slow roasted pork belly with baked apple & onion

There are few things more pleasurable than waking up on a Sunday morning. Those first few moments when you realize that there’s not going to be any alarm, taking a quick peek at the world outside and then rolling over, snuggling up and drifting back to sleep. Sunday mornings are definitely in contention for my favourite time of the week. But waking up on a Sunday morning knowing that the only thing you really need to do today is have lunch? Golden. Read the rest of this entry »

ham & lentil soup with cheese on toast

One of the things I just love about Sydney winters is that, well, in the scheme of things they really do tend to be pretty mild. I mean the days are noticeably shorter than the lingering balmy evenings of summer and sure we do have wet spells with weeks of what feels like unending grey skies and rain but mostly we really can’t complain. Read the rest of this entry »

tart au citron

A few weeks ago I wrote about my brother and his love for lemon meringue pie in general and my Mum’s well missed version in particular. And while I was, I guess you could say, pleasantly surprised at how well the LMP turned out, what I didn’t share with you all was how impressed I was with my backup dessert.

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apple chocolate & hazelnut crumble

The story behind this week’s installment from the stonesoup kitchen is embarrassingly simple. One of those stories where a lot more luck, rather than good design was involved. Not so exciting really, until you taste the end product, and believe me this is no ordinary end product.
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