Tag: cinnamon
-
Spelt & Spice Buns
The kids are finding it hard to accept Easter having passed for the year – no more chocolate eggs (thank God, Mummy ate most of them!) along with the fact that there are no more hot crossed buns in the shops. We made these delicious currant buns with spelt this morning which made a great rainy day…
-
Bar Idda’s Purpetti Dolce (Sicilian Meatballs)
If you like in Melbourne and make some time to visit Bar Idda in Brunswick for gorgeous Sicilian inspired fare. The food is to die for! Here’s a recipe they they give away their secrets to. I’m not really much of a meatball eater, but these are something else..
-
Karen’s 20-Clove Pot Roasted Chicken with Celeriac, Potato, Cinnamon and Lemon
How good are pot roasts? It seems like such a retro dish, but those 70’s mums had it right all along. They’re so yummy and moist and dead simple to whip up for Sunday night dinner. This recipe uses celeriac, which is my veg of the moment. It has to be one of the less…
-
Bread & Butter Pudding with Leftover Tsoureki
Well, if you’re Greek, this time of year you might have a bit of leftover tsoureki lying around. Of course it’s delicious toasted, but especially fab in a bread and butter pud. For those not schooled in all things Hellenic, tsoureki is a sweet bread traditionally made around Greek Easter. You’d probably recognise the knotted…
-
Mum’s Scottish Shortbread
My mum makes by far the best shortbread I’ve ever tasted. True to her Scottish heritage, it’s ever so short and buttery. The recipe was a bit sketchy when relayed though – she works on approximates and instincts as all good cooks do!
-
Pork Loin roasted with Black Pepper and Cinnamon
This is a great way to serve pork, my favourite meat. If you’d asked me whether the combination of pork and cinnamon would work, I don’t think I would have jumped at the idea, but the flavours seem to be a match made in heaven. Of course, you just can’t go wrong with plenty of pepper…
-
Melomakarona tis Giagia (Giagia’s honey syrup biscuits)
I love this time of year, so many delicious flavours flying around in the lead up to the big day. We have an amazing array of biscuits here at our place right now, some cooked in-house and others delivered from friends and family. To me, melomakarona are the golden child of Greek biscuits. My mother in law (Giagia)…
-
Melopita (honey cake)
Sometimes I can’t get ricotta at the deli and end up having to buy a whole kilo from the cheese fridge at the supermarket. If you find yourself with way too much ricotta, this is a great way to use it up. It’s a really quick, easy and delicious little Greek cheese cake that’s kind of like…