My Daughter's Spring Rolls

My Daughter's Spring Rolls

Recipe by Louis Tikaram

Ingredients

• 2 L deep frying oil

  12 (25x25cm) large spring roll wrappers

Spring Roll Mix

• 200 g minced pork

  10 king prawns, peeled, veined, and chopped into 1/2 cm pieces

  2 cups grated carrot

  100 g garlic chives, cut into 2cm pieces

  6 shiitake mushrooms, thinly sliced

  2 green shallots, finely chopped

  2 cups rehydrated dried mung bean vermicelli

  2 eggs

  2 tbsp Coles oyster sauce

  1 tsp Coles sesame oil

  1/2 tsp Coles sea salt

  1/2 tsp sugar

  1/4 tsp Coles black pepper

Method

• Crack the eggs and separate one yolk into a small bowl. Beat the yolk and set it aside to use for wrapping the spring rolls. Add the remaining eggs to a large mixing bowl.

  In the large mixing bowl, add all the ingredients for the spring roll mix, including the minced pork, chopped prawns, grated carrot, garlic chives, shiitake mushrooms, green shallots, rehydrated mung bean vermicelli, oyster sauce, sesame oil, salt, sugar, and cracked black pepper. Mix well with your hands until all the ingredients are combined. Set aside.

  Place one spring roll wrapper on a clean and dry chopping board, with one of the four corners facing towards you to form a diamond shape.

  Put 3 tablespoons of the filling about 5cm above the bottom corner of the wrapper.

  Lift the bottom corner of the wrapper over the filling to wrap it, then roll it halfway up.

  Lightly press the ends of the filling on each side, then fold the left and right corners of the wrapper over the filling.

  Roll up the spring roll until only a small triangle/flap is left at the top. Brush a layer of egg yolk over the triangle, then roll again to seal it completely. Repeat to assemble all the spring rolls.

  Heat the oil for deep frying in a wok until it reaches 180°C.

  Carefully add the spring rolls to the hot oil and continue to stir gently to ensure even cooking. Fry until they become golden in colour.

  Transfer the cooked spring rolls to a plate lined with paper towels to absorb any excess oil.

  Serve the spring rolls and enjoy!

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Chilled Gazpacho With Avocado & Fried Tortillas

Chilled Gazpacho With Avocado & Fried Tortillas

Recipe by Courtney Roulston

Dietaries – Vegetarian
Serves – 2
Prep Time – 15 minutes
Cooking Time – 5 minutes

Ingredients

• 3 vine-ripened tomatoes, roughly chopped

  2 small Lebanese cucumbers, roughly chopped

  1 red capsicum, seeded, chopped

  ½ red onion, peeled, chopped

  1 small clove garlic or 1 tbsp Squeaky Gate garlic-infused extra virgin olive oil

  ¼ cup blanched almonds, toasted

  1/3 cup red wine vinegar

  1 tbsp Coles honey

  1/3 cup Squeaky Gate extra virgin olive oil, plus extra to cook tortillas

  Coles Sea salt

  Coles Black pepper

  1/3 cup basil leaves, plus extra to serve

  ½ ripe avocado to serve

  2 small flour tortillas, cut into rough strips

Method

• Place the tomatoes, cucumber, capsicum, onion, garlic, almonds, vinegar, honey, and olive oil into the jug of a high-speed blender then Season with sea salt flakes and pepper.

  Blend on a low-medium speed to start breaking everything up, then turn up the speed to high and blitz for 1 minute, or until the mixture is smooth and well combined. Taste for seasoning and adjust if required. You can strain the gazpacho for a silky smooth texture, or leave as is. Place into the fridge to chill while you prepare the tortillas.

  Heat 1cm of oil in the base of a small frying pan to 170 degrees C. Fry the tortilla strips for 1 minute, or until crispy and brown. Drain on kitchen paper.

  Pour the chilled soup into serving bowls. Cut the avocado into chunks and place into the soup. Garnish with fried tortillas, basil leaves, cracked pepper, and a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil.

