Warm Baby Potato Salad With Handmade Pesto

Warm Baby Potato Salad With Handmade Pesto

Ingredient

2kg Baby Potatoes, halved

200g Green beans, tailed and halved

2 spring onions

100g Peas

1 bunch Basil

50g pinenuts toasted

1 garlic clove

50g Parmesan cheese

1tsp black pepper

¼ cup Red Island Olive Oil

1 lemon, juice

Sea Salt

50g roasted Cashew nuts

½ bunch of Mint, picked

Method

In a large pot add the potatoes, a pinch of salt and cover in cold water. Bring the water to the boil and cook until the potatoes are cooked through.

In a mortar and pestle combine the basil, a pinch of salt, pine nuts and pine nuts. Pound until the ingredients combine and everything is broken down, this will take a while but the flavour is worth it. Add the parmesan cheese, black pepper and olive oil. Stir in until the mixture is combine.

In a large pot of boiling water blanch the beans for 30 seconds. Remove and allow to cool. Repeat the process with the peas.

In a large bowl add the potatoes, beans, peas, spring onions and pesto. Mix together until all the ingredients are evenly coated.

Garnish with cashew nuts and mint leaves.

Recipe by Michael Weldon

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Brussel Sprout and Butterbean Salad With Anchovy Vinaigrette

Brussel Sprout and Butterbean Salad With Anchovy Vinaigrette

Ingredients

1tbs Red Island extra virgin olive oil

1kg Brussel sprouts - halved

400g butterbeans - drained and washed

1 bunch parsley - washed and leaves picked

1 bunch mint - washed and leaves picked

3 shallots - peeled and finely sliced

1/2 cup toasted pepitas

1 green chilli - finely sliced

Anchovy Vinaigrette
10 anchovy fillets

2tsp dijon mustard

1 clove garlic - minced

50ml red wine vinegar

75ml Red Island extra virgin olive oil

Method

Pre heat your grill to high.

Place a large pan over a medium to high heat.

Add in the olive oil and then arrange the brussels sprouts halved side down around the pan. Season well with salt and pepper. Caramelise the brussels sprouts for around 3 minutes until hey get some good colour on the underside. Transfer the pan to under the grill. Colour the top side of the brussels sprouts until it’s nearly blockaded - Trust me.

While hot, transfer the sprouts into a large mixing bowl along with the rest of the ingredients with the salad. Dress the salad generously with the anchovy vinaigrette and season well with salt and pepper. Toss the salad making sure that everything is coated with the dressing.

Recipe by Andy Allen

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Hemp Seed Dukkah

Hemp Seed Dukkah

Ingredients

50g sesame seeds
50g fennel seeds
100g coriander seeds
50g ground cumin
200g hemp seeds
15g sea salt flakes

Method

Preheat your oven to 180 degrees.

Place the sesame seeds, fennel seeds and coriander seeds into a large frypan. Toast for 5 minutes or until sesame seeds are golden, tossing the pan regularly to avoid burning.

Add hemp seeds in a blender, pulse the toasted pepitas until they resemble coarse sawdust. Remove them and replace in the blender with the fennel seeds and coriander seeds. Blend these until they resemble a fine powder.

Place all of the ingredients into a large bowl and mix together. Store in an airtight container at room temperature and the dukkah will last for up to a year.

Recipe by Andy Allen

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BBQ Whole Snapper With Lemon Grass, Ginger and Kaffir Lime

BBQ Whole Snapper With Lemon Grass, Ginger and Kaffir Lime

Ingredients

1 plate size fish
Marinade
2 garlic cloves
1 thumb size piece of ginger
6 kaffir lime leaves
1 green chilli - roughly chopped
1 stick lemongrass, white part only - roughly chopped
Stems and root of 1 bunch of coriander - washed
1/2 tbs fish sauce
1tbs palm sugar
Juice and zest of 1 lime

Method

Place all of the ingredients for the marinade into a blender and blitz on high until the marinade resembles a smooth paste.

Rub the paste of the whole fish and leave to marinate for 3 hours.

Place your bbq on a medium to high heat.

