. Squeeze in the lemon juice and season with salt.

To serve spread the yoghurt on the bottom of the plate. Spread the tandoori cauliflower around the plate. Top with the mustard butter. Garnish with crispy curry leaves and coriander.

Recipe by Michael Weldon

Barbecued Caulini Salad with Grilled Grapes and Pistachios

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Barbecued Caulini Salad with Grilled Grapes and Pistachios

Ingredients

400g caulini
1 bunch red grapes
100g pistachios
1 eschalot, peeled and thinly sliced
1 bunch of fresh mint, leaves picked
Zaatar, to garnish

Dressing
200ml vegetable oil
100ml red wine vinegar
2 tbs honey
2 tbs dijon mustard
Salt and pepper

Method

Preheat a BBQ grill plate.

Meanwhile, separate the caulini into large florets. Give it a good drizzle with olive oil and a hefty sprinkle of sea salt and place it on the grill plate for 6 minutes, turning to char all sides evenly.

Add the bunch of grapes on the stalk onto the grill plate and cook for 8-10 minutes, turning until charred on most sides. Remove the grapes from the BBQ and when cool enough to handle, cut the grapes in half.

Dressing
To make the dressing, whisk together the red wine vinegar, honey, mustard and salt and pepper. Slowly drizzle in the vegetable oil and continue to whisk away until everything is emulsified together.

Okay, assembling the salad. Throw your caulini, sliced eschalots, mint leaves, half a handful of pistachios and halved grapes into a large mixing bowl. Splash in a couple of tablespoons of the dressing and season the mix with salt and pepper. Gently mix the salad, place it into a bowl and give it a light dusting with zaatar to finish.

Recipe by Andy Allen

Fresh Ricotta Cheese

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Fresh Ricotta Cheese

Ingredients

2L full cream milk
125ml cream
1tsp salt
62.5ml white vinegar

Method

Place the milk and cream in a large pot. put on the stove over a medium heat and bring the mixture up to 85 degrees.

Pour in the vinegar. This will split the ricotta and turn it into curds and whey.

As soon as you pour in the vinegar, take the pot off the stove and cover with cling film. Leave the mixture covered for 30 minutes.

Strain the mixture through a fine sieve until you get the desired consistency.

The ricotta will keep in the fridge for 5 days.

Recipe by Andy Allen

Shaved Fennel, Apple And Radish Salad With Charred Citrus Dressing

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Shaved Fennel, Apple And Radish Salad With Charred Citrus Dressing

Ingredients

1 large fennel bulb, finely shaved
1 bunch red radish, quartered
1/2 red onion, finely sliced
1 green apple, julienned
1 bunch parsley, washed and leaves picked
1 bunch dill, washed and leaves picked

Dressing
100ml charred grapefruit, juiced
100ml charred lemon, juiced
130ml Red Island extra virgin olive oil
15g honey
7g ground coriander
Salt and pepper to taste

Method

For the charred citrus dressing, simply halve the lemons and grapefruit.

Heat up a griddle pan or BBQ to a high heat and place the citrus flesh side down on the grill. Cook the citrus so that it’s charred and slightly blackened. Juice the citrus and run the juice through a fine sieve.

Place all of the ingredients into a jar and shake well.

Put all of the ingredients for the salad into a large mixing bowl. Dress generously with the salad dressing and season well with salt and pepper.

Recipe by Courtney Roulston

Shakshuka

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Shakshuka

Ingredients

4 eggs
400g can diced tomato
1 brown onion, diced
2 garlic cloves, sliced
1 tbs ground cumin
1 tbs smoked paprika
½ tsp chilli flakes
1 yellow capsicum, diced
1 tbs Red Island extra virgin olive oil
Sea salt flakes
Parsley leaves to serve
Tahini to serve
Pickled radish to serve
Toasted pita bread to serve

Method

Place a frypan with lid over medium heat and warm the extra virgin olive oil. Add the onions, season with salt and cook uncovered for 3-4 minutes or until starting to soften.

Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add the spices and toast for 1 minute. Add the capsicums and cook for a further minute whilst stirring.

Add the tomato, stir through and bring to the boil over high heat. Reduce the frypan to medium heat. Simmer for 5-8 minutes until the sauce thickens.

Use large spoon to create four indents in the sauce then crack the eggs in. Cover frypan with a lid and simmer for 6-8 minutes or until the eggs are set.

Top shakshuka with chopped parsley, tahini, pickled radishes and toasted pita bread.

