Category Archives: Recipe
Roast Wonga Pigeon
The Wonga Pigeon is a large ground dwelling native Australian pigeon with a delicious fat breast and the most annoying call imagineable. It repetitively coos for hours on end and when flushed takes off with loud wing claps. They are … Continue reading
Tofu Steak with Wild Mushroom Ragout
My carnivorous friend Bob Hart will never forgive me for this, but there are times when I would prefer to chow down on the bean rather than the bovine, mind you in our household it is mostly the latter. The … Continue reading
White Anchovy, Cannellini Bean, fennel and Preserved Lemon Salad
Looking for something to do with my preserved lemons, which have been nicely maturing under the stairs, I made the following salad, a variation on the traditional spanish fennel and preserved lemon salad Recipe: White Anchovy, Cannellini Bean, Fennel and … Continue reading
Overloaded Lemon Tree? – Preserve some!
“I fear you’ll find that love is like the lovely lemon tree.” Peter Paul and Mary. The lemon tree in the front of my garden has been nurtured for ten years. For the first few winters I lovingly covered it … Continue reading
Escapade Calamari Penne Recipe
Recipe: Escapade Lemon Calamari penne Summary: An easy citrus seafood pasta Ingredients 1 packet penne pasta 1 large squid, cleaned, scored and chopped into oblong pieces. 4 cloves garlic rough chopped juice of three lemons zest of one of the … Continue reading
Day Four 07/01/12
The day starts lazy, an extended sleep in ends with fresh meusli, yoghurt and stewed fruit at around 10.00. We are not going anywhere today as a stiff northerly is still blowing down the coast. Robert has a bottle of … Continue reading
Day Two 05/01/12
Escapade happily swung all night on her anchor in winds that gusted to 25 knots, and we awoke to a pair of sea eagles gliding above the trees and a breakfast of Daci Sourdough with French strawberry jam and fresh … Continue reading
The Sexiest Fruit Alive
My fig tree is covered in a white net that looks like the terylene curtains still favoured as lavatory windows by the caravanning set. Without the net any fruit would have long since been devoured by the ever present hordes … Continue reading