Deconstructed Easter Eggs
This time last year, hereabouts, we were in lock-down with our team of 5 million pursuing a strategy to eliminate COVID-19. I’d recently done a big supermarket shop, and I wasn’t go...
food
Cocktail - Newton's Downfall
For Christmas, my partner and I bought ourselves a still to make spirits. This is perfectly legal where we live. We just can’t sell the finished product. We’ve brewed a first sugar w...
Fermented Feijoa Pickle - sugar free
Its that time of year, in my neighbourhood, where everybody is trying to give away feijoas. Acca sellowiana fruit also known as pineapple guava or guavasteen have a short shelf life ...
Sugar-Free Fermented Marmalade
After making preserved lemons I saw a comment somewhere that marmalade was once made by lacto-fermentation rather than with heaps of sugar like jam. I prefer a low sugar, low glycemi...
Preserved Lemons
Without my own lemon tree, supermarket lemons are expensive so I go to the Farmers' market and get a large bag and make preserved lemons. When I first made these I didn't realize the...
Fermented Chilli and Garlic sauce
Many cultures (Louisiana, Thai, Hunan, Korea, Indonesia, Portugal) make a fermented chilli sauce. This is my goto recipe and there's always a jar of this in the fridge. I'm not into ...