Recipe by Michael Weldon

Grilled Broccoli and Miso Noodle Salad

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Grilled Broccoli and Miso Noodle Salad

Ingredients

1 head of Broccoli, cut into bitesize pieces
3 tbs white miso
2 tbs mirin
2 tbs Coles Rice Wine Vinegar
2 tbs Coles Brown Sugar
2 tbs hot water
2 tbs sesame oil
1 pack Coles Wellness Road Brown Rice Noodles with Chia
3 spring onions, sliced thinly
2 carrots, peeled and cut into matchsticks
200g frozen edamame, thawed and removed from pods
50g pickled ginger, shredded into thin strips
2 Nori Sheets, toasted over a flame until crunchy
50g sesame seeds

Method

Heat a BBQ or griddle pan until it begins to smoke. Drizzle the broccoli with oil and season with salt. Add the BBQ or griddle and cook until charred and cooked through.

Cook the rice noodles according to the back of packed instructions. Once cooked refresh in cold water to stop the cooking and stop the noodles sticking.

In a bowl combine the miso, mirin, rice vinegar, brown sugar, water and sesame oil, whisk until smooth.

Once the broccoli is cooked add to a bowl with the noodles, spring onion, carrots, edamame and the dressing. Mic together until everything is evenly coated in the dressing.

Serve in a large bowl. Top with pickled ginger, sesame seeds and flaked nori.

Recipe by Michael Weldon

Mexican Beef and Corn Salad with Lime and Haloumi

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Mexican Beef and Corn Salad with Lime and Haloumi

Ingredients

2 corn cobs, husk removed
2 x 300g Coles GRAZE Scotch Fillet Steaks
1 tsp Coles Ground Cumin
1 tsp Coles Sweet Paprika
400g can Coles Cannellini Beans, rinsed and drained
1 red onion, finely diced
1 Lebanese cucumber, seeded and diced
1 large avocado, peeled and diced
½ bunch coriander, roughly chopped
½ bunch flat leaf parsley, roughly chopped
¼ cup lime juice
1 tbs Coles Maple Syrup
Coles Sea Salt Flakes and Cracked Black Pepper, to taste
80g halloumi cheese, finely grated on a microplane

Method

Heat a BBQ plate over a medium heat. Coat the steaks with the cumin, paprika, a pinch of sea salt and little olive oil.

Place the corn cobs and steak onto the BBQ and cook for 2-3 minutes each side, or until cooked to your liking. Cool the corn cobs slightly before cutting the kernels from the cobs. Allow the steaks to rest before slicing into ½ cm strips.

Place the corn, cannellini beans, onion, cucumber, avocado, coriander and parsley and half the halloumi in a large bowl.

Whisk together 2 tablespoons oil, lime juice, maple syrup and a pinch of sea salt.

Pour the dressing over the salad and toss to coat. Place the salad onto a serving platter and top with the sliced beef. Grate extra halloumi cheese over the top along with some cracked black pepper and lime wedges before serving.

Recipe by Courtney Roulston

Whole Roasted Cauliflower With Anchovy Butter

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Whole Roasted Cauliflower With Anchovy Butter

Ingredients

1 large head of cauliflower
Red Island extra virgin olive oil

Anchovy butter
50ml Red Island extra virgin olive oil
20g yellow mustard seeds
3 eschallots, thinly sliced
3 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
1 tsp Coles chilli flakes
100g anchovy fillets, roughly chopped
400g unsalted butter

Method

Preheat your oven to the highest setting.

Remove most of the leaves from the cauliflower and place on a roasting tray. Give to top of the flower a good drizzle with extra virgin olive oil and season generously with salt.

Place the cauliflower into the oven and roast on high for 30 - 45 minutes or until the whole top of the cauliflower starts to blacken. Reduce the heat to 180 degrees and continue to cook the cauliflower for another 15 minutes, or until you can pass a knife through the centre of the cauliflower and there is no resistance.

While the cauliflower is cooking, get into the anchovy butter. Place a medium sized saucepan over to medium heat. Pour in the olive oil and mustard seeds. Once the mustard seeds start to pop, throw in the sliced garlic and eschallots, chilli flakes and chopped anchovy.

Sweat this mixture down for 5 minutes or until the eschallots start to soften. Add the butter and once it’s melted and has come to the boil, cook the mixture for 10 minutes. This will slightly brown the butter. Just before finishing, season the mix with salt and pepper.

Once the cauliflower comes out of the oven, transfer to your serving tray and generously spoon over a good amount of the anchovy butter.