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Camel By Campfire

Camel By Campfire

Recipe by Joachim Borenius

Ingredients

Yogurt Damper

• 1 cup Jalna Greek yogurt

• 1 tsp onion powder

• 1 tsp garlic powder

• 2 tsp oregano

• 1 tsp sea salt

• 2 cups self raising flour

• 2 tbp Squeaky Gate extra virgin olive oil

Lamb Shish

• 500 g Coarse & Fatty Lamb Mince

• 50 g brown onion

• 10 g garlic

• 5g baharat

• 30 ml mineral water

• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

• 2 tsp sea salt

• 1 tsp black pepper

Green Goddess

• ½ bunch coriander

• ½ bunch mint

• 100 g tahini

• 50 ml lime juice

• 20 g honey

• 10 g garlic

• 75 g ice cubes

• 75 g Squeaky Gate extra virgin olive oil

• Sea salt

• Black pepper

Tabbouleh

• 1 tomato

• 1/6 head red cabbage

• 1 small pomegranate

• ½ bunch Parsley

• 2 spring onions

• Squeaky Gate extra virgin olive oil

• Lemon juice

Method

• Mix the yogurt with the other ingredients in a bowl, but keep the flour aside. Add the flour little by little while working together to form a soft dough. Reserve some flour to roll out the dough. Let the dough rest for 15 minutes while preparing the shish. Portion the dough into small balls and roll them out nice and thin. Cook in a small pan over the fire.

  Mix all the ingredients for the lamb shish in a bowl until well combined. Shape the mixture into 70-gram balls and evenly place them onto shish skewers. Grill the skewers when ready and let them rest for a few minutes.

  Pick the herbs and blend them all in a blender until smooth. Emulsify the olive oil at the end. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

  Dice the tomato flesh, shred the cabbage, deseed the pomegranate, finely chop the parsley and its stems, and finely cut the spring onions. Mix all the ingredients together and dress lightly with lemon juice and olive oil.

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Sharing Steak Sanga

Sharing Steak Sanga

Recipe by Michael Weldon

Serves - 4
Prep Time - 10 minutes
Cook Time - 20 minutes

Ingredients

• Squeaky Gate extra virgin olive oil

  3 onions, thinly sliced

  1 x 4-pack Coles thin-cut scotch fillets

  1 x Turkish bread loaf, cut in half and grilled on the cut side only

  2 tbsp Coles Dijon mustard

  2 tbsp Coles mayo

  2 cups baby lettuce

  3 tomatoes, sliced

  Grated Gruyere cheese

  Sea salt

  Coles black pepper

Method

• In a small frypan, slowly cook the onions until caramelized. Season with salt and keep warm.

  Heat a BBQ until smoking. Season the steak with salt and brush a bit of oil. Place it on the grill and cook for 1-1.5 minutes on each side. Then, remove it from the grill and let it rest for 1 minute.

  Cut the steak into bite-sized pieces.

  Spread the Turkish bread with mayo on the top cut side and mustard on the bottom. Lay the lettuce on the base, then add the tomato slices. Season with salt and pepper. Add the steak and top with grated Gruyere cheese. Finally, add the warm caramelized onions to melt the cheese. Place the top layer of bread.

  From here, you can cut the steak sandwich into whatever size pieces you like, whether it's finger sandwiches or halves if you're really hungry.

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Mr Chen’s Chicken Chow Mein

Mr Chen’s Chicken Chow Mein

Ingredients

• 1 piece chicken breast

For the sauce

• 2 tablespoons Mr Chen’s soy sauce

  1 tablespoon oyster sauce

  1 pinch cracked black pepper.

For the stir fry

• 1 packet of Mr Chen’s Thin egg noodles

  2 tablespoon canola oil

  2 green shallots chopped - white and green parts separated.

  2 cloves garlic, crushed.

  1 long red chilli, chopped.

  1 head Bok choy, sliced.

  ½ cup bean sprouts

Method

• Cut chicken breast into thin slices.

  Mix soy sauce, oyster sauce and black pepper. Set aside.

  Heat up a wok until very hot then add the oil, add the chicken slices. Fry until its just cooked and take out carefully.

