Try this beautiful Fruit Cake this Christmas and celebrate it the Australian way, with the addition of the exquisite scent of lemon myrtle. You can substitute lemon myrtle with any flavour tea if you like. In this recipe, I will explain how to best extract the aroma and flavour of the lemon myrtle from…
Make your own Authentic Chicken Tikka Curry from scratch
I have to say, there is nothing more satisfying than the smell of a made from scratch chicken tikka curry at home. The mix of spicy, sweet and tangy flavours, tantalising aromas and vibrant colours of this well-made chicken curry dish unmistakably quicken your senses. Authentic Indian food can be made at home with ease…
Healthy Asparagus & Ricotta Quiche with olive oil & spelt crust
This simple and wholesome quiche is light, flavoursome and a perfectly versatile dish for lunch, brunch and simply served with salad any time of the year. It can be served cold or wrapped in a towel once removed from the oven to take with you to a picnic. The base is crispy and with an…
Greek scrambled eggs with tomatoes, strapatsatha
For something a little bit different, try this simple greek dish of scrambled eggs and tomatoes or otherwise known as Strapatsatha or kagianas. Use nice ripe tomatoes, grate lightly using a box grater, reduce on the pan with a little olive oil and then scramble with the eggs. Strapatsatha or Kagianas is a popular dish from…
Flourless Almond and Chocolate Cake | Torta Caprese
Torta Caprese or Flourless Chocolate Cake with almonds is one of those cakes you have to try making. With only six ingredients it is perfect to whip up a cafe-style cake in a flash. Made with ground almonds, semi-bitter 70% dark chocolate and cocoa this gluten-free cake is fudgy moist and decadent. Serve with a…
20-minute tender beef casserole in red wine
This stew is the perfect comfort food. Tender, fall apart beef simmered in a rich and wholesome tomato and wine sauce. There are so many recipes for beef stew, beef casserole, beef bourguignon and beef ragu. They are either simmered for hours over a casserole, in the oven or a slow cooker. This recipe…
Ravani Semolina Cake with Rosewater and Lemon Syrup | Egyptian Basbousa
Try to resist Ravani or Basbousa, a moist and light semolina syrup cake with a touch of rosewater to enhance the exotic middle-eastern in everyone. This cake is flour-free, coconut free and made with yoghurt and semolina flour. It should be noted semolina syrup cakes are popular everywhere around the middle-east as well as Eastern…
Whole Snapper Baked with Mediterranean Style on a bed of herbs
This baked whole snapper makes for a majestic dinner meal worthy to be displayed as the centrepiece dish on your dinner table. Snapper is steam baked cradled on a bed of herbs. Sealed, to lock in all the moisture and flavours you have added the result being a tender, moist and flavoursome seafood dish. Garlic,…
Honey Puffs | Greek Donuts | λουκουμαδες
Greek honey puffs (λουκουμαδες) served in a delicate rose-water scented honey syrup – endowed with a golden, crispy shell, and an irresistible spongy, super-airy inner-casing. You can choose to drizzle with the rosewater honey syrup or sprinkle with cinnamon and crushed walnuts or perhaps dust with icing sugar. You could even dust with a…
cheese pastries or feta mint kalitsounia with lemon thyme
Try to stop eating just one of these little cheese hand pies otherwise known as kalitsounia with feta mint and lemon thyme. These delicious little cheese pastries originate from the Island of Crete – in Greece and are made during Easter. Of course, there is no rule that says you can only make them at…
tuna and chickpea patties – vegan and without potato
Tasty vegan, egg-free, and gluten-free tuna patties. Tuna patties, tuna burgers, tuna cakes or fish cakes whatever you prefer to call them they are easy to make, delicious and a great healthy low carb meal. Don’t be surprised if you find yourself regularly making them, as they taste wonderful. Fabulous for lunch, or make smaller…
Vegan Spelt Cranberry and Pistachio Biscotti | Greek paximadia
This is a quick and easy to make butter-free, vegan biscotti, made with the addition of cranberries and piatachios. You don’t have to dip this type of biscotti in coffee tea or milk but it’s certainly tastes amazing if you do. This is a Greek version of biscotti made without any butter as well contains…