Transfer the fish to onto the grill part of the bbq. Let the fish sit and don’t touch it until you’re ready to turn. Depending on the size of the fish, this should take around 6 minutes until it’s ready to flip. Carefully turn the fish and continue to cook the fish for another 5 or 6 minutes. To check if the fish is cooked, peel back some of the flesh from the backbone closest to the head.

Serve with a wedge of lime and some fresh sliced chilli and coriander.

Recipe by Andy Allen

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Miso Glazed Eggplant

Miso Glazed Eggplant

Ingredients

2 Eggplants, halved lengthways and flesh cut in a cross hatch
3tbs white miso paste
2tbs Soy Sauce
3tbs Mirin
2tbs Rice Vinegar
1tbs brown Sugar
1tbs Maple Syrup
2tbs water
1tbs Sesame Oil
2 Spring Onions, sliced thinly
50g Sesame Seeds
Steamed rice to serve

Method

Heat an oven to 180 deg C.

Combine the miso, soy, mirin, rice vinegar, rice vinegar, brown sugar, maple syrup, water and sesame oil. Whisk together until evenly mixed.

Spoon some of the glaze over the cross hatch cut eggplant. Place onto a tray glazed side up and put in oven. Cook for 25-30 minutes, glaze every 10 minutes.

Serve eggplant topped with sesame seeds, spring onions and a drizzle of the remaining glaze over steamed rice.

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Roast Chicken with Brioche and Herb Stuffing

Roast Chicken with Brioche and Herb Stuffing

Ingredients

1 Whole Free Range Chicken

150g brioche bread crumbs (buy whole loaf)

100g butter, plus extra for the skin

1 bunch of Parsley

1 bunch of Tarragon chopped

1 tsp Sea Salt

1 tsp Pepper

1 Lemon, zest then cut in half

Method

In a food processor bread crumbs, butter, parsley, tarragon, salt, pepper and lemon zest, process until smooth.

Using the tip of your knife cut inside the breasts to remove the wishbone. Delicately place your hands between the chicken breast and skin to make a pocket. Pipe the stuffing between the skin and breasts, gently stuffing up to make an even layer of the stuffing. If you have time refrigerate place in the fridge uncovered to dry the skin for 1 – 2 days.

Heat an oven to 190 deg C. Brush the chicken skin with butter and season with a sprinkle of salt.

Cook for 45 minutes to 1 hour until the meat is cooked through and the skin is golden all over.

Allow the chicken to rest for 10 minutes before carving. Carve gently to ensure the stuffing remains in between the skin and flesh. Serve with a crisp salad.

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Stir-fry Beans With Spicy Beef Mince

Stir-fry Beans With Spicy Beef Mince

Ingredients

2 tablespoons Red Island olive oil

600g green beans, trimmed

½ brown onion, diced

2 teaspoons sesame oil

500g Graze grass fed beef mince

1/3 cup Oyster sauce

2 teaspoons corn flour

1 tablespoon roasted white sesame seeds to garnish

Chili-garlic paste
6 long red chilies

4 cloves garlic

2cm piece ginger, chopped

Juice of 1 lime

2 tablespoons honey

Sea salt to taste

Method

To make the chili-garlic paste place everything into the jug of a stick blender and blitz until you have a smooth bright red paste. Set aside.

Heat the oil in a large frying pan or wok over high heat.

Stir-fry the beans for 3-4 minutes, or until tender and the skins are blistered and a few charred black marks appear on the skin.

Remove beans from the pan, leaving the excess oil in the pan and place back onto a high heat.

Add in the onion and beef mince. Cook, breaking up with a spoon for 4-5 minutes, or until the beef is nearly cooked through. Add in a large tablespoon of the chilli garlic paste and continue to cook for a further 5 minutes to cook off the aromatics before stirring through the oyster sauce. Mix the cornflour with 1/3 cup of water and pour into the pan along with the reserved beans.

Toss for 1 minute, or until the cornflour has thickened and the sauce is glossy. Scatter with sesame seeds and serve.