  With the remaining oil in the wok add the garlic, fresh chilli, and the white part of the scallion until fragrant.

  In a boiling pot of water add the thin egg noodles, cook till tender, drain, and add to the wok.

  Toss the noodles for 1 minute then add the chicken back to the wok along with the Bok choy and bean sprouts then pour in the sauce mixture. Toss and mix until the sauce is evenly distributed, and the wok starts to sizzle again.

  Dish out into a large serving bowl and garnish with chopped green shallot.

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Oat Pizza With Tomato & Mozzarella

Oat Pizza With Tomato & Mozzarella

Recipe by Courtney Roulston

Dietaries – Vegetarian
Serves – makes 1 large pizza
Prep Time – 10 minutes
Cooking Time - 30 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 cup Red Tractor Oats

  ½ cup egg whites

  Coles Sea salt

  Coles Black pepper

  ½ tsp garlic powder

  ½ tsp Coles dried oregano

  2 tsp baking powder

  1 tbsp Squeaky Gate extra virgin olive oil, plus extra to serve

Method

• Preheat the oven to 200 degrees C. Place all the oat crust ingredients into a high-speed blender and blitz until smooth.

  Heat a large non-stick frying pan over medium heat then pour the oat mixture into the pan and shape into a circle around 7mm thick. Cook on a gentle heat for 4-5 minutes, or until the edges are starting to brown and the mixture looks set. Carefully flip over and cook for a further 2-3 minutes then transfer the pizza crust onto a lined oven tray.

  Mix together the crushed tomatoes with sugar, and a pinch of salt then spread out onto the pizza. Top with a few basil leaves then tear over the mozzarella.

  Bake in the oven for 10 minutes, or until the cheese is melting. Serve with extra fresh basil leaves scattered over the top and a drizzle of oil.

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Spicy Fragrant Eggplant

Spicy Fragrant Eggplant

Recipe by Louis Tikaram

Ingredients

• 2 eggplants, cut into large dice

  2 cups Squeaky Gate extra virgin olive oil

  4 garlic cloves, finely chopped

  6 long red chilies, deseeded and chopped

  3 tsp finely grated ginger

  100 ml chicken stock

  100 ml Shaoxing wine

  75 ml Chinkiang black vinegar

  30 g caster sugar

  2 tsp sea salt

  1 tbsp cornstarch

Method

• Heat the oil in a wok over medium-high heat. Add the eggplant in batches and deep-fry until golden and just tender. Drain well on absorbent paper, leaving 2 tablespoons of oil in the wok.

  Add the chili, garlic, and ginger to the wok, and stir-fry until fragrant.

  Return the fried eggplant to the wok. Add the chicken stock, Shaoxing wine, black vinegar, sugar, and salt. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer until the liquid is absorbed, about 8 minutes.

  In a small bowl, mix the cornstarch with 2 tablespoons of water to make a slurry. Add the slurry to the eggplant mixture and stir to thicken.

  Serve the spicy fragrant eggplant in a nice big bowl and garnish with chopped green shallots.

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Lemon Pasta (Pasta Al Limone)

Lemon Pasta (Pasta Al Limone)

Recipe by Courtney Roulston

Dietaries – Vegetarian, meat-free
Serves – 4
Prep Time – 5 minutes

Ingredients

• 350 g San Remo Spaghetti

  3 tbsp Squeaky Gate extra virgin olive oil

  2 cloves garlic, minced

  2 tbsp flat-leaf parsley, chopped

  Juice and zest of 1 large lemon

  30 g Parmesan cheese, freshly grated plus extra to serve

  Coles sea salt

  Coles black pepper

Method

• Cook the pasta in a pot of salted boiling water for 9 minutes, then drain and reserve ½ a cup of the cooking water.

  Heat the oil in a large frying pan over medium heat. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute before adding in the parsley, lemon zest, lemon juice, and a pinch of salt. Add the pasta water then bring up to a simmer. Stir through the cheese and cracked pepper until the sauce starts to thicken slightly.

