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Salmon and lemon-ricotta pasta

Salmon and lemon-ricotta pasta

SPAGHETTI WITH TUNA, LEMON AND CHILLI

slow cook

Massaman lamb shanks

Massaman lamb shanks

Hoisin and honey pork belly

Hoisin and honey pork belly

meatless

Easy leek and gruyère tart

Easy leek and gruyère tart

Portobello mushrooms with orzo sauce

Portobello mushrooms with orzo sauce

sides

TANGY RED COLESLAW

Spiced baby eggplants

Spiced baby eggplants

baking

Macadamia cake

Macadamia cake

ANZAC biscuits

ANZAC biscuits

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Pan-fried gnocchi with crab and chorizo. I made a simple sauce with a chopped Roma tomato, a bit of chicken stock and a slug of Amontillado sherry. One-pan midweek easy.
Here's a useful and delicious way with roasted eggplant that's not baba ganoush. It's great spread on little toasts or as a dip, and lovely in a sandwich. Prick a large eggplant (about 500g) all over and roast on a lined baking tray in a very hot ov
Taco? Gyros? Wrap? Any and all of the above, I guess. I make these for myself (lazy boy dinner), although they're also great for casual entertaining: a lamb backstrap dusted with ras el hanout and tumeric, cooked for 3 mins a side, thinly sliced. A
Meyer lemon mini Bundt cakes for #sundaybaking A four-way citrus exercise: curd, zest, juice and glaze.
Little pork loin rack for two. Roasted – steamed, really – slowly on a bed of pears with some perry (pear cider) under foil, then unveiled and blasted with heat to get that crackling happening.
Green minestrone: leeks, zucchini, peas, spinach, pancetta, mini macaroni, and pesto.
Calamari and aioli The way to stop calamiri becoming rubbery sounds odd, but it really works: marinate it for 30 minutes in a mashed-up kiwi fruit, rinse and pat dry. It doesn't add any flavour, but there's an enzyme in kiwi fruit, actinidin, that