Janet DeNeefe Shares Her Coconut Panna Cotta Recipe

This talented cook, restauranteur, author, artist, literary festival director, wife, mother, and practicing Hindu shares some of her favourite Indonesian-inspired recipes with us including her Coconut Panna Cotta Recipe. INGREDIENTS 30gm white sugar 1/4 cup water 1 1/4 cup coconut milk 1 leaf of titanium strength gelatine or 2 teaspoons gelatine 2 fat pieces orange rind, grated 1 teaspoon vanilla…

ByJanet DeNeefe29/05/20250Comments

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13 Italian-inspired Recipes That Would Make Mamma’s Proud

Italian food is one of the most-eaten cuisines in the world, and rightly so. It's carb filled, gooey, cheesy and decadent, topped with fresh herbs or oozing with chocolate and cream. So, we've decided to round up 13 of The Carousel's favourite Italian-inspired recipes. Pour a glass of vino, get your apron on and enjoy the therapeutic act of cooking delicious, hearty…

ByThe Carousel29/04/20220Comments

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Pretty Passionfruit Panna Cotta Recipe

Serves 6 Preparation time 20 mins + 3 hrs refrigeration time INGREDIENTS 4 sheets gelatine 1 vanilla bean 500 ml (17 fl oz) thin (pouring/whipping) cream 100 g (3 1⁄2 oz) caster (superfine) sugar Juice and pulp of 3 passionfruits METHOD 1 Soak the sheets of gelatine in a bowl of cold water for 5 minutes to soften them. Split the vanilla bean lengthways and…

ByThe Carousel05/10/20160Comments

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MasterChef Favourite Elise Franciskovic Shares Recipe And Cake Shop Dream

But despite botching the smoked chocolate parfait that sent her home, Elise is vowing to follow her dreams and open a cake shop. "It's been the best experience of my life," said a teary Elise after being eliminated. "I never thought in a million years that someone like me who comes from Cairns would come this far. "The…

ByThe Carousel25/07/20160Comments

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Blue Cheese Panna Cotta With Honey Figs

INGREDIENTS Panna Cotta 17 fl oz/500 ml of milk 2 tbs butter 4 1⁄2 tsp of gelatine, dissolved in 3 1⁄2 fl oz/100 ml of water 5 oz / 150 g of good quality blue cheese, crumbled 1 tbs of fresh thyme leaves Pinch of salt & white pepper Honey Figs 6 whole figs, any stems removed & halved 4 tbs of honey 3 tbs of…

ByThe Carousel23/10/20150Comments