  Add the pasta into the sauce and cook, tossing occasionally for 2 minutes, or until the sauce has emulsified and is coating the pasta.

  Place into serving bowls and grate over more lemon zest and Parmesan cheese.

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Cabbage Udon Noodles

Cabbage Udon Noodles

Recipe by Brent Draper
Serves - 2

Ingredients

• 400g Coles Udon noodles

  1 steak cabbage

  1/2 cup chopped kimchi

  1 tbs gochugang

  3 tbs unsalted butter

  1 cup Coles Liquid Salt Reduced Real Chicken Stock + 1/2 cup

  2 stalks spring onion (white and green parts)

  60g pancetta crumb

  2 egg yolks

  Coles black pepper

  Coles sea salt

Method

• Take cabbage steak and lightly oil, season with salt and pepper and place on a fry pan on medium heat. You want the cabbage to darken and slightly char without burning it. Keep a close eye on it.

  To make kimchi mix, place butter, gotcugang and chopped up kimchi into a small food processor and blitz together.

  Turn cabbage of steak onto the other side and pour in 1 cup chicken stock, and place fry pan lid on top. Turn the heat down to low-medium.

  Once cabbage is soft and cooked through, take it out of the frying pan and reserve for later.

  Finely dice spring onion (white parts only), and place into the frying pan on medium heat.

  Place in 1/2 cup chicken stock and place in udon noodles.

  Loosen udon noodles and add kimchi butter, keep stirring.

  In a small pan, place in pancetta crumb and cook until slightly crispy.

  Chop cabbage up into large chunks and add it to the udon noodles.

  To serve, place cabbage and noodles into a bowl, top with the chopped green part of the spring onion, pancetta crumb and an egg yolk. Season with salt and pepper.

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Carrot Cake Oat Biscuits

Carrot Cake Oat Biscuits

Recipe by Courtney Roulston

Serves – 12-14 biscuits
Prep Time – 10 minutes, plus soaking time
Cooking Time – 15 minutes

Ingredients

• ¾ cup grated carrot (peeled first)

  1 cup Red Tractor instant oats

  ¾ cup wholemeal flour

  1/3 cup walnuts, chopped

  2 tsp baking powder

  1 heaped tsp Coles ground cinnamon

  Pinch of Coles sea salt

  60 g butter, melted

  1 large egg, room temperature

  1 tsp vanilla bean

  ½ cup maple syrup or honey

Method

• In a large mixing bowl, combine the oats, flour, walnuts, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.

• In a separate jug, whisk the butter, egg, vanilla, and maple syrup then pour into the oat mixture. Stir until you have a thick batter then fold through the carrots until combined. Place the mixture into the refrigerator for 1 hour to chill.

• Drop 12-14 tablespoon-sized amounts of the biscuit mixture onto 2 lined oven trays and flatten slightly with the back of a spoon as they don't flatten much during baking.

• Bake for 15 minutes, or until golden and fragrant. Remove from the oven and allow to cool on the tray for 15 minutes before serving.

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Caramelized Carrots With Spiced Yoghurt And Crunchy Almonds

Caramelized Carrots With Spiced Yoghurt And Crunchy Almonds

Ingredients

• 4 medium sized carrots

  4 tablespoons EVOO

  1 cup Greek yoghurt

  1 tablespoon ground cumin

  1 pinch salt

  1/2 cup whole roasted almonds

  1 tablespoon local honey

Method

• Peel and cut carrots into small diagonal slices.

  In a non-stick frypan heat the olive oil and start to cook the carrots stirring and tossing to cook evenly, turn down the heat and continue to cook till tender and caramelized.

  While the carrots are cooking combine the yoghurt, cumin and salt then stir till well

  combined.

  On a chopping board slice the almonds to create a crunchy garnish for the carrots.

  Check the carrots, if they are almost tender turn up the heat, add a tablespoon of honey and give them a good toss to finish off.

  On a medium sized serving plate add a good dollop of spiced yoghurt then top with the carrots and almond crunch.

  Serve immediately.

