Recipes

All of these recipes are my own, unless otherwise stated, and are my tried and true dishes that I have cooked over and over again – simple but delicious recipes that work. For full details simply click on the link below – and please contact me if you have any queries. I hope you enjoy them too.   Diane Hart

DESSERTS, CAKES, BISCUITS and BREADS

Lemon Verbena Shortbread with Hibiscus Tea

Biscuits, Bread, Pastries

• Baklava – Sweet Filo, Nut Pastries
• Beetroot Brownies (River Cafe Recipe)
• Bread, quick and easy
• Bread, ‘slow’ and low gluten
• Chocolate Macadamia Brownies
• Hibiscus Flower Tea
• Hotcakes – Berry and Ricotta
• Lemon Verbena Shortbread
• Pastry (easy shortcrust recipe, go to Sorrel Tart recipe)
• You too can make pastry – let me show you how!

Fresh Fruit Teacake

Cakes

• Apple and Blueberry Bundt Cake
• Barm Brack – Cold Tea Fruit Cake
• Carrot Slice .
• Carrot and Sultana Cake with Banana Icing
• Carrot and Walnut Cake – simply the best!
• Chocolate Hazelnut Cake (flourless and gluten-free)
• Coconut and Lime Syrup Cake
• Christmas Cake – Last Minute
• Danish Apple Cake
• Fresh Fruit Tea Cake (gluten-free)
• Fruit Cake – Best Ever
• Greek Lemon Yoghurt Cake
• Hummingbird Cake with Passionfruit Frosting 
• Lemon, Almond and Ricotta Cake (flourless and gluten-free) .
• Lemon Curd and Almond Dessert Cake
• Peach Cake
• Orange and Almond Cake (flourless and gluten-free)
• Orange-Flavoured Ricotta Cheesecake
• Pear Upside-Down Cake
• Pineapple and Cardamom Cake
• Rhubarb Tea Cake
• Sticky Date Cake
• Sticky Pear and Almond Cake 
• Toffee Apple Upside-Down Cake
• Yeast Cake (Tamarillo/Rhubarb)

Chocolate Mousse in Minutes

Desserts

• Burnt Honey Ricotta Pie – Melopita (from Sifnos, Greece)
• Chocolate Mousse in Minutes
• Creme Caramel 
• Crostata – Rustic Fruit Pie
• Lime-Papaya Meringue Pie
• Lime Tart
• Mango Cream Tart
• Meringues, individual fruit and cream
• Peach Ice Cream
• Muhallabia – Middle Eastern Milk Pudding (gluten free)
• Poached Oranges in Honey Syrup
• Poached Pears
• Ricotta Cheesecake – Italian style
• Strawberry Bruschetta 
• Tamarillos, poached

LUNCH and DINNER

Dill Pesto

Vegetarian

• Amaranth
• Baked Mushrooms with Ricotta
• Balinese Bean Salad – Urab
• Beetroot Dip
• Beetroot Greens (Greek style)
• Baked Ricotta (savoury)
• Broad Bean Salad with Cauliflower
• Broad Bean Salad with Shaved Parmesan
• Beetroot Greens  (Greek horta)
• Butter Beans
• Capsicum Salad (Spanish style – with anchovies and capers)
• Carrot Salad (Greek style) with Fennel, Fig and Preserved Lemon
• Carrot Salad (Moroccan style)
• Cauliflower Fritters (Pakoras) .
• Cauliflower Rice
• Chargrilled Vegetables and Couscous Salad .
• Coleslaw with Parsley
• Corn and Zucchini Bake
• Dill and Almond Pesto
• Fennel, Beetroot and Carrot Salad
• Feta Cheese – making your own
• Fish Dip ( Greek style taramasalata)
• Kimchi (Pickled Korean Vegetables)
• Gigantes (Greek Baked Beans)
• Greek Broad Beans with Artichokes
• Greek Salad
• Hummus (chick pea dip)
• Italian Kale and Bean Soup
• Italian Kale with Pasta (Kale/Cavolo Nero)
• Kale/Cavolo Nero
• Leek and Pea Risotto (with prawns)
• Minestrone Soup
• Muhammara – Middle Eastern spiced roast capsicum dip
• Nasi Goreng – Fried Rice
• Pakoras (Indian vegetable fritters)
• Pear and Walnut Salad
• Potato, Pea and Mint Salad
• Potatoes, Baked, Sicilian Style
• Pumpkin Curry (with Galangal Curry Paste)
• Pumpkin Fritters, Greek style .
• Pumpkin Salad, roasted with Haloumi, Garlic Scapes and Rocket
• Purslane, Walnut and Yoghurt salad
• Quarantine Quiche
• Quiche, from the garden
• Radicchio (roast)
• Sicilian Broad Bean Dip
• Sorrel Tart
• Spicy Pumpkin and Coconut Soup
• Watercress, radish and edamame salad
• Yacon (roast)
• Yoghurt – making your own is easy
• Zucchini Bake
• Zucchini and Haloumi Fritters

Chicken and Poultry

• Balinese Chicken Curry
• Barbecued Chicken on a Beer Can
• Chicken Curry (Balinese Style)
• Chicken Curry (Sri Lankan Style)
• Chicken with Roasted Peppers (Italian)
• Chicken Satay (Balinese Style)
• Chicken Turmeric Medicine Soup
• Chicken Cucina –  a simple and nutritious pasta dish
• Duck Liver Pate
• Duck Noodle Salad – kid’s favourite
• Lemon Chicken – Greek Style
• Paella (with Chicken and Seafood)

Paella

Fish and Seafood

• Betel Leaf and Prawn Wraps (Thai miang kham)
• Fish Curry – Balinese
• Fish Pie with Mashed Potato
• Gravlax – home cured salmon
• Leek and Pea Risotto (with prawns)
• Mussels with Rice
• Nasi Goreng – Fried Rice
• Noodle Salad with Duck (or any leftover bbq meat)
• Octopus Salad
• Paella (with Chicken and Seafood)
• Red Mullet (Barbounia)
• Salmon Quiche
• Sir-Fry Vegetables with Seafood, Thai Style
• Trout – Wok Smoked with Black Tea

Lamb

• Lamb, bean and barley soup
• Lamb, Pea and Mint Tagine (Moroccan)

Lamb and Barley Soup

Pork and Beef

• Meatballs – One Pan in Tomato Sauce
• Pasta Bake with Bolognese Sauce

Meatballs in Tomato Sauce

CHUTNEYS, CURRY PASTES, PRESERVES and PICKLES

• Cucumbers (bread and butter dill pickles)
• Date and Tamarind Chutney
• Galangal Spice Paste
• Garam Masala (how to make your own spice blend)
• Kasundi (spiced tomato chutney, Indian style)
• Kimchi (pickled vegetables, Korean style).
• Mango Chutney
• Orange Marmalade
• Peach and Rhubarb Jam
• Peach Chutney
• Pickled Nasturtium Seeds (false capers) Preserved Lemons
• Pineapple Oil Pickle
• Rose Petal and Rhubarb Jam.
• Tomato Relish – very quick and easy