Recipe by Andy Allen

Orange and Date Wholemeal Scones with Honey and Yoghurt

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Orange and Date Wholemeal Scones with Honey and Yoghurt

Ingredients

1 cup Medjool dates, pitted and chopped (around 12 dates)
1tbs orange zest
1/3 cup fresh orange juice (around ½ squeezed orange)
2 cups Coles Wholemeal Self-Raising Flour
30g chilled Coles Unsalted Butter, cubed
1/3 cup Coles Caster Sugar
1 1/3 (330ml) buttermilk
½ cup thick Greek yoghurt to serve
2 tablespoons Coles Honey to serve

Method

Pre Heat oven to 200 degrees C.

Mix together chopped dates, orange zest and juice in a bowl. Set aside to soak.

Place the flour into a large mixing bowl along with the butter. Using clean hands and working quickly, rub the butter into the flour until it resembles fine bread crumbs.

Mix the sugar through the flour and create a well in the center. Add in the date mixture and pour in the buttermilk. Using a cutting motion with butter knife, gently mix the dough until almost combined.

Line a large baking tray with dust? extra flour and turn the dough out onto the lined tray. Using floured hands, bring the dough together and flatten onto a circle around 5-6cm high. Try not to work the dough too much.

Using a sharp knife, cut 12 wedges into the top and bake for 25 minutes, or until golden and fragrant. Serve scones warm with yoghurt and honey on the side.

Recipe by Courtney Roulston

Black Pepper Beef with Egg Noodles

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Black Pepper Beef with Egg Noodles

Ingredients

600g Coles chuck steak, thinly sliced
3 tbs oyster sauce
2 tbs shaoxing wine
2 tbs Coles Cracked Black Pepper, plus extra for garnish
6 garlic cloves, finely grated
1 tbs soy sauce
1 tbs sesame oil
1 tbs Coles Cornflour
1 tsp Coles Caster Sugar
1 brown onion, cut into petels
2 garlic cloves, sliced
2 spring onions, cut into 2cm pieces white and green parts separated
1 green capsicum, diced
2 bok choy, cut into strips
300g thin egg noodles

Method

In a large bowl combine the steak, oyster sauce, Shaoxing wine, black pepper, garlic, soy sauce, sesame oil, potato flour and sugar, mix together making sure to coat the beef with all the other ingredients. Leave to marinate for an hour.

Heat a wok until smoking add the beef and stir fry until brown all over and almost cooked through. Add the onion, spring onion whites, capsicum and stir fry for 1- 2 minutes until the onion starts to change colour. Add the bok choy and stir fry for a further minute.

Add the noodles with ½ of water and stir through the wok so everything is evenly mixed. Cook until the noodles are warmed through.

Serve straight away topped with more black pepper and the spring onion tops.

Recipe by Michael Weldon

Sticky Glazed Chicken Salad With Cucumber, Nam Jim And Toasted Cashews

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Sticky Glazed Chicken Salad With Cucumber, Nam Jim And Toasted Cashews

Ingredients

500g chicken thigh fillets (skin off and bone out)

Chicken Glaze
250g sweet soy
125g Coles honey
75g fish sauce
1 long thai chilli
2 cloves garlic
1 fingernail size piece of ginger
Juice of 1 orange

Nam Jim
1 punnet cherry tomatoes
3 long Thai chillies, deseeded
125 g palm sugar
200ml lemon juice
2 kaffir lime leaves
50g fresh ginger
40ml fish sauce
30ml soy
4 eschalots
1 bunch coriander stems and root, save leaves for salad

Salad ingredients
2 large carrots, julienned on a mandolin
3 cucumbers, roughly chopped
1/2 packet of bean sprouts
1 long Thai chilli, finely sliced
1/2 red onion, finely sliced
1 bunch of coriander, washed and roughly chopped
1 bunch mint leaves, leaves removed
1/4 cup toasted cashews, crushed
1/2 cup fried shallots

Method

Finely chop or mince the garlic, ginger and chilli. Add it to the rest of the ingredients.

Place a griddle pan or BBQ over a medium heat. Season the chicken thighs with salt and a little oil.

Place onto the griddle pan. Cook for 1 minutes on each side. Then start to glaze the thighs - glaze and turn. The more you do this, the better the chicken will come out.

You want it to be glazed, a little bit charred and just cooked through. You’ll need to cook the chicken thighs for around 7 minutes in total. Set aside to rest

For the nam jim, place all of the ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth. This will be the dressing for the salad.

Place all of the ingredients except the fried shallots and cashews in to large mixing bowl. Dress generously with some of the nam jim and season with a small amount of salt.

Place 2/3’s of the salad mix on the bottom of your bowl or plate.

Slice the chicken thighs and place on top of the salad, followed by the rest of the salad mix.

Lastly - top with the fried shallots and cashew mix.

Recipe by Andy Allen