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Baked Beans with Ham Sauce

Baked Beans with Ham Sauce

Recipe by Michael Weldon

Serves - 4
Prep Time - 10 mins
Cook Time - 20-25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 onion, diced

  2 celery sticks, diced

  2 carrots, diced

  2 garlic cloves, diced

  1 tbsp fennel seeds

  1 tbsp smoked paprika

  1 tbsp Coles cumin

  1 tbsp Coles coriander powder

  1 tbsp Coles garlic powder

  250g ham, diced

  ½ cup Coles BBQ sauce

  1 L bottle tomato passata

  2 cans white beans

  2 cans chickpeas

  Sea salt

  Pinch of Coles black pepper

  Squeaky Gate extra virgin olive oil

Method

• In a large saucepan, fry off the onion, carrot, and celery in olive oil until they begin to soften. Add in the garlic, fennel seeds, smoked paprika, cumin, coriander powder, and garlic powder. Toast them off for a minute or so, then add in the diced ham and cook for a further minute.

  Add in the BBQ sauce and tomato passata, along with half a jar of water. Bring the mixture to a boil and then add in the white beans and chickpeas. Cook until the sauce thickens and the beans absorb the flavours.

  Season the beans to taste with salt and pepper.

  Serve the baked beans with ham sauce in the same way you would serve canned baked beans. Enjoy on toast, with a poached egg, or in a toasted sandwich.

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Chicken & Sesame Caesar Salad

Chicken & Sesame Caesar Salad

Recipe by Louis Tikaram

Ingredients

• 1 chicken breast

  2 anchovy fillets, chopped

  1 small garlic clove, chopped

  1 lemon

  3 tbsp Coles tahini

  2 tsp Dijon mustard

  3 tbsp Squeaky Gate extra virgin olive oil

  3 tbsp finely grated parmesan, plus more for serving

  1 pinch Coles sea salt

  1 pinch black pepper

  4 heads of Little Gem lettuce

  1 Asian pear, thinly sliced

  1 tsp toasted sesame seeds

Method

• Put the chicken breast into a saucepan. Add enough water to cover the meat.

  Bring the water to a boil, then reduce the heat to a simmer. Cover with a lid. Let it cook for 10 minutes. Then turn off the heat and let it sit covered for a further 3 minutes.

  Take out the chicken and transfer it to a plate to cool down. Once cool enough to handle, shred the chicken.

  Finely chop the anchovies and garlic on a cutting board. Then, using the side of a chef's knife, mash them together until a smooth paste forms.

  Transfer the paste to a large bowl and squeeze in the juice from 1 lemon. Whisk in tahini, mustard, and 2 tbsp of water. Gradually whisk in the olive oil until the dressing is thick and glossy.

  Whisk in 3 tbsp of Parmesan and season with salt and pepper.

  Add the shredded chicken and lettuce (tearing any large leaves) to the bowl with the dressing, along with pear slices. Toss until the leaves are coated.

  Transfer the salad to a platter and top with more parmesan and sesame seeds.

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Hassleback Pumpkin With Cumin Yoghurt & Curry Leaf Butter

Hassleback Pumpkin With Cumin Yoghurt & Curry Leaf Butter

Recipe by Courtney Roulston

Dietaries – Vegetarian, gluten-free
Serves – 4 as a side
Prep Time – 15 minutes
Cooking Time – 45 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 small butternut pumpkin (around 1.5kg) (or I can use ½ a large one)

  2 tbsp Squeaky Gate extra virgin olive oil

  Coles sea salt

  Coles black pepper

  1.5 cups Jalna Greek or Bio Dynamic yogurt

  2 tsp whole cumin seeds

  2 tsp Coles honey

  50g butter

  20 fresh curry leaves

  1 tbsp lemon juice

  ¼ cup chives, chopped into 3cm lengths

  ¼ cup flat-leaf parsley, leaves picked

Method

• Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C. Peel and cut the pumpkin in half lengthways. Scoop out the seeds and place onto a chopping board flat side down. Place a chopstick along either side of the pumpkin lengthways and using a sharp knife cut down 2-3mm thin slices into the chopsticks to prevent cutting all the way through the pumpkin. Transfer to a lined oven tray and drizzle with oil and season with salt. Bake for 40-45 minutes, or until tender and starting to brown on the outside.

