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 and Barley Soup
Pork and Beef

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
