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AgFair 2024 – recipes!
I’m sitting here in Broken Hill, about to wrap up a quick trip here to do a few cooking demonstrations as part of AgFair 2024. Here are the recipes from all four demonstrations, plus a few pictures from the wonderful Jane Smith aka The Shady Baker. Who, if you haven’t discovered her yet, is a…
Welcome!
I’m so glad you found me. This page is home to my blog, podcast, recipe archive, event news and more. Please take a look around and get in touch if you have any ideas for fun things you’d like to collaborate on! And for latest updates and news, please sign up to my weekly newsletter,…
Lunch at the Farm Kitchen, April
Last Saturday, the loveliest group came out to the farm for one of our monthly cooking classes. We spent a few hours making lunch together then sat down to enjoy it and it was, for me at least (and I hope for our participants!), a lovely day. Here are some photos and recipes. Overnight focaccia…
For the love of fig leaves
Fig leaves are my new favourite ingredient; they lend a beautiful floral, almost coconut-y flavour to baking, custards etc. Here are some recipes that put them to good use; a fig leaf and almond loaf cake and a baked ricotta wrapped in fig leaves. I have made both a few times (at the below lunch…
Nectarine and blackberry pie
Nectarine and blackberry pie Serves 8–10Prep time: 20 minsCook time: 40 mins I feel very lucky to be able to share this recipe here. It comes via my friend Amber, whose husband Derek took the mantle of making it for every family gathering soon after joining her family. The original version of this recipe appears…
Morning buns with peach and honey butter
Morning peach buns with amaretto glaze This is the sort of glorious, delicious breakfast I dream of making on those slow, hazy mornings between Christmas and New Year, when you forget what day it is, when the house is quiet again and there’s time to potter in the kitchen. Have these ready to go overnight…
Flavour Bombs Part 1
I’m big on ‘flavour bombs’. I love having a stash of crunchy, pickled, salty, sweet and tasty things to pull out at lunch or dinner to pep up a plain bowl of brown rice and greens or a boiled egg, or add a bit of punch and colour to a big spicy curry. Here are…
A Spring lunch menu for a sunny day soon!
This would be a lovely menu for a light lunch on a bright Spring day. I created it for a cooking demonstration at Narrabri’s annual Nosh Food & Wine festival. There’s lots of flavour, texture and love in these recipes, I hope you try them soon. Sophie x Yogurt flatbread stuffed with chorizo, feta and…
Gingerbread and fig cake
This is a gorgeous, deep, dark, spiced gingerbread confection topped with figs and praline. I’ve also made the recipe recently without the icing, just as a good solid plain cake spread with a little butter and quince jam, which was excellent too. And you could easily leave out the figs or top the cake with…
Overnight focaccia (instant yeast version)
Overnight Focaccia (instant yeast version) This recipe borrows heavily from my sourdough focaccia recipe, except of course, we’re using instant yeast, not sourdough which is super handy. The long, cold fermentation time builds a beautiful chewy, sour flavour I love. It’s not like that sweet, almost cakey focaccia that the nineties threw at us for…
Sweet cardamom wreath with fresh cherries
Sweet cardamom wreath with fresh cherries Prep time 40 mins (plus resting time) Cook time 30 mins Serves 6-8 For the dough 4 cups (600g) plain flour 1/4 cup (55g) caster sugar 3 tsp dried yeast 1/2 tsp ground cardamom a pinch of salt 1 cup (250 ml) lukewarm milk 175g butter, at room temperature…
Peaches and Cream Sponge Cake
Finally, the weather is warming up. Finally, we’re getting some sunny days for picnics and sponge cakes by the creek. Here’s a recipe I recently shot as part of a collaboration with Basil Bangs, makers of the most beautiful, bright and hardworking umbrellas and gear for beach, picnic, and home. Peaches and cream sponge cake…