  Meanwhile, toast the cumin seeds in a small frying pan over medium heat for 1-2 minutes, or until fragrant. Grind the cumin seeds in a mortar and pestle then stir through the yoghurt and honey along with a pinch of salt.

  Place the same small pan back onto medium heat and add in the butter. Once the butter is foaming, add in the curry leaves to infuse then remove from the heat. Season with salt and pepper then stir through the lemon juice.

  Spread the yoghurt onto the base of a serving platter then top with the pumpkin. Spoon over the curry leaf butter and scatter with herbs before serving.

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Potato and Pea Salad with Charred Lemon Dressing

Potato and Pea Salad with Charred Lemon Dressing

Recipe by Michael Weldon

Serves - 4
Prep Time - 10 mins
Cook Time - 10-15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 lemon, halved

  ½ cup Squeaky Gate extra virgin olive oil

  1 tsp Coles Dijon mustard

  1 tbsp Coles honey

  Coles black pepper

  Coles sea salt

  2 cups frozen peas, soaked in hot water to defrost

  1 head fennel, shaved thinly

  100 g Coles Greek feta

  1 bunch of mint, leaves picked

  1 bag baby spinach leaves

  ¼ cup pumpkin seeds, roasted

  2 kg Coles carisma potatoes

Method

• On a griddle pan or BBQ, place the lemon halves cut side down and cook until charred all over.

  Peel and dice the potatoes and boil them in a pot until they are slightly soft. Set them aside in hot water to keep warm.

  In a mixing bowl, add the olive oil, mustard, honey, a pinch of black pepper, and a pinch of salt. Squeeze the juice from the charred lemons into the bowl. Whisk together until combined to create the dressing.

  In a large bowl, add the warm potatoes, peas, fennel, and baby spinach.

  Serve on a large platter and top it with mint leaves, toasted pumpkin seeds, and crumbled feta.

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Lemon, Blueberry & Ginger Cheesecake

Lemon, Blueberry & Ginger Cheesecake

Recipe by Courtney Roulston

Serves – 8
Prep Time – 20 minutes, plus setting time
Cooking Time – 10 minutes

Ingredients

• 200 g Granita biscuits

  90 g butter, melted

  1 tsp mixed spice

  ½ tsp Coles ground ginger

  2 x 250 g blocks Cream cheese, cubed

  2 x 395 g tins condensed milk

  2 tbsp ginger, finely grated

  Juice and zest of 3 large lemons

  2 cups blueberries

  2 tbsp Coles Finest maple syrup

Method

• Crush the biscuits into a fine powder in a food processor in batches. Place the crushed biscuits into a bowl then pour in the melted butter, mixed spice, and ginger. Stir until well combined then place the mixture into the base of a 23cm springform tin. Use the back of a spoon to pack the mixture down into an even layer. Set aside in the fridge while you prepare the filling.

  In an upright blender, place the cream cheese and condensed milk. Blitz to start the mixture combining. Place the grated ginger into a piece of clean kitchen towel and squeeze the juice out into the blender along with the lemon zest and juice. Blend for 1-2 minutes, or until the mixture is completely smooth.

  Pour half the cheesecake mixture into the tin and scatter in 1 cup of the blueberries. Pour the remaining filling in and smooth it over so it's even. Place the cheesecake into the fridge to set for 6 hours or overnight.

  Place the remaining blueberries into a small pot with the maple syrup over a medium heat. Bring up to a simmer and cook for 5 minutes, or until the mixture is glossy and bright purple. Allow the blueberry mixture to cool before placing on top of the cheesecake and slicing to serve.

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Turmeric Lime Prawns

Turmeric Lime Prawns

Recipe by Louis Tikaram

Ingredients

• 500 g peeled and deveined banana prawns

  2 tbsp Squeaky Gate extra virgin olive oil

  3 tbsp butter

  ¼ cup minced eschalots

  4 garlic cloves, minced

  1 tbsp Coles ground turmeric

  2 tbsp fish sauce

  Zest and juice of 1 lime

  3 tbsp finely chopped fresh coriander

Method

• Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan or wok over medium-high heat. Cook the prawns for 2 minutes, tossing and stirring constantly, until just cooked through. Reduce the heat to medium and transfer the prawns to a plate.

