I was experimenting with slow-raised doughs over Easter this year. To my surprise, it really works! You can make the dough the night before, put it in the fridge overnight, and it rises absolutely beautifully.

I find popping the shaped buns in the pre-heated oven for 2 minutes for the final proving kick-starts the rising process again, resulting in amazingly big, fluffy rolls.

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A surprisingly light, flavoursome little meringue. I like making them into tiny bite-sized twists, but this recipe will work for anything up to a full pavlova base. This is a very simple and quite addictive recipe, particularly if you have a piping bag - meringue mix is remarkably versatile and pipes into a variety of shapes.




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Warrigal greens, it turns out, make a remarkably sweet, smooth, pale green bread. I honestly thought the sweetness was coming from the sugar I was using to activate the dried yeast, so I switched to fresh yeast … and it tasted exactly the same.

I should try them in scones.

In the meantime, this is particularly delicious straight out of the oven, or toasted, spread with salty butter and vegemite, or a good local jam or jelly.

This recipe was published as part of an article I wrote for the Southern Harvest Association, as A late Summer harvest lunch".



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I found this rather nice recipe in Ottolengi's "Plenty", and adapted it to use mountain pepperberry instead of black pepper. It turned out excellently well, so I thought it worth sharing.

Yes, it uses tofu. It's delicious and light, and all deep-fried and crunchy.

Serve with plain steamed jasmine rice.



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• Use wattleseed as the base for a home-made curry paste.
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