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Today I tried my hand at baking #UroogMosul thinking the mini-wrapped-around-#quaileggs would be a lovely addition to an #Iraqi themed #HighTea should we do one at @Melat. A slice, zucchini slice size would make a great take away lunch item too, if vaked in a tray. #RecipeTesting #IraqiFood #lamb #bulgar#FrenchToast for #brunch today, my last at the beautiful #BarokaDowns. I topped it with the #rhubarb and #mandarin I roasted lastnight and a dollop of @fiveducksfarm #raspberryJam. #FreeRangeEggs from Quamby's in #HallsGap and #Sourdough #bread from @greatwesterngranary (made with #local #biodynamic #grain). Today is my last day at Boroka Downs and I'm a bit sad. It's beautiful here and I've had a wonderful time. From here on in I'm into bonus holiday days, but they're all further away from my beloved Halls Gap as I make my way slowly back home. #Gariwerd #EatLocalRoasting #locallygrown #rhubarb with the #mandarin from the fruit bowl at my accommodation and just a sprinkling of raw sugar-
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Tag Archives: Chinese Food
Haw-sin sauce
I don’t know if you’ve seen The Canberra Times today, but I’m in it. I’m pretty excited. Susan Parsons wrote a lovely piece on my foraging for her Kitchen Garden column in Food & Wine. In honour of the occasion … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, condiment, Side dish, Summer, Winter
Tagged Chinese Food, foraging, sauce
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Chinese style haw-sin sauce (product description)
This is a complex, sweet and sour Chinese style barbeque sauce with body and depth of flavour. Made with wild hawthorn berries, it has a subtle fruitiness like quince or apple (to which the hawthorn is related). It is mildly … Continue reading
Black pepper beef
I made pho this weekend and had a little thinly sliced beef left. I’d been meaning to cook crisp fragrant duck wings all weekend. I bit the bullet and decided to make a little Chinese spread for us for Sunday … Continue reading
Sweet and sour pork
I have fallen in love with the natural sweetness of the free range pork produced by Boxgum Grazing. I’ve been thinking that their pork strips would make a lovely sweet and sour pork. We’ve all experienced the greasy, stodgy sweet … Continue reading
Egg fried rice
I spent six months in China and did not see ‘special fried rice’ once. This of course was because I did not travel to the south eat of the country, home of the Cantonese cuisine that is so well know … Continue reading
Gong Bao Ji Ding (Kung Pao Chicken)
There has been one dish remaining for me to cook, on my journey of rediscovery of Chinese cooking. When I posted Sichuan supper, I told you of my love of this dish. Gong Bao Ji Ding is a famous dish … Continue reading
Fragrant crisp duck wings
The recipe for these duck wings is based on the crisp fragrant duck of Sichuan in China. It’s usually used on a whole duck, but I think this is a little bit extravagant. Besides, I have fond memories of the … Continue reading
Sichuan supper
Several years ago, I undertook a wonderful journey through China. I spent about six months there, studying in the north east, then crossing the country through the middle, to the south west and back again. There’s a new cooking program on SBS … Continue reading
Susan's Sumptuous Suppers 