Bad bunny hot cross bun bread + butter pudding

In New Zealand during lockdown, May 2020, these hot cross bun bread and butter puddings stormed social media and they simply can’t be ignored as a fabulous way to use up leftover hot cross buns. I know I buy too many, I know I shouldn’t, but…     You will need… Clean hands Chopping board […]

Tray-bake chicken Caesar salad: Annabel Langbein

Caesar salad is one of those timeless recipes that everyone loves. Throwing everything into the oven to cook makes fast work of this fabulous recipe, and the dressing can also be made ahead of time.   INGREDIENTS Caesar salad 4 boneless chicken thighs, ideally skin-on 8 rashers streaky bacon 4 trusses cherry or truss tomatoes […]

Scrumptious dumplings

Bite-sized flavour dynamos, dumplings are a crowd-pleasing snack or meal that are fun and surprisingly simple to make at home. From Korean mandu to Japanese gyoza and Chinese-style wonton, here are some tried and true flavour combos to try – whether you like them boiled, steamed or fried.     Dumpling wrappers can be found […]

Feta, pea and mint crustless quiche

This light and minty crustless quiche is lifted by the salty feta. Perfect for a packed lunch, it will also keep well in the fridge for up to two days. Serve warm or cold with a lightly dressed mixed salad.     PER SERVING 340 cals | PROTEIN 17g | CARBS 5.5g | FAT 27.5g […]

Grilled Bluff Oysters

When grilling oysters, you need to pick a species that is robust enough to stand up to the heat. The firmness of Bluff oysters makes them perfect for popping onto a barbecue with a spoonful of dressing or compound butter. This recipe comes from the early pop-up days of Hiakai. INGREDIENTS 50g thick-cut pancetta, cut […]

Shrimp Poke Bowl: United Fisheries

  Prep 10 | Serves 2 INGREDIENTS 300g Sea Cuisine Cooked & Peeled Shrimp 250g cooked white or brown rice, or quinoa, barley, bulgur wheat or sorghum 1 Lemon 2 tbsp avocado oil 3 tbsp Sriracha soy mayonnaise 300g fresh vegetables e.g. edamame beans, carrot, avocado, green beans, radish, corn, cucumber, blanched broccoli, seaweed. The […]

Almond Meringue Torte recipe

  COOK 1.5 | SERVES 10 Meringue nut layer 75g (½ cup) roasted almonds 4 egg whites 250g (1½ cups) icing sugar 1 tbsp white vinegar 30g (¼ cup) unsweetened Dutch cocoa powder Filling 600ml (2½ scant cups) thickened (whipping) cream 75g (½ cup) roasted almonds, chopped 100g dark chocolate, finely chopped 135g (1 cup) […]

Asian style lettuce cups: Beef + Lamb NZ

Delicious and bursting with flavour, these Asian style lettuce cups are perfect served as a healthy lighter meal. We also like to use smaller lettuce cups to create bite sized tasty morsels and serve on a large platter at the next summer barbecue gathering. If you like to add a bit of heat be plentiful […]

Perfect panforte recipe

I always don a clean pair of dishwashing gloves to mix this dense festive Italian fruit cake, as it’s very heavy to mix with a spoon and you need to work fast so the toffee mixture doesn’t set before it’s mixed through the fruit and nuts. The recipe scales up easily and you can play […]

All a pickle: Gordon’s Pickles

Someone once said, “Good pickles are crisp, enduring and devilishly hard to make”. That person clearly had not met the team at Gordon’s Pickles. They are passionate experts on pickles of all shapes and flavours from sliced and whole gherkins with dill or chilli and honey, to traditional pickled onions.   One of the company’s […]