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An Easy Focaccia Bread, is delicious alternative to bread, a pizza type dough topped with olive oil, salt and fresh rosemary then baked to perfection.   Ingredients  FOR THE DOUGH 1/2 tsp honey 1 cup water (lukewarm) 1 tsp yeast 2 3/4 cups all purpose flour  1 tsp salt 1 tbs olive oil FOR THE TOPPING 1 tbs coarse salt 2-3 tbs olive oil 2 sprigs fresh rosemary (leaves removed) or any mix of Italian dried herbs. Optional you can also add olives, sun dried tomatoes or any extras you may desire to make your own signature focaccia. Let’s get Cooking  In a small bowl add the honey and warm water (stir to combine) then sprinkle the yeast on top. Let the mixture sit for 5 minutes and then stir to combine. In a large bowl whisk together the flour and salt, make a well in the middle and add the yeast mixture and the olive oil, mix until almost combined then move to a lightly floured flat surface and knead until dough becomes smooth and elastic, form it into a ball. P...

This is a great recipe to use up the last of your fresh fish, for lunch, dinner or when guests drop over. They are quick easy and as long as you have fish the pantry handles the rest of the ingredients.  You don’t need to deep fry to make terrific Fish Tacos. You just need a really great taco spice ! A seriously delicious way to serve up white fish fillets, this recipe can be cooked on the BBQ or stove. Either way, they’re healthy, fresh and bursting with serious taco goodness! Ingredients  2 tbs of olive oil 1 can of diced tomatoes 1 can of corn kernels  1 can of 5 bean mix 4 tbs of taco spice mix - mix in 2 and taste you may want to go easy on the spice, we love it hot! Spice Blends 600g of white firm fish - like mackerel  2 tbs of jalapeño diced Extra jalapeño for serving 2 limes cut into wedges 8 soft taco shells An optional sauce 3/4 cup sour cream (or yogurt ) 2 - 3 tbs sriracha   Let’s get Cooking  Heat the oil in a heavy based pan. Place fish i...

This easy scone recipe only requires 3 ingredients; self raising flour, cream and lemonade – that’s it! Better still, these scones are so good that you will never make scones the hard way again Serves: Makes one large scone disc. You can cut it into as many as you wish or make individual scones with a cutter.  Ingredients 3 cups (450g) of self raising flour sifted 1 cup of thickened cream / I use canned on the boat 1 cup of lemonade (l use soda stream) 2 tbs of milk  Let’s get Cooking  Preheat oven to 200 °C  Place flour in a large mixing bowl. Add cream and lemonade and mix to combine. Turn the mixture out onto a well-floured board or silicon mat and knead with until smooth and silky (mixture is very sticky initially don’t add to much extra flour see notes). Use your hand to flatten the scone dough out to about 2 -3 cm (1 inch) thick let rest for 5 minutes. Then cut into rounds with floured scone cutter or score with a knife quite deeply to make wedges. I love to cu...

Homemade Sushi is so much cheaper than at the restaurant. Sushi is easy and fun to make at home, it's so easy Rob can make it! You can create your own by putting all your favourite ingredients into your perfect custom roll — here’s how! List of equipment Nori Sheets Bamboo mat Cooked and cooled sushi rice (directions below) Filling ingredients there are so many combinations read on for all the traditional filling suggestions. Served with Soy Sauce Pickled Ginger Wasabi   Kewpie Mayonnaise   Japan is obsessed with mayonnaise —well, their version of mayonnaise , anyway, a brand called Kewpie. ... Kewpie is a little different than American mayo , because it's made with only egg yolks—not whole eggs—and with rice or apple vinegar and no added salt or sugar. Suggested ingredients for your traditional sushi Ebi: Prawn. You might also occasionally see ama ebi on the menu, which means raw prawn. You might also see it as sweet prawn. Sake: Not the rice wine; it’s s...

The Highlands of Bali This BLOG started over twelve months ago, and as usual things get in the way and it was left in draft form. I can’t believe I didn’t complete the blog back then and share it with you all, because this is the best culinary experience I have ever had. We were visiting Bali in the Nusa Dua area to celebrate our 29th wedding anniversary, when Rob presented me with, really a gift of a lifetime to attend a cooking class to learn traditional Balinese Cuisine under the master chef, Heinz von Holzen. So this is what I wrote August 2019. Heinz von Holzen is the owner of the renowned Balinese restaurant Bumbu Bali . He is passionate about Indonesian cuisine and spent many years immersed in its diversity and intricacies. Heinz also conducts cooking classes at his restaurant three times a week. His classes are extremely popular and boosts Bumbu Balis reputation as an authentic Balinese restaurant and cooking school that has won multiple awards for its promotion of authentic In...