Tips:
You can adjust the heat levels by adding more or less chilli depending on your threshold. You can swap the beef mince for pork, chicken, lamb mince or even a mixture of mushrooms and tofu for vegetarians.

Serve with steamed rice, noodles or as we often do at home over a bed of crisp lettuce.

Recipe by Courtney Roulston

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Crispy Skin Pork Belly Slow Cooked In Master Stock

Crispy Skin Pork Belly Slow Cooked In Master Stock

Ingredients

½ pork belly

Left over pulp from three flavour sauce

100ml ketchup manis

1.2ltr water

1 long red chill julienned

½ bunch coriander picked

¼ red onion finely sliced

1 lemon juice

1 tbl fish sauce

Three Flavour Sauce:
50ml sesame oil

50g fresh ginger roughly chopped

1/4 bunch lemongrass bruised and roughly chopped

4 shallots halved

6 long red chillies roughly chopped

50g garlic

175 block palm sugar

½  tsp shrimp paste

4 kaffir lime leaves

250 ltr fish sauce

1 punnet cherry toms

50g tamarind paste mixed with 150ML water

Method

Place your oven on 100.c Take the belly and place in a deep tray.

In a medium-sized pot add the pulp, ketchup manis and water, bring to the boil and pour into the tray but not on top of the belly it should come up around ¾ of the way around the belly, cover with baking paper then aluminium foil and place in the oven overnight were looking for a min 8 hours cook time.

When it’s done carefully lift out of the stock and place on a tray lined with baking paper, for best results place a piece of baking paper and a smaller tray on top and weight it down with a few heavy cans from the pantry this will press it into a very uniform shape, put in the fridge to cool and set.

Take a small bowl and add the chilli, coriander, red onion, lemon juice and fish sauce give it a little toss, serve atop of the pork when you are ready.

Slice into desired portions, fry off in a pan and garnish

Three Flavour Sauce:
Take a large rondel and add the sesame oil bring up to almost smoke point and add the ginger, lemongrass, shallots, red chillies and garlic.

Cook-off until soft then add the palm sugar, shrimp paste and kaffir lime leaves. A strong caramel will form with dark tones.

Add the fish sauce and let roll boil for 10 mins

Add the cherry toms and tamarind mix, when the toms go soft and start to pop, take off the heat and strain in a colander. Keep the pulp to add to the master stock for when you cook the pork belly.

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Bangers and Perfect Mash with Caramelised Onion

Bangers and Perfect Mash with Caramelised Onion

Ingredients

6 sausages
1kg potatoes
300ml cream
150g butter, melted
3 brown onions, sliced
2 tbs brown sugar
400ml beef stock
20g red wine vinegar
4 thyme sprigs
Black pepper
Sea salt
Red Island Olive oil

Method

Roast potatoes in a 180deg c oven until cooked through.

Heat the cream and butter until combined. Keep warm together.

Mach the potatoes and slowly add in the butter and cream until combined and smooth. Keep warm

Cook the red onions in olive with

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Silverbeet & Cheese Slab Pie

Silverbeet & Cheese Slab Pie

Ingredients

1 Extra-large bunch silverbeet, washed, thinly sliced (Pls buy 2 as a backup)
2 tablespoons Red Island extra virgin olive oil
1 large brown onion, sliced
4 cloves garlic, crushed
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1.5 cup fresh ricotta cheese
1.5 cup cheddar, comte Or gruyere cheese, grated or cubed
1/3 cup Coles fine polenta
1 egg
Sea salt and black pepper to taste

Pastry:
250g plain flour, plus extra for dusting
½ teaspoon baking powder
150g butter, cold, cut into cubes
125g Cream cheese, cold, cut into cubes
2 tablespoons thickened cream, cold

Method

To make the pastry, place the flour, baking powder, butter and salt into a food processor and blitz for 30 seconds or until the mixture looks like breadcrumbs. Add in the cream cheese and pulse again to form crumbs, then add in the cream and pulse until the mixture comes together into a dough. Tip out onto a lightly floured work surface and press into a rectangle. Wrap the dough in cling film and set aside in the fridge for 2 hours to rest.

