Summer fruits have been abundant this year and I have made this pie using the wonderful peaches and apples from Rod and Boris, farmers from Orange, who sell their fruit direct to the public at Parklea Markets. It is a lovely blend, marrying the tartness of the apples with the sweet peaches and spices. Peach and Apple Pie Ingredients: Pastry: 230g plain flour 30g … Continue reading Peach and Apple Pie
This classic Spanish tortilla is easy to make and so tasty and it makes a satisfying light lunch. The focus is on the potatoes and onions rather than the eggs and the tortilla can be eaten hot or cold. Simple yet so delicious. Ingredients: 300g potatoes sliced thinly 1 onion thinly sliced 6 eggs (600 g) 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 Tblsp of Parsley chopped … Continue reading Spanish Tortilla de Patatas
As we are having a picnic lunch I thought these delicious little mini scone morsels would be nice to have with our coffee. They are the perfect size for picnics and the lemony flavour works well with the dates. They would also be perfect to take to work for your morning tea. Mini Lemon and Date Scones Ingredients: 2 cups Self Raising flour 30 g … Continue reading Mini Lemon and Date Scones
Eggplants are plentiful at the end of summer and taste wonderful in this braided savory pastry. The best prosciutto and Maasdam or Swiss cheese are layered on homemade shortcrust pastry with the eggplant and baked till golden brown. This savoury braid makes a perfect and satisfying lunch served with a mixed green salad. A vegetarian version is also included below with the recipe for making … Continue reading Eggplant, Prosciutto and Cheese Braid
The following is a list of things you can plant in February in Sydney, a temperate zone: Amaranth Beans (dwarf) Beetroot Broccoli Brussel sprouts Carrot Cauliflower Chives Cucumber Endive Fennel Kohlrabi Leeks Lettuce Mustard greens Onion Parsley Radish Silverbeet Swedes Turnip Zucchini Plant of the Month – Purple Burr Daisy – (Calotis Cuniefolia R.Br ) Continue reading What to Plant in February
Zuppa Inglese – a Classic Italian Trifle Zuppa Inglese is a traditional Italian dessert that layers chocolate and vanilla custard with sponge finger biscuits soaked in Alchermes liqueur or sweet fortified wine. This recipe uses cornflour custard in place of egg custard to make a lighter version of the desert that is so delicious. Ingredients: Savoiardi Biscuits Dessicated coconut or finely crushed Amaretti Biscuits … Continue reading Zuppa Inglese-a Classic Italian Trifle
The slow cooker is wonderful for cooking any cut of meat and in the summer it does it in an energy efficient way and without creating heat in the kitchen. In this recipe we use fresh vegetables from the garden and cook a whole leg of lamb in the crock pot. When cooked, the lamb is flavourful and moist and just falls off the bone … Continue reading Slow Cooked Leg of Lamb with Vegetables
Land Cress or Barbarea Verna is a wonderful plant for the home vegetable garden as a dead end trap for the eggs of butterflies, like the cabbage butterfly. The caterpillars hatch and die after eating the leaves of the land cress which is rich in saponins and toxic to the caterpillars. In doing so it acts as a biological pest control agent. This beneficial plant is … Continue reading Growing Land Cress
The following is a list of things you can plant in January in Sydney, a temperate zone: Amaranth Beans (dwarf and climbing) Beetroot Carrot Chives Cucumber Egglant seedlings Kohlrabi Lettuce Marrow Mustard Greens Okra seedlings Parsley Radish Silverbeet Sunflower Sweet corn Turnip Zucchini Plant of the Month – Hibiscus Margurite – (Rare heirloom, double – purple, mauve, pink) Continue reading What to plant in January
To all gardeners, visitors and followers of The Grantham Gardener, we wish you good health, prosperity, peace and a Happy New Year……… ……and may your garden flourish and give you a bountiful harvest this year! Greetings from beautiful Sydney Harbour. Continue reading Happy New Year 2017 !
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