Recipes

MAKES 6 120g unsalted butter, chopped, softened 1 cup (250ml) honey 2 large eggs, at room temperature 2/3 cup (165ml) buttermilk, at room temperature 1 1/3 cups (200g) self-raising flour, sifted ½ tsp ground cinnamon ½ tsp ground nutmeg 150g roasted pumpkin puree (I substituted it for apple puree) SPICED FROSTING 180g unsalted butter, softened 125g pure icing sugar, sifted ½ tsp ground cinnamon Preheat oven to 180c and grease a 6-hole Texas muffin pan. Place the butter and half the honey in a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and beat until pale.  Add the eggs, 1 at...

So, you might still have some extra time on your hands to try some of those things you have always wanted to do right– and who doesn’t want to try pickling. All those beautiful jars of colour all lined up impressively in your kitchen.   What is pickling? Pickling is the process of preparing food by soaking and storing it in a brine containing salt and/or vinegar – usually both. It is a process that can preserve otherwise perishable food for months.  What do you need? First, you will need two large cooking pots. One for preparing the pickled vegetables and...

We are lucky enough to have one of those big old Fremantle back yards with a couple of very big, very old olive trees.  This year, once again, they have been laden with olives, much to the delight of our doggo who seems to enjoy a couple of olives now and then. I am sure if we poured her a red wine to go with it, she would be very happy! Over the years we have tried different recipes and techniques to cure the olives.  So if you have a tree full of olives or have access to the neighbour’s...