Pre heat the oven to 200 degrees.

Heat a large frying pan over a medium heat. Add in the onion, garlic and a pinch of sea salt and cook for 2-3 minutes, or until the onions have softened. Add in the silverbeet and cook, stirring for 3-4 minutes, or until softened.

Remove the pastry from the fridge and roll out onto a lightly floured surface in a rough rectangle 4-5mm thick.

Carefully transfer the pastry to a large lined rectangular oven tray. Spread the Dijon mustard onto the base of the pastry, leaving a 5cm boarder. Scatter the polenta onto the mustard and top with the ricotta cheese. Once the silverbeet mixture has cooled slightly, mix through 1 cup of the cheese. Place the silverbeet mixture onto the ricotta and scatter over the remaining cheese on top.

Fold up the outside of the pastry to make a 5cm boarder on the tart.

Beat the egg and using a pastry brush, lightly paint the outside edges of the tart with egg. Crack over some black pepper and place into the oven for 40-45 minutes, or until pastry is golden.

Recipe by Courtney Roulston

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BBQ Baby Peppers With Feta Yoghurt & Coriander Salsa

BBQ Baby Peppers With Feta Yoghurt & Coriander Salsa

Ingredients

700g baby peppers / capsicums (assorted colours)
¼ cup Red Island extra virgin olive oil
1/3 cup roasted almonds, chopped
sea salt to taste

Feta yoghurt:
1 cup Jalna natural yoghurt
50g Australian feta cheese

Coriander salsa:
1 bunch coriander, washed, roughly chopped
1 long green chilli, chopped
1 clove garlic
3 tablespoons lemon juice
60mls Red Island olive oil

Method

To make the feta yoghurt, place the yoghurt into a small bowl and finely grate in the feta and mix well. Set aside.

Place all the coriander salsa ingredients into the jug of a stick blender and blitz until bright green and smooth.

Pre heat the BBQ grill to high. Cut the peppers in half lengthways and remove the seeds. Toss in a little olive oil and sea salt and place onto the grill. Cook for 3-4 minutes each side, or until tender.

Remove the peppers from the grill and place onto a large serving platter. Dollop over the feta yoghurt, coriander salsa and crushed almonds.

Recipe by Courtney Roulston

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Burnt Jalapeno Salsa

Burnt Jalapeno Salsa

Ingredients

2 jalapeno pepper
2 avocados - deseeded and skin removed
1 garlic clove
1 20c piece of ginger - peeled
1 small clove of ginger
Stems and root from 1 bunch of coriander
Juice of 2 limes
Salt and pepper to taste

Method

Over coals or an open flame, blacken the skin of the jalapeño peppers.

Leave the peppers to cool and then remove the skin and the seeds.

Place the jalapeño flesh in the blender with the rest of the ingredients, season with salt and pepper and blend until smooth.

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Crispy Skin Chicken with Chilli Vinegar Dipping Sauce

Crispy Skin Chicken with Chilli Vinegar Dipping Sauce

Ingredients

1.6kg whole corn-fed chicken
1 lemon
Pinch sea salt flakes
5L chicken stock
1 handful roughly chopped ginger
1 bunch spring onions, roughly chopped
1 cup light soy sauce
1 tbs white peppercorns, bruised

Chilli Vinegar Dipping Sauce
375ml canola oil
75g dried whole chilli, deseeded
25g ginger, julienned
65g fried shallots
65g fried garlic
1 tbs white sugar
160ml light soy sauce
175ml black vinegar

Method

To poach the chicken, bring the stock to boil in a tall sauce pot with the ginger, shallot, light soy & white pepper, once it has reached the boil gently place the whole chicken into the seasoned stock breast side up and ensure it is completely submerged and allow to return to the boil.

Once the stock has returned to the boil turn the heat to a low simmer and cook for a further 20min.

Remove the chicken with a pair of long tongs and allow to rest for 30min still breast side up, re-boil and strain the stock this can now be reused as a stock or made into a delicious soup.

