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Take your tastebuds on a tour from Morocco to Libya, Egypt to Tunisia with this amazing dish. Traditional North African food draws inspiration from the culinary traditions of Europe, Africa, and the Arab Middle East. From the rich tagines of Morocco to the harissa-spiced dishes of Tunisia, the sea-meets-desert cuisine offers of wealth of hearty, comforting, and complex meals worth getting to know. Serves 2 Ingredients   4 x 75g mackerel fillets with skin on 2 tbs plain flour 1 tsp smoked paprika 2 tbs extra-virgin olive oil 1 orange - zest and juice 1 -2 tbs of Berbers Spice (1 is mild, 2 is hot) recipe can be found in spice blends on Our Galley-Dreamtimesail blog. 1 large dollop of honey 3 tbs slivered almonds toasted 1 tsp coriander seeds toasted fresh coriander to serve Side dish 1 1/2 cup mixed quinoa 4 tbs dried cranberries  1 can drained and washed chickpeas 1 can drained green beans 1/4 tsp cinnamon  Pinch nutmeg Pinch cloves Let’s get Cooking  Toast the almon...

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...

So you want to eat Chocolate Mousse for breakfast, and not feel guilty! Well this is the recipe for you. The main ingredient in this recipe is Sapote. Guilt Free Chocolate Mousse for Breakfast! Not surprisingly this is one of our most popular fruits and if you like Chocolate you'll love Black Sapote. Commonly known as Chocolate Pudding Fruit this amazing fruit is low in fat and an excellent source of Vitamin C containing about 4 times as much as an orange.  Black Sapote is a healthy alternative to Chocolate The fruit is delicious eaten fresh or used as a chocolate substitute in recipes and milkshakes or simply mix the pulp with yogurt and lemon juice for a refreshing treat.  Fruits can be cut in half and eaten covered in passion fruit, in Mexico the pulp is mashed with orange juice or brandy and served with cream, it is also delicious mixed with wine, cinnamon and sugar.  The green fruit is picked when hard and allowed to soften and go brown within 3-6 days. At the ripe...