

Serves 4
Preparation time 10 minutes
Cooking time 35 - 10 minutes
INGREDIENTS
100g dried or 200g fresh rice noodles
1 teaspoon peanut oil
1 stalk lemon grass, white only finely chopped
2 tablespoons laksa paste
3 cups (750ml) chicken or fish stock
1 cup (250ml) reduced fat or light coconut milk
500g green prawns, peeled
200g firm tofu, cut in cubes
Juice of 1 lime
1 bunch mint, leaves only
2…

Serves 6 as main or 10 as entree
Preparation 20 minutes
Cooking 30 minutes
INGREDIENTS
100 g button mushrooms
100 g mushroom caps
150 g flat mushrooms
200 g portabello mushrooms
2 tablespoons (40ml) extra virgin olive oil
60 g salted butter
250 g eshallots, peeled, halved if large
¼ cup (60 ml) sherry or apple juice
½ cup (125 ml) vegetable or chicken stock
½ cup (120…

Serves: 50
Preparation: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 50 minutes
INGREDIENTS
Meringue
3 eggs, separated
80g (1/3 cup) Billington’s Golden Caster sugar
80g (1/3 cup) Billington’s Light Muscovado sugar
1 tablespoon cornflour (cornstarch)
1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
Lightly whipped cream to serve
Passionfruit curd
60g (1/4 cup) passionfruit pulp
40g butter
55g (1/4 cup) Billington’s Golden Caster sugar
3 egg yolks (left over from the meringue mixture)
METHOD
1. Preheat the oven to 160°C…

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Again, they…

Serves 8
Preparation time 15 minutes (plus minimum 6 hours freezing)
INGREDIENTS
2½ cups (500g) ricotta
1 cup (220g) Billington’s Golden Caster sugar
250g almond nougat, finely chopped
400ml thickened cream
125g dark chocolate, melted
Raspberry puree
1 cup (150g) fresh or thawed frozen raspberries
¼ cup (40g) Billington’s Golden Icing sugar
1 tablespoon (20ml) lemon juice
METHOD
1 For raspberry puree, blend or process all ingredients until…

Nepenthe Winery in the picturesque Adelaide Hills has been experimenting with some Spanish wine varieties, so I took this as inspiration to create some tapas, which I matched with winemaker Alex Trescowthick’s latest vintages. I added some local goat’s cheese, toasted thinly sliced baguette and blanched asparagus to go with his sauvignon blanc.
Spiced Pork Rolls…

It's tempting to simply toss some delicious ingredients into a wok, stir them, toss the pan occasionally and hope for the best. But, while a stir fry is a really simple dish to prepare there are a few basic tips which will help you get it exactly right - every time.
Here, Food Expert Lyndey…

My friend Vanya Cullen moved the whole Margaret River Cullen Wines property to biodynamic status in 2007. There is also a thriving vegetable garden at the vineyard and I took my inspiration for this recipe from that. I also wanted to use David Hohnen’s organic Big Red pork from The Farm House, also at Margaret…

Brook trout is a large freshwater fish related to salmon and trout. If you can’t get it, use rainbow trout, though this is much thinner and will cook more quickly. I cooked this dish in the most sublime location, beside the bubbling river at Yarra Valley Salmon farm.
Serves 4
Preparation 10 minutes
Cooking 7 minutes
INGREDIENTS
180 g bean-thread…

Whether you like it rare, medium or well-done, follow these basic rules when cooking steak and you'll be onto a winner - every time. Here, we go inside Lyndey Milan's kitchen to discover her seven steps to cooking the perfect steak.
Besides using with a well-heated pan, Lyndey explains why it's important to season the meat…