To make the dipping sauce, heat the oil in a wok or fry pan to 160 degrees; flash fry the dried chillies in the oil for 20 seconds stirring with a slotted spoon until bright red and crispy. Transfer chillies to a paper towel-lined plate to cool.

Do the same with the julienned ginger though the ginger will take around 40 seconds constantly stirring to make sure it doesn’t all stick together. When golden and crispy, transfer ginger to a paper towel-lined plate with chillies to cool.

Strain the extra virgin olive oil into a saucepan or metal container and allow to cool.

Once all the ingredients are cool, add all the dry ingredients into your motor and pestle and pound for a good 3 minutes to a uniformed consistency. Add the light soy, black vinegar and 150mls of the chilli and ginger cooking oil and gently pound and stir to a thick paste.

Heat the oil to 220°C in a wok, large saucepan or if you have a benchtop deep fryer. Cut the chicken in half down the backbone with a large knife or cleaver. When the oil is hot slowly lower one half of the chicken into the oil with a pair of tongs and be careful as the oil might spit.

Fry the chicken for 5 minutes if still warm or 8 minutes if prepared the day before and have been in the refrigerator, once the skin has turned golden brown remove from the oil and season with the sea salt and rest, repeat with the other half.

With the large knife or cleaver cut the wing and leg off the chicken first, cut the leg in two and the breast into 3 pieces.

Arrange on a serving platter alongside Chilli and Vinegar Dipping Sauce and lemon wedges.

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Traybake Kung Pao Cauliflower

Traybake Kung Pao Cauliflower

Ingredients

1 whole large cauliflower, cut into florets (about 4 cups)
2 tablespoon Red Island olive oil
Sea salt and cracked black pepper to season
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons hoisin sauce
1 tablespoon sherry vinegar (or Chinese black or red wine vinegar)
1 tablespoon sesame oil
1 tablespoon honey
1 heaped teaspoon cornflour
2 cloves garlic, finely grated
1 tablespoon ginger, finely grated
4 long green shallots/scallions, white ends in batons, green tops shredded
4 long red chilies, sliced
½ cup roasted cashews, roughly chopped
2 cups Coles brown basmati rice to serve

Method

Place the 2 cups of rice into a pot and cover with 4 cups water. Bring up to a simmer until the water has absorbed. Turn the heat down to very low, cover and leave to steam for 15-20 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Toss the cauliflower in oil and place onto a lined oven tray. Sprinkle with a little salt and pepper and roast for 15 minutes to slightly soften.

Meanwhile whisk the soy, hoisin, vinegar, sesame oil, honey, cornflour, garlic and ginger.

Remove the cauliflower out of the oven and scatter with green shallot batons, chillies and toss with the sauce to coat well. Place back into the oven and roast for a further 15-20 minutes, or until the cauliflower is fragrant and tender, tossing every 5 minutes so the edges don’t burn.

Garnish the cauliflower with cashews and green shallot tops before serving with steamed rice.

Recipe by Courtney Roulston

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Heirloom Tomato Salad with Buratta and Gremolata

Heirloom Tomato Salad with Buratta and Gremolata

Ingredients

2 punnet’s of heirloom cherry tomatoes, halved
1 garlic clove, finely sliced
1tbs red wine vinegar
1tbs extra virgin olive oil
salt and pepper to taste
1 ball of buratta

Gremolata
1 bunch of basil, leaves picked
1/2 bunch of parsley, leaves picked
1 large red chilli, deseeded and finely diced
zest and juice of 1 lemon
1 garlic clove, minced
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil

Method

For the gremolata, place the basil, parsley, garlic, lemon juice and extra virgin olive oil into a small blender. Blitz until the sauce comes together. Fold through the lemon zest and the diced chilli and season with salt and pepper.

Place the heirloom tomatoes, sliced garlic, red wine vinegar and extra virgin olive oil into a mixing bowl. Season generously with salt and pepper and give the tomatoes a good mix.

To plate, placed the tomatoes in a large mound in the middle of your serving bowl. Place the buratta on top of the tomatoes and spoon over some of the gremolata.

