Celebrate Christmas With A Gorgeous Honey Glazed Ham

Serves 4 Cooking time 30 minutes INGREDIENTS 1 de-boned shank of ham Glaze 1 cup brown sugar 1 tbsp honey 1/2 cup freshly squeezed orange juice 2 tbsp seeded mustard 1 clove of garlic Fresh thyme Salt and pepper METHOD 1 Ask your butcher to de-bone the ham, just leaving the shank for easy carving. You should have a lovely bell-shaped result. Remove the skin leaving as…

ByRobyn Foyster20/12/20240Comments

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Julie Goodwin’s Gorgeous Christmas Gingerbread

Julie Goodwin's Gorgeous Christmas Gingerbread is the perfect way to get into the festive spirit. Get the kids baking with you. Makes about 36 medium sized Christmas gingerbread shapes Preparation time 10 minutes Cooking time 10 minutes per batch INGREDIENTS 3 cups plain flour 1 ½ cups caster sugar 1 tablespoon ground ginger 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1 teaspoon bicarb soda 200g butter, melted 1 tablespoon golden…

ByThe Carousel10/12/20240Comments

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Get In The Festive Mood: Christmas Wreath Pavlova Recipe

Try this Christmas Wreath Pavlova Recipe for a festive dessert. Serves 8 INGREDIENTS 4 egg whites pinch of salt 115g caster sugar 2 teaspoons cornflour 1 teaspoon vanilla essence 1 teaspoon malt vinegar 300ml cream 500g fresh berries and cherries METHOD 1 Preheat the oven to 170°C. 2 Cut a length of baking paper about 90xm x 10cm wide. Make into a circle standing on its edge and secure with…

ByRobyn Foyster05/12/20240Comments

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5 Oyster Recipes For Summer

Slurping on fresh oysters is one of summer’s great pleasures. A fun way to spice things up this Summer is to create your own oyster bar. Here we have created five mouth-watering ways to serve them up. It pays to be a bit inventive with flavour – these simple dressing and toppings will be a pretty…

ByRobyn Foyster02/11/20240Comments

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Garlic Confit: A Paleo Christmas Condiment

Yield 150 g Preparation time 5 minutes Cooking time 1 – 1 ½ hours INGREDIENTS 150 g (approximately 25) garlic cloves, peeled 250 ml coconut oil METHOD 1 Place the garlic cloves and coconut oil in a saucepan over very low heat (you do not want the oil to boil). 2 Cook the garlic slowly…

ByPete Evans04/12/20230Comments

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Decadent Christmas Praline Truffles

INGREDIENTS 110 g caster sugar 1 tbsp golden syrup 100 g hazelnut roughly chopped 200 ml cream 1 tsp hazelnut praline coffee (ground) 70 g unsalted butter 300 g 70% dark chocolate, chopped 1/4 tsp of sea salt 250 g 45% milk chocolate for dipping Feuilletine, cocoa or chopped hazelnuts for rolling METHOD 1 Have a baking tray or dish lined with baking paper or silicon pad. 2…

ByThe Carousel03/12/20230Comments

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Celebrity Chef Pete Evans’ Paleo Christmas Kraut Recipe

‘Sour, spice and all things nice’ is the way I like to describe this Christmas kraut. Cabbage and apple are pretty awesome in kraut. But when combined with cinnamon, clove and allspice and fermented for a week or two before Christmas, you have the absolute best accompaniment to serve with your Christmas ham or roast…

ByPete Evans03/12/20230Comments

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Honey Glazed Ham With Mustard Fruits & Cranberry Relish

Serves a crowd Cooking time 80 minutes Preparation time 20 minutes INGREDIENTS 1 x 7kg leg of ham ¼ cup whole cloves ½ cup (175g) honey 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 1 tablespoon (20ml) dry sherry 2 teaspoons (10ml) soy sauce 3 tablespoons Billington’s Dark Muscovado sugar Mustard fruits 1 (90g) lime 3/4 cups (165g) Billington’s Golden Caster sugar 1/4 cup (60ml) white wine vinegar 300g mixed glace fruit, eg figs,…

ByLyndey Milan17/12/20210Comments

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Berry Christmas! Sparkling Acai Punch

Acai berries are nature’s energy boosting superfood and contain powerful antioxidants – when combined with the other ingredients in this drink you get a powerful concoction indeed. But alas, if you’re planning a jolly celebration minus the alcohol, you can always replace the bubbles with Kombucha. Ingredients 1 thinly sliced peach 1 cup raspberries 1 cup blueberries 2 freshly juiced lemons 2…

ByFranki Hobson11/12/20210Comments

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Christmas Cakes, Eggnog Butter Cream & Cherry Sauce

If you try an unrefined brown sugar such as Billington’s you will find that it adds not only sweetness, but another layer of complexity and richness to your finished dish. Therefore it is suitable for both sweet and savoury dishes. This month I have trialled Billington’s Unrefined sugars in my recipes here on The Carousel. Little…

ByLyndey Milan03/12/20210Comments