Simply, Burgers, Chips & Sauce
Ingredients: - 800g of beef mince 1 medium onion, finely sliced 2 garlic cloves, crushed 2 Tbsp worcestershire sauce 2 Tbsp parsley, chopped Salt & pepper to season Oil - Burger Sauce: - 5o ml of tomato ketchup 50g mustard Chunky Chips: - 6 potatoes Salt & pepper to seasoning To Serve: - 4 hamburger...
Homemade Fruit Salad & Creamy Vanilla Ice-Cream
Ingredients: - Fruit:- Punnet of strawberries, whole or cut in half 2 large kiwifruit, sliced 1 Pineapple, skin cut off and cut into chunks Add any other fruit you want; cubes of watermelon are yummy if affordable Ice- Cream: - 1 ¾ cups cream 1 ¼ cups milk, preferably whole milk ¾ cup sugar ⅛ tsp...
Glazed Salmon on a Bed of Potato Mash
Ingredients: - 454 grams of salmon fillets (1 inch thick, skin removed) 2 Tbsp soy sauce 1-1/2 Tbsp honey 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped 1-1/2 tsp fresh ginger, finely chopped Coriander stalks and thin strips of orange pepper for garnish METHOD: - Potato Mash: - 2-3 large potatoes Fresh chives...
Steak, Eggs & Chips
Ingredients: - 6 180-gram fillet steaks 100 grams parmesan cheese (grated) Pepper Sea salt 2 large potatoes (peeled) 60 mls olive oil Oil for the cooking the steak Add your favourite style of eggs, fried, poached etc Salad of your choice METHOD: - Cut the potatoes into neat 2 cm dice. Season and...
Delicious Orange Chicken
Ingredients: - 454 grams boneless skinless, chicken thighs or breast (cut into chunks) ½ tsp salt 1 egg (beaten) 1/2 cup corn flour 1/4 cup vegetable oil 2 cloves garlic (minced) 1 carrot (peeled and sliced) 1/2 tsp grated ginger 1 small onion 1 green bell pepper (sliced) 1/2 cup orange juice 2 Tbsp...
Christmas Recipe Winners
Announcing the 'WINNERS' Of agOnline's Farmers Patch 'Favourite Christmas Recipe Competition' 1st Place: Christmas Salmon, Roast Potato & Grilled Asparagus Salad, Submitted by Morgan Voyle. 2nd Place: Cinnamon Meringue Layer Cake, Submitted by Lorraine. 3rd Place: Nana's Xmas Cake, Submitted by Barb...
Festive Season Apple Pie with Raisins & Cinnamon
Ingredients: - Dough Mix: - 300 grams flour, 200 grams cold butter (cubed), 125 grams sugar, 1 egg, 1 pinch of Salt - Apple Filling: - 7 apples, 80 grams raisins, 50 grams sugar, 3 tsp cinnamon, 2 Tbsp custard, 50g fine breadcrumbs - METHOD: - Filling: - Peel, core and thinly slice the apple then...
Cranberry Sauce for Meat (Submitted by LeAnne)
Ingredients: - Jar of cranberry jelly (like Ocean Spray- whole berry one is the best), Butter, Liquor of choice (e.g., red wine, bourbon, whiskey, sherry) - METHOD: - Put jar of cranberry jelly in a pot and heat on medium heat with a knob of butter. Stir to break up jelly and stir until smooth and...
Nana's Xmas Cake (Submitted by Barb)
Ingredients: - 500g butter, 2 cups sugar, 9 eggs, 1 Tbsp coffee essence, Wineglass of brandy/sherry, Salt, 1 dsp spice, 1 dsp cinnamon, 4 cups flour, 1 tsp baking powder, 2 x 1kg packets mixed fruit, 2 x 70g packets blanched almonds - METHOD: - Cream butter and sugar. Beat eggs in very well. Add...
Roast Beef for Christmas with Roast Potatoes & Gravy
Ingredients: - 1.2 kg Eye fillet, 3 Tbsp Dijon mustard, 5 large potatoes, peeled & chopped, Garlic cloves, 2 rosemary sprigs - Gravy: - 1 Tbsp Dijon mustard, Hot water, 50g Butter, 50g Plain flour, Salt and pepper, to taste 3 Tbsp Oil - METHOD: - Preheat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan-forced). Tie...
Slow Roasted Xmas Lamb Shoulder with Herbs & Spices
Ingredients: - 1 Tbsp coriander powder, 1 Tbsp cumin powder, 1 Tbsp smoked paprika powder, 1 Tbsp fennel seeds, 1 Tbsp fresh ginger, sliced and peeled, 2 garlic cloves, peeled, 1 sprig rosemary, remove leaves, 3 sprigs thyme, remove leaves, 4 Tbsp olive oil, ¼ tsp sea salt - For the Lamb: - 1.6 kg...
Christmas Cake (Submitted by Lyn)
Ingredients: - 1kg mixed dry fruit, 600 mls chocolate milk, 2 cups self-rising flour - METHOD: - Soak fruit in chocolate milk over-night. Next day, fold through the two cups of flour and put in a 21cm/8 in tin. Fan bake two hours at 175 °C. Poke to see if cooked and let cool, Yum! - So easy!! You...
Traditional Yule Log Cake (Buche de Noel)
Ingredients: - Chocolate Cake: - ¼ cup flour, ½ cup corn flour, ½ cup cocoa powder, 5 large eggs, ½ cup granulated sugar, 2 Tbsp butter - Mascarpone Whipped Cream Filling: - 1 cup mascarpone cheese, ½ cup icing sugar, 1 tsp vanilla extract, ¾ cup + 1 Tbsp cream - Whipped Chocolate Ganache: - 200g...
Happiness (Submitted by Kay)
Ingredients: - One large table and chairs, 15 Whanau members, No phones, Home cooked food, home grown vege’s, Champagne to toast the festive season - METHOD: - Enlarge the table, bring in all spare chairs, Place names and a book at each setting from Hosts, Tasty Turkey, Lamb n hot Ham along with...
Bacon Wrapped Whole Scotch Fillet (Submitted by Leanne)
Ingredients: - 6 tablespoons olive oil, 4 cloves garlic, 1 teaspoon rubbed sweet basil, 1 teaspoon each freshly ground salt & black pepper, 4 anchovy fillets, 1.2 kg whole scotch fillet, 250 grams streaky bacon - METHOD: - Put all ingredients, except scotch fillet and bacon into a bullet or food...
Lumps of Coal Cookies (For those on Santa’s Naughty List) (Submitted by Jo)
Ingredients: - 1½ cups plain flour, 1¼ cups black cocoa powder, 1 teaspoon baking soda, ¼ teaspoon salt, 1 cup unsalted butter, softened, 1 cup sugar, ¾ cup brown sugar, 2 large eggs, 1 cup chocolate chips - METHOD: - Preheat oven to 200⁰C and line an oven tray with baking paper. In a medium bowl...
Ham Topping (Submitted by Jane)
Ingredients: - 1 tin crushed pineapple 1 tablespoon whole grain mustard whole cloves METHOD: - Peel the skin off a cooked ham, score the fat into small diamond shape. Place a clove into each shape. Mix together pineapple and mustard and smear over the ham. Bake in a hot oven 200 °C, for approx half...
Easy Chocolate Truffles (Submitted by Glenys)
Ingredients: - 1 cup of dates 1 cup Raisins 1 cup nuts 2 tablespoons cocoa 1 tablespoon marg or butter 1 1/2 tablespoons of coconut METHOD: - Place all ingredients in a food processor and process until the mixture is sticky so you can roll into balls. With wet hands roll spoonful’s of mixture into...