Serve with crusty bread on the side

Recipe by Andy Allen

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Lettuce Wedge Salad with Bacon, Peas and Ranch Dressing

Lettuce Wedge Salad with Bacon, Peas and Ranch Dressing

Ingredients

4 Baby Cos Lettuce, halved lengthways
150g Smoked bacon
150g frozen peas (fresh if in season)
1tbs butter
1/2cup buttermilk
½ cup mayonnaise
½ cup sour cream
1tbs chopped dill
1tbs sliced chives
1tbs white wine vinegar
1tsp black pepper
Red Island olive oil
Sea salt
Sourdough croutons to garnish

Method

Heat a grill or griddle pan until smoking.

Drizzle oil on the cut side of the lettuce then season with salt. Add to the grill and cook until charred and the lettuce has softened.

In a frypan cook of the bacon until slightly crispy then add the peas and butter, cook until the peas have warmed through.

To make the ranch dressing combine the buttermilk, mayo, sour cream, dill, chives, vinegar, black pepper and a pinch of salt, mix together.

To serve, place the lettuce on a plate then top with the ranch dressing and top that with the bacon and peas. Garnish with dill fronds and chive batons.

Recipe by Michael Weldon

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Coconut and Lemongrass Chicken Soup with Cucumber, Pickled Ginger and Sesame Salad

Coconut and Lemongrass Chicken Soup with Cucumber, Pickled Ginger and Sesame Salad

Ingredients

Chicken Soup
4L cold water
1 whole chicken, size 18
1 bunch lemongrass, mashed and roughly chopped
½ red onion, roughly chopped
The cores of 2 pieces of corn, kernels removed and set aside
1 bunch coriander, roots and stalks roughly chopped
3 long red chilies, roughly chopped
100g ginger, finely sliced
30ml fish sauce
2tblsp sesame oil
2tblsp soy sauce
2 x 400ml tins of coconut milk
The kernels of 2 pieces of corn
¼ bunch shallots (green part only, set aside white part for salad), finely sliced
½ bunch coriander, roughly chopped
2 long red chilies, julienne
½ red onion, finely sliced

Cucumber, Pickled Ginger and Sesame Salad
Juice of ½ lemon
Zest and juice of 1 lime
10g ginger, grated on a microplane or finely grated
1 long red chili, julienne
1 tblsp fish sauce
1tsp sesame oil
1tsp soy sauce
1 pinch coconut sugar
2 cucumbers cut into little wedges
40g pickled ginger, finely sliced
The whites from ¼ bunch shallots, finely sliced
1tblsp white and dark sesame seeds

Method

Chicken Soup
Take a large heavy-based pot on medium heat, and fill with cold water. Add the chook, lemongrass, corn centres, coriander roots, chilli, ginger, fish sauce, sesame oil and soy sauce.

Bring up to a simmer and cook until the chicken becomes soft and starts to fall apart (this will take approx. 1.5-2hrs on a low simmer). After an hour add the coconut milk. The liquid volume should reduce by half. As the chicken starts to cook and breakdown, make sure it’s always covered by the stock. Take the chicken out of the stock, and pick all of the meat off of it. Strain the stock and keep the liquid. This is the base for our soup.

Take a medium-sized bowl and mix the corn kernels, shallots, coriander, chillies, and red onion, as well as all the picked chicken meat. Mix until well combined. Evenly distribute amongst 4 serving bowls and top up with the hot chicken broth. Serve immediately.

Cucumber, pickled ginger and sesame salad method
Take a medium-sized bowl and add the lemon juice, lime juice and zest, ginger, chilli, fish sauce, sesame oil, soy sauce, and coconut sugar. Mix until well combined. Add the cucumbers, pickled ginger and shallots and then sprinkle sesame seeds over the top. Serve immediately.

Tip: make sure you always keep your chicken frame submerged in the broth while cooking. It helps to use a narrow, deep, high sided pot.

Recipe by Michael Weldon

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Gluten Free Pangrattato

Gluten Free Pangrattato

Ingredients

1 loaf gluten free bread
60ml Red Island extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp garlic powder
1/2 cup toasted pepitas, roughly chopped

Method

Preheat your oven to 170 degrees.

