Kebabs (Submitted by Mandy)
Ingredients: Steak: I use rump, marinate in your favourite marinade, I use plum sauce, oil, salt, pepper, soy sauce and some garlic and marinate for 4 hours. When near the end of the marinating time - Chop some tomatoes in cubes Cube a pineapple Cube some capsicum Cube some red onions, red are good...
Festive Shrimp Cocktails
Ingredients: Chilled cocktail glasses 24 large shrimp, raw, deveined, and easy peel, thawed) Avocado Red Capsicum Cucumber 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 lemon (optional) Handful of fresh parsley (optional) 1 cup ketchup 2 Tbsp. horseradish Pinch of salt 1 tsp lemon juice (optional) 1/2 tsp worcestershire sauce...
Trifle Delight@Xmas
Ingredients: 1 x Bakery sponge cake, cut into 3cm cubes ½ cup of sherry (optional), can use dry ginger ale or raspberry soft drink instead 2 cups strawberries 2 cups blueberries 2 cups raspberries 1 Lt Custard Cream, 250 ml (more if desired) Icing sugar for dusting Long grates of chocolate for...
Christmas Pork Loin Roast with Apple & Cranberry Stuffing
Ingredients: - 1.8kg boneless pork loin Salt, to taste Freshly ground pepper, to taste 1/2 cup breadcrumbs 1/2 cup chicken stock 1 cup peeled, chopped tart green apples 1/3 cup dried cranberries 1/3 cup chopped walnuts, toasted 1/4 cup minced shallots 2 Tbsp maple syrup 1 tsp rosemary, minced METHOD...
Spinach, Potato & Cream Cheese Pie (Submitted by Gillian)
Ingredients: 1 recipe of pie crust 4 cooked and chopped potatoes 1 stick of silver beet or 1 bok-choy 1/2 carton of cream cheese 4 eggs 1 cup cream or milk Seasoning to taste 1/2 cup grated cheese METHOD: Set oven to 180C. Roll out and line a flan tin with pastry. Chop up bok-choy or silver beet...
Eaton Mess (Submitted by (D Ford-Tuveve)
Ingredients: 1 ½ cups cream 3/4 cup plain Greek yogurt 5 cups mixed berries, e.g. strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries 6 crushed mini meringues (Optional) 30ml Baileys 2x Chocolate flake for garnish METHOD: Whip cream with Baileys until thick, fold in yoghurt. Mix in crushed...
Christmas Salmon, Roast Potato's & Grilled Asparagus Salad (Submitted by Morgan Voyle)
Ingredients: 1.5kg (roughly) of salmon - you can use fresh salmon fillet and pre-cook it or use the already smoked salmon from the supermarket. 1kg of roasting potatoes 1 tsp table salt 1/2 tsp baking soda Neutral flavoured oil (rice bran) 1 bunch of fresh chives 1 bunch of Italian flat leaf Parsley...
Christmas Roasted Lamb Shoulder
Ingredients: 1.8kg lamb shoulder (bone in) 2 tbsp olive oil 2 tsp salt 1 tsp black pepper 1 onion, quartered 1 head garlic, cut in half horizontally 3 garlic cloves, cut into slivers 8 rosemary sprigs 1 cup water Gravy: 2 Tbsp flour 2 cups beef broth Salt & pepper to taste METHOD: Preheat oven to...
Margaret's Pavlova (Submitted by Margaret)
Ingredients: - 6 egg whites add 1tsp boiling water pinch salt 1 teacup sugar 1 dsp cornflour Pinch cream tartar (another) tsp boiling water (another) 1 teacup sugar 1tsp vinegar 1tsp vanilla METHOD: Beat egg whites until they peak, then add other ingredients in order, allow a short time between...
White Christmas (Submitted by Peggy)
Ingredients: 1 1/2 kgs of white chocolate 3 cups rice bubbles 150 grams cherries 150 grams of cranberries 150 grams finely chopped nuts 150 grams sultanas 2 tsp rum METHOD: Break Chocolate into small pieces, melt chocolate in a bowl over a pot of boiling water, till all melted. To another bowl, add...
Xmas Choc/Rum Truffles (Submitted by Bronwyn)
Ingredients: 1 pkt plain biscuits, crumbled 1 tin condensed milk 2 Tablespoons Cocoa 1/2 cup coconut (and extra to roll truffles in) 2 teaspoons each of rum and vanilla essence 50 g melted butter Handful of raisins (optional) METHOD: Mix all ingredients together, roll into balls and roll in coconut...
Jolly Scalloped Potato Dish
Ingredients: 1.1 kg potatoes 20g butter plus a little for greasing the tray 1 onion, peeled and thinly sliced 1 clove garlic, crushed 300 ml cream Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper A pinch of freshly ground nutmeg METHOD: - Preheat the oven to 200° C. Lightly butter an oven dish, about 6 cm x...
Berry Cheesecake (Submitted by Vanessa)
Ingredients: 1 packet of chocolate biscuits 125g butter, melted 200 ml cream 400 g cream cheese, at room temperature 1 teaspoon vanilla extract ½ cup of icing sugar 1 punnet of fresh raspberries Handful of freeze-dried raspberries and crumbled Chocolate to decorate METHOD: Grease a 20cm springform...
Heather Greig's Recipe (Submitted by Heather)
Ingredients: Cabbage, about a cup per person 2 eggs mixed with half a cup of milk, per person Cooked Bacon Salt and pepper METHOD: Cook Bacon put aside. Cook amount of cabbage required in a small amount of water. Place Bacon and cooked cabbage in a sprayed dish. Pour over egg and milk mixture. Dot...
Peppermint Bark (Submitted by Julie-Anne)
Ingredients: - 25 mini candy canes 4 cups chocolate chips (700 g) ½ teaspoon peppermint extract 3 cups white chocolate chip (525 g) METHOD: - Place the mini candy canes in a zip top bag and use a rolling pin to crush them into small chunks. Transfer to a medium bowl. In a separate medium bowl, stir...
Joyful Maple Glazed Christmas Turkey
Ingredients: 7kg turkey 60g unsalted butter, softened 2 cups (500ml) chicken stock 1/2 cup (125ml) maple syrup 1/2 cup (165g) spiced redcurrant jelly 1/4 cup (60ml) orange juice 300ml cream Berry jam, to serve METHOD: - Preheat oven to 180°C. Rinse turkey and pat dry with paper towel. Tie legs...
Christmas Surprise (Submitted by Noelene)
Ingredients: Love Hugs Kisses And all the joy, love, and happiness in the world. METHOD: Being there, and spending time and love with everybody you can!!
Nicky Van pelt's - Sherry Log (Submitted by Nicky)
Ingredients: 1 packet of chocolate chippy biscuits Sherry 500 ml cream Plain chocolate for grating Glazed Cherries METHOD: Sherry log: Whip the cream. Dip biscuits in sherry. Stick biscuits together with cream then cover the log in cream. Sprinkle with grated chocolate and pop some glazed cherries...