Australian Cuisine!

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Intro Video

When I was growing up, I couldn’t wait to travel and see the world. My mum had travelled and lived in Canada and London and I loved hearing stories of her adventures.

I really thought I would end up living somewhere exotic like Paris or Barcelona or New York or Tuscany.

But you know the funny thing, as I traveled I kept looking for a place that I wanted to live more than Australia.

I didn’t find it.

And so I’ve ended up in my own little part of Australia only 70km from my Dad’s farm.

If you had told me this is where I would buy a house when I was 15 I would never have believed you.

But here I am.

Seriously, I live in the best country in the world. Especially when it comes to food.

So I’m super excited to delve into the melting pot that is Australian Cuisine…

Jx

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25 Favourite Aussie Recipes

At first glance it may seem a little weird to have a Thai curry and a stir fry as Australian recipes. But given we’re part of South East Asia and there are so many Australian-Thai, Australian-Malaysian and Australian-Indian people (to name a few), it’s only fitting to include these!

• Broccoli & Goats Cheese Soup
• Spiced Roast Cauliflower Salad with Labneh
• Eggplant (Aubergine) & Tomato Pies
• Lime & Tahini Kale Salad
• ‘Tiger’ Pizza (Cheese & Vegemite)
• Green Curry Stir Fry
• One Pot Beef, Zucchini & Cashew Stir Fry
• Butter Chicken Curry
• Zucchini Laksa
• Crispy Fish with Tahini Yoghurt & Walnut Herb Salad
• Smoked Trout & Broccoli Bowls
• Salt Pepper Squid
• Quick Roast or BBQ Chicken
• The Great Aussie Rissole!
• Aussie Burgers
• Vietnamese Beef Salad
• Broccoli Hummus with Spicy Sausage
• Cabbage ‘Lasagna’
• Pot Roast Lamb with Feta & Olives
• Lamb Cutlets & Parmesan Peas
• Simple Lamb Shanks with Chickpeas
• Lamingtons
• Clancy Family Pavlova
• Pavlova with Christmas Berries
• Chocolate Tim Tam Hedgehog

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Australian Ingredients

Writing this list was a bit of a challenge. While there are the native ‘bush food’ ingredients, I don’t use many of them in my cooking. So I’ve included ingredients that ‘feel’ Australian to me…

• vegemite!
• avocado
• hummus
• pesto
• curry pastes + powders
• olives
• ‘tasty’ cheese
• extra virgin olive oil
• fresh vegetables
• fresh herbs
• balmain bugs / moreton bay bugs (a salt water cray fish)
• oysters
• pink murray river salt flakes
• lemon myrtle – a native herb with a lemon / lime flavour
• finger limes – a long, finger-shaped citrus that is filled with clear coloured little caviar-like balls of limey goodness.
• lamb – I grew up on a sheep farm!

Instant ‘Aussie’: Add a big handful of undressed fresh herbs or baby spinach leaves.

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Aussie Flavour Combinations

• Cheese & Vegemite
• Avocado & Vegemite
• Salt & Vinegar
• Chilli & Lime
• Meat Pie & Sauce (Ketchup)
• Lamb & Mint
• Lamb & Rosemary
• Berries & Cream
• Chocolate & Coconut (via Lamingtons)

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Australian Books + Resources

On the SVCS site:

SVCS Australian Cooking ‘Dictionary’

Cookbooks:

• Three Blue Ducks by Mark Labrody & Darren Robertson
• Recipes for a Good Time by Ben Milgate & Elvis Abrahanowicz
• Maggie’s Harvest by Maggie Beer
• Where the Heart Is by Karen Martini
• The Cooks Companion by Stephanie Alexander
• Cornersmith by James Grant
• Kitchen by Mike by Mike McEnearney

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