Roughly chop the gluten-free bread before you place it into a food processor. Pulse the bread until it resembles chunky breadcrumbs. Be careful not to blitz it too much as you want it quite textural when it comes out of the oven.

Place the breadcrumbs onto a large baking tray, coat with the olive oil and season with salt and pepper.

Roast the breadcrumb in the oven for 20 minutes, taking the tray out and stirring the breadcrumbs every 5 minutes. This will ensure the cook evenly.

The mix is done, when the breadcrumbs are a golden brown colour.

Once the mixture comes out of the oven, stir in the garlic powder and toasted pepitas.

Leave to cool before storing in an airtight container.

Recipe by Andy Allen

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Lamb Shank Tagine with Green Olive Tapenade

Lamb Shank Tagine with Green Olive Tapenade

Ingredients

4 lamb shanks
1tbs Red Island extra virgin olive oil
1 brown onion, quartered
1 bulb garlic
1/2 cup dried chickpeas
10 Coles dried apricots
1/2 bunch rosemary
2tsp cumin seeds
2tsp Coles smoked paprika
½ a piece of preserved lemon, sliced
1.5L water
400g can Coles diced tomatoes

Green Olive Tapenade
1 cup green olives
½ green chilli, deseeded and diced
¼ red onion, finely diced
Juice and zest of 1 lemon
1/4 cup Coles pepitas toasted
1/4 bunch of parsley, roughly chopped
2tbs Red Island extra virgin olive oil
Coles salt and pepper to taste

Method

In a large tajine, brown off the lamb shanks, until they have good colour on all sides. Season the shanks with salt and then remove them from the pan.

Add the brown onion and garlic cloves to the pan. Again, brown the onion and garlic until it has some good colour. Next, add the cumin seeds and smoked paprika to the pan.

Toast these off for a couple of minutes before adding the rosemary, chickpeas, dried apricots, preserved lemon and lamb shanks to the pan.

Deglaze with the chicken stock and tinned tomatoes and season again with salt and pepper.

Bring the mixture up to the boil and then reduce to a simmer and let it tick away on low for 3hours. You'll know when it’s done because the lamb will fall off the bone.

Green Olive Tapenade
For the Green Olive Tapenade, combine all of the ingredients into a small blender and blitz until the tapenade juice comes together.

Once the shanks come out of the oven, spoon over a good amount of the tapenade and serve with some crusty bread.

Recipe by Andy Allen

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Barley, Quinoa and Pumpkin Seed Risotto with Spring Veg

Barley, Quinoa and Pumpkin Seed Risotto with Spring Veg

Ingredients

2 tbs Red Island extra virgin olive oil
1 brown onion, diced
¾ cup pearl barley
¾ cup white quinoa, rinsed
½ cup pumpkin seeds
150ml white wine
1L vegetable stock
150g frozen peas
1 bunch asparagus, sliced thinly
60g baby spinach
1 lemon , finely zested
¼ cup basil leaves, plus leaves to serve
¼ cup mint leaves, plus extra leaves to serve
50g parmesan, grated freshly
100g fresh ricotta
Sea salt and black pepper to season
Red Island extra virgin olive oil to serve

Method

Add the vegetable stock to a pot and place over a medium heat until it starts to simmer.

On a large saute or saucepan, heat a good drizzle of olive oil over a medium heat. Once hot add the onion and sweat for a couple of minutes. Then add the barley, Quinoa and Pumpkin Seeds, turn through the onion and oil to toast.

Add the white wine and stir until the liquid is absorbed.

Add stock a ladle at a time and gently stir until the liquid is absorbed, repeat this process until the quinoa and barley are hydrated.

Combine the spinach, lemon, basil, mint and cream in a jug, blend until smooth. Add to the risotto with the peas, asparagus and parmesan, stir through until combined and heat until the vegetables have heated through.

Serve risotto topped with crumbled ricotta, basil and mint leaves. Finish it with fresh cracked black pepper at the table

Recipe by Michael Weldon

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