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The Pie Tin
Unfortunately this is all that was left from our visit to The Pie Tin. Tucked away in a side street off busy King St sits a small but bustling cafe. I had heard about “The Pie that ate Newtown” so that’s what we went for, but there was so much more! An extensive array of […]
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Blue cheese and potato salad
Serves 4. Delicious served on it’s own or with grilled steak or chicken. Ingredients Salad 8 small new potatoes 6 cups mixed salad leaves 1 medium cucumber, diced 3 tomatoes, diced 1/2 cup walnuts, toasted 20 black olives 150g blue cheese Dressing 2 tbs olive oil 1 tbs walnut oil 1 tbs sherry vinegar salt […]
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Green harissa chicken with roast artichokes
Mum and I have made this recipe before and substituted marinated artichokes which were also delicious. Obviously, they don’t need to be pre-cooked! If using marinated artichokes I would suggest cooking the artichokes, spring onion, bacon and chicken together for about 30 minutes, instead of one hour. Ingredients 6 chicken breast fillets 1 lemons, halved […]
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Lime and ginger fishcakes
Ingredients 300g redfish fillets 3cm piece fresh ginger, grated 1 lime, juice and rind 1 egg white 1 tsp fish sauce 1/2 cup fresh coriander leaves 4 green shallots, trimmed, chopped 2 tbs olive oil Directions Process fish fillets, ginger, lime juice, egg white and fish sauce in a food processor until smooth. Add coriander […]
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Chargrilled lamb and vegetable salad
You could use eggplant, Spanish onion and pumpkin for this recipe as well. Ingredients 1/3 cup toasted pine nuts 500g lamb backstrap 2 zucchini, sliced lengthways 1 red capsicum, quartered, deseeded, cut into thin strips baby spinach 50g parmesan shavings (or feta) Turkish bread, to serve Dressing 1/4 cup olive oil 1/2 cup fresh basil […]