  Add the butter, eschalots, and garlic to the pan; cook for 2-3 minutes, until aromatic. Stir in the turmeric and fish sauce.

  Add the prawns back to the pan, along with the lime zest and juice, and fresh coriander. Toss the prawns in the sauce until well-coated.

  Serve the turmeric lime prawns with steamed rice or even some fresh grilled bread.

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Parsley Pesto

Parsley Pesto

Recipe by Courtney Roulston

Serves - 6

Ingredients

• ½ cup pine nuts

  2 garlic cloves, peeled and chopped

  2 cups parsley leaves, well-packed

  120 g parmesan cheese, grated

  ½ cup olive oil

  juice of half a lemon

  Pinch of salt

Method

• Toast the pine nuts in the frying pan over a medium heat.

  Add the garlic and the toasted pine nuts to the bowl of the food processor.

  Process the mix until fine and crumbly.

  Add the parsley leaves to the food processor and process until finely chopped.

  Place the parmesan in the bowl of the food processor. With the motor running, slowly add the olive oil.

  Add the lemon juice and pulse to combine.

  Check seasoning and adjust if necessary.

  Using the spatula, scrape the parsley pesto into the serving bowl

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Berry Rice Pudding

Berry Rice Pudding

Recipe by Louis Tikaram

Ingredients

• 1 L Coles milk

  Zest of 1 orange

  Juice of 1 orange

  1 cinnamon quill

  140 g Arborio rice

  1 cup sugar

  8 strawberries, halved

  2/3 cup blueberries

  200 ml cloudy apple juice

  1 star anise

Method

• Place milk, orange zest, and cinnamon quill in a large pan over medium heat and bring to a simmer. Stir in rice and 1/4 cup sugar, then reduce the heat to low. Cook, stirring frequently, for 1 hour or until the rice is cooked through. Remove the pan from the heat. Discard the zest and cinnamon.

  Transfer the rice to a bowl and set aside to cool slightly.

  To poach the berries, combine the remaining ingredients in a pan over medium heat. Bring to a simmer, then reduce the heat to medium-low and cook for 10 minutes until thickened and glossy.

  Serve the rice pudding in individual dessert bowls, then top with poached berries and drizzle with the reduced syrup.

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Tandoori Beef Kebabs with Quick Carrot Salad

Tandoori Beef Kebabs with Quick Carrot Salad

Recipe by Courtney Roulston

Dietaries – Gluten Free
Serves – 4
Prep Time – 15 mins
Cooking Time – 20 mins

Ingredients

• 750g beef

  2 tbsp Patak’s tandoori paste

  1.5 cups Greek yoghurt

  Sea salt

  Black pepper

  3 medium carrots, peeled into strips with a toothed peeler

  1 small red onion

  1 tbsp ginger, peeled, finely julienned

  1 lime, plus extra to serve

  2 tsp maple syrup

  ¼ bunch coriander, sprigs picked

  3 tbsp oil

Method

• Place the onions into a small bowl and squeeze over the juice of the lime and a pinch of salt. Set aside for 10 minutes.

  Heat a grill plate over a medium heat. Place the beef into a large bowl and add in the tandoori paste, half of the yoghurt, salt, and pepper. Mix well then thread onto skewers so they are all an even size. Drizzle with 1 tablespoon of the oil and cook for 3-4 minutes each side, turning occasionally or until the beef is cooked through. Set aside to rest.

  Drain the onions from the lime juice and reserve the liquid. Place the carrot into a mixing bowl with the ginger and coriander. Mix the lime juice with maple syrup, remaining oil, salt, and pepper. Pour the dressing onto the carrot salad and gently toss.

  Place the beef skewers onto a serving platter with the remaining yogurt and serve with carrot salad, onions, and extra lime wedges.

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