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Aubergine Curry
By Laurapackham
A beautiful aubergine curry dish from southern India
- 4 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 - 2 tsp fennel seeds
- 7 curry leaves
- 2 chopped onions
- 1½ tsp chopped garlic
- 10 dried whole red chillies
- 8 baby aubergines cut into 4 lengthways
- 3 chopped potatoes
- 400ml coconut milk
- 1 chopped tomato
- 2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
Beer-Battered Fish n' Chips
By Laurapackham
Who doesn't love some good ol' British fish and chips? Who doesn't like beer? A perfect marriage of logic and de...
- 4 chopped potatoes
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 1 1/2 cups self-raising flour
- 1 lightly whisked egg
- 1 1/2 cups cooled beer
- Salt and black pepper
- Vegetable oil, to deep-fry
- 8 white fish fillets
- Lemon wedges
Tartare Sauce
By Laurapackham
A must for any plate of fish and chips
- Tartare sauce
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tsp mustard powder
- 1 cup olive oil
- 2 tbsp chopped capers
- 8 chopped gherkins or pickles
- 2 chopped shallots
- 2 tbsp chopped parsley
- 1 tbsp chopped dill
- 2 tbsp chopped chives
- Salt & freshly ground black pepper
Rhubarb and Strawberry Custard Crumble
By Laurapackham
I've slightly modified our family favourite of rhubarb crumble, with strawberries, for a great sweet and sour taste
- 1 x Roasted rhubarb (see 'goes well with' below)
- 250g strawberries, hulled and halved
- For the crumble
- 85g plain flour
- 50g golden caster sugar
- 25g ground almonds
- 50g butter, room temperature, chopped
- finely grated zest 1 small orange
- 2 handfuls pine nuts
- serve with the best custard you can buy
Witchetty Grub Soup
By Laurapackham
This soup recipe comes from central Australia where Witchetty or Witjuti Grubs - large white moth larva - are usual...
- 10 fresh witchetty grubs
- 2 tsp olive oil
- Handful of dried onions
- 1L Chicken stock
- Native peppercorns
- Salt
- 1/2 cup powdered milk
- A dash of flour
Kinder Bueno cupcakes
By Laurapackham
Preheat oven to 170°C. Put cupcake cups into two muffin trays, or grease two muffin trays
- Cupcakes
- 250g butter
- 100g hazelnuts chopped
- 200g caster sugar
- 120g self-raising flour
- 30g packets white chocolate powder
- 2 eggs
- 60mls milk
- Chocolate buttercream frosting
- 225g butter
- 200g icing sugar
- 175g milk chocolate
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Easy Quinoa Salad
By Laurapackham
During my brief crash-test vegan diet, I discovered the wonderful Quinoa
- 2 cups quinoa
- 3 cups chicken broth
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup chopped cherry tomatoes
- 1/2 cup capsicum
- 1/2 cup cucumber
- 1/3 cup feta cheese
- A handful of chopped olives
- 1 tbsp chopped shallots
- 1 tsp chopped fresh mint
- 1 tsp grated lemon skin
- 2 tsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp sherry vinegar
Full English Breakfast
By Laurapackham
No better way to start your weekend than with this classic English Breakfast, made to share
- 2 sausages
- 2 bacon
- 2 eggs
- punnet of mushrooms
- 2 tomatoes
- 1 can of Heinz baked beans
- 2 bread rolls
- 1/2 onion
Crispy Hash Browns
By Laurapackham
Perfect addition to any Full English Breakfast
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 500g of baking potatoes (peeled and grated)
- Salt and pepper
Pickled Purple Cabbage
By Laurapackham
Shred up the purple cabbage
- 1/2 head of purple cabbage
- 1 cup red wine vinegar
- 1 tsp ground cloves
- 1/2 cup apple juice