Feijoa, Apple and Almond Crumble

    Just thinking about this recipe makes my mouth water. The sugar and butter melding together in the oven, produces lovely gooey caramel edges around the dish. Mum and I looked at several MasterChef recipes for crumbles but came up with our own version and we will certainly be making this many times during […]

Posted by Admin on April 12th, 2015 | No Comments Posted in Desserts and Puddings, Drinks and Wine, Feijoas, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

Raspberry Semifreddo

    This semifreddo recipe by Belinda Jeffery has a lovely texture; it is smooth and creamy, and the flavour is deliciously intense with swirls of bright-red raspberryness. This semifreddo is cool and refreshing and is a great way to capture that true summer-berry flavour of raspberries. This is absolutely YUM! Semifreddo means ‘partly cold’ […]

Posted by Admin on March 1st, 2015 | 1 Comment Posted in Condiments, Jams and Jellies, and Sauces, Confectionery, Desserts and Puddings, Drinks and Wine, Featured Products, Fruits, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

Mushroom, Spinach, Feta, and Filo Tart

  This is not a particularly good photo, but the main thing is this is a particularly good pie.   The following certainly qualifies for the category of ‘Recipe Revamps’. This means the recipe has undergone more than an adjustment or a rearrangement of ingredients; it has undergone a complete transformation. I mention this because […]

Posted by Admin on May 20th, 2014 | No Comments Posted in Pies, Tarts, and Pastry (savoury baking)

Feijoa Tarte Tatin (and environmental integrity)

  Feijoa Tarte Tatin with ‘Lemon Delicious’ Puhoi Valley brand New Zealand yoghurt.   For this little story I get to use my favourite word, synchronicity. On a Friday night, Mum and her twin sister spent a large portion of their evening searching for a recipe for Feijoa Tarte Tatin. With feijoa season beginning in […]

Posted by Admin on April 2nd, 2014 | No Comments Posted in Drinks and Wine, Featured Products, Feijoas, Pies, Tarts, and Pastry (sweet)