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Fresh Friday | 22 September

Dear Fresh Friday friends, This week’s menu is a simple one, focussing on beautiful ingredients and great techniques. The arancini are ready for you to bake and serve, accompanied by a rich Napoli sauce and a fresh rocket salad topped with grated Italian parmesan and dressed with our much celebrated, Beetroot Finishing Vinegar. The main […]

Fresh Friday | 15 September

Dear Fresh Friday Friends, This week I am making an Italian inspired menu with a twist, just for fun. The entrée uses a beautiful cured pork cut, which we fry to crisp and sprinkle over new seasons asparagus from Koo-Wee-Rup in Victoria. After you warm the dish in your oven, it is dressed with our […]

Fresh Friday | 8 September

Dear Fresh Friday friends, This week’s menu is a little bit special, due to the beginning of spring, some warm weather, and my focus on some great ingredients. These include, new season asparagus from Koo-We-Rup in Victoria, beautiful beef tenderloin (fillet), our new “Best Steak Spice”, our pomegranate molasses, Belgian chocolate, hibiscus flowers and spring […]

Fresh Friday | 1 September

Dear Fresh Friday friends, This week we are indulging in a little Thai style feast, highlighting lots of fresh herbs, slow simmered meats, coconut, tropical fruit and a little chilli of course. Most of the chilli will be served separately so those who have a sensitivity can add it to their level of comfort. The […]

Fresh Friday | 25 August

Dear Fresh Friday friends, This week’s menu is based around familiar dishes of Italy. A little comfort food is always good to relax with, warm aromatic flavours, soft textures and a wonderful satisfied after glow. So with that in mind here is the menu. Salut, Peter

Fresh Friday | 18 Aug

Dear Fresh Friday friends, I must say it feels like spring has started early this year. The birds are beginning to nest and soon the whales will be heading south. The menu this week has some familiar flavours with little twists here and there. I made the dessert a few weeks ago and received a […]

Fresh Friday | 11 August

Dear Fresh Friday friends, This week’s menu has a focus on “Tex Mex” cuisine or the cooking of Texas and Mexico. Scroll down to order. “Tex Mex” has been recognised as a regional American style of cuisine since the 1970’s and has grown in popularity over the decades since then. I attended a wedding in […]

Fresh Friday | 4 August

Dear Fresh Friday friends, This week we indulge in the fabulous flavours and aromas of Spain. Order below. Beginning with a tapas dish I have made before, using dates and dried Serrano ham, once baked, the dates are set on a rocket leaf salad and dressed with a “mini trial batch” of blueberry finishing vinegar. […]