For a simple yet impressive breakfast dish or snack.
Heat the grill. Toast the bread lightly on one side. In a small bowl combine the ricotta with the maple syrup or honey. Spread this mixture over the un-toasted side. Top with generous pieces of fresh custard apple (check that you have removed any black seeds). Sprinkle [...]
This is one of the delicious desserts served on the tropical island of Reunion, a French ‘departement’ east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean and 200km south-west of Mauritius. It makes good use of a number of local ingredients: bananas, vanilla, sugar and rum.
Peel the bananas and slice in half lengthways. Melt the butter in [...]
A good old Aussie favourite, crispy on the outside, marshmallow within. Strawberries and cream finish it off. I love to squeeze the pulp of 3 – 4 pasisonfruit over the top. For something different, make a Brown Sugar Pav (see Tip below).
Preheat oven to 120degC. Line a baking tray with non-stick baking paper. Lightly a [...]
This is one of those marvellous moist upside down syrup cakes, so-called because the pattern on the top, made with mangoes and blueberries, resembles the Black-Eyed Susan flower.
Preheat oven to 180degC. Line a 23cm round or square cake tin with non-stick baking paper, making sure it comes up around the sides.
Slice the cheeks off the [...]
A clever way to use up leftover Panettone after Christmas from Armando Percuoco’s fabulous new book, Buon Ricordo (Allen & Unwin). Or you could make seriously decadent French toast with it (see below), almost as decadent as wedges of plum pudding fried in butter!
Put the kiwifruit, strawberries, blueberries and half the raspberries in a bowl. [...]
Just the thing for a hot day and a great way to make the most of this season’s bountiful crop of mangoes. Serve in glasses with a silver spoon, a wedge of lime and a fresh mango cheek .
Puree the mango flesh in a blender with the wine, lime juice and zest. Remove and measure [...]
Simple, luxurious and quick to prepare. Use the best of the season’s mangoes.
One of those easy French-style galettes. Fresh lime juice and cardamom seeds add an exotic flavour and the flaked almonds give it texture.
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