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Chicken Sage & Mushroom Risoni
By vegar
Alive and Cooking
- (Serves 2)
- 2 chicken thigh fillets, chopped to bite size pieces
- 6 mushrooms, sliced
- 4-6 sage leaves, finely chopped
- 1 clove of garlic, finely chopped
- 2-3 spring onions, finely sliced
- 200 g Risoni pasta
- 400 ml chicken stock
- 3 bocconcini
- Splash of olive oil
- Salt & pepper
Spelt Gnudi with Fresh Tomato Sauce
By vegar
Bring a large saucepan of water to a boil with a pinch of salt
- 1/2 cup spelt flour
- 1/2 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese, plus more for serving
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 tsp. chilli flakes
- 1-2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
- 1 punnet of gold perino tomatoes, roughly chopped
- 1/2 lemon, zested
- 1 tsp. fresh parsley, roughly chopped
- 1/2 spinach, stems discarded, cooked, squeeze excess water, finely chop
- 250 g fresh ricotta
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- pinch of salt and pepper
- pinch of freshly grated nutmeg
Buffalo Mozzarella Starter
By vegar
Slice mozzarella onto platter
- 400 g Crème fraiche
- Pepper
- Salt
- Lemon rind chopped
- Yellow cherry tomato
- Red cherry tomato
- Marjoram
- Fresh chillis
- Lemon juice
- Mozzarella
Bean and Prosciutto Bruschetta
By vegar
Slice the sourdough nice and thick, then chargrill
- 1 local heavy sourdough
- 10 slices prosciutto
- 500 g fava beans
- 1/2 lemon, squeezed
- 2 corn on the cob - kernels sliced
- 1/2 small butternut pumpkin, diced
- 1 bunch sage
- 1 large chilli, julienne on ice
- 1 bunch basil
- 2 red radishes, shaved on ice
- 1 handful local olives
- Snow pea sprouts
JAM CROISSANTS - SLAVICA
By vegar
Add Milk, sugar and yeast till rises Mix with Mixer lard and egg
- 350 g Lard
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 1 yeast satchet
- 700 g flour
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- jam (preferred)
The best pasta salad
By vegar
Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil
- 310 g small shell-shaped pasta
- 3 cloves garlic
- 255 g yellow cherry tomatoes
- 255 g red cherry tomatoes
- 1 handful black olives, pitted
- 2 tablespoons fresh chives
- 1 handful fresh basil
- 1/2 cucumber
- 4 tablespoons white wine vinegar, or to taste
- 7 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- sea salt
- freshly ground black pepper
Tempura Batter
By vegar
Combine ½ cup plain flour, ½ cup gluten free rice flour and baking powder in a large bowl
- 1/2 cup plain flour
- 1/2 cup gluten free rice flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 whisked egg
- 1 1.4 cups of cold soda water
- 6 ice cubes
Seafood Chowder
By vegar
1. In a large heavy based saucepan melt butter and add diced vegetables
- 200 g butter
- 1 onion, diced
- 2 carrots, diced
- 2 sticks celery, diced
- 200 g plain flour
- 100 ml white wine
- 150 g tomato paste
- 2 litres fish stock, warmed
- 1 teaspoon fennel seeds, roasted and ground
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 2 bay leaves
- Celery stalk, 10cm piece
- 1 stalk fresh thyme
- 500 g Harpuka, diced
- 10 green lip mussels, cleaned and washed
- 20 little neck clams, washed or vongole to substitute.
- 10 half shell scallops, washed
Beef Cheeks with Vanilla
By vegar
Preheat the oven to 150°C (300°F)
- 2 tbsp flour, combined with 1 teaspoon each of salt and pepper 4 beef cheeks
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 1 celery, diced
- 1 carrot, diced
- 2 shallots, finely chopped
- 6 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 cup port
- 1 vanilla pod, split and seeds scraped out
- Dash of cognac
- 1 tsp peppercorns
- 2 cardamom pods, crushed
- 2 fresh bay leaves
- I litre of beef stock
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 tbsp sherry vinegar
Crispy Prawn Cigars with Coconut Dipping Sauce
By vegar
Justine Schofield
- Dipping Sauce:
- 1 litre canola oil, for frying
- 30 (1.2kg) raw banana prawns, peeled, deveined and cut into small pieces
- 1/2 an egg white
- 1 spring onion, finely chopped
- 1 1/2 tsp. ginger, finely grated
- 1/4 cup coriander leaves, finely chopped
- 1/2 cup dried shitake mushrooms, soaked in warm water then squeezed dry and finely chopped.
- 1 tbs. organic soy sauce
- 1/2 tsp. sesame oil
- 24 sheets of square spring roll pastry
- 3 tbs. fresh lime juice
- 3 tbs. fish sauce
- 1 tbs. grated coconut
- 1 tbs. sambal oelek
- 1 1/2 tbs. grated palm sugar