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Rubbish food lettuce soup
This uses up wilted forgotten lettuce otherwise destined for the compost. Heat 2 tablespoons peanut oil in wok and add chopped spring onions and garlic. Fry. Add 1 litre hot stock, 4 tablespoons soy sauce, 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar and a teaspoon of sugar. Add a bunch of lettuce roughly chopped and simmer for…
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Beetroot tarte tatin
Cut 6-8 beetroot into quarters (or eights if very large) and 2 red onions into quarters. Mix in 2 tablespoons brown sugar and 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar. Add 2 star anise. Put in a tarte tatin dish, cover with aluminium foil and bake for 30 minutes at 180 degrees celcius. Meanwhile, defrost a sheet…
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Apple crumble
A good way to use up excess apples from my food box. Cut 6-8 apples into quarters, remove core then half the quarters so you have eighths. Butter a tarte tatin dish or pie dish then add the apples with 1 teaspoon cinnamon and 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg and 1/2 cup water. Bake in 180 degrees…
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Basil pesto
Put 6 cloves garlic, 300g chopped Parmesan cheese, 300g pine nuts, 270ml olive oil and 6 bunches basil (including stems) into a food processor and process until smooth. Spoon into large size ice cube trays and freeze for individual serves. When frozen, store in containers in the freezer as pesto does not keep well in…
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Garlic confit
Put 9 springs thyme, 9 Arbol chillies, 9 bay leaves,1 kg peeled garlic cloves and 1.5L olive oil in a large saucepan and put on the lowest heat you can. Gently heat until the oil is gently bubbling then cook for 30 minutes. When cool, place a spring of thyme, a chilli and a bay…
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No waste Italian baked cauliflower
Use the whole cauliflower! Break into small florets and drizzle with olive oil. Bake at 180 degrees celcius for 20 minutes, then top with 100g chopped Parmesan cheese and continue to bake for another 20 minutes. Season and sprinkle with chopped parsley.
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Pickled cucumber
Buy a box of ten kilos of cucumbers. This cost me $28.00. Eat two kilos fresh in salads. Recipe adapted from Cornersmith. Slice eight kilos of cucumber with a mandolin. Put in a large pot with 8 tablespoons maldon salt. Drain in colanders overnight. In a large stockpot, being to the boil 8L white wine…
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Russian cabbage soup
Sauce a coarsely chopped onion in 45g butter. Shred half a large cabbage, chop a carrot and celery stock and add to onion and cook for a few minutes. Add a bay leaf and 2L vegetable stock and bring to the boil. Then add 2 chopped potatoes and 2 large chopped tomatoes. Cook for about…
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Sweet potato pudding
This is very sweet! Purée 800g cooked sweet potato, mix in 500ml orange juice, 12 egg yolks, and 360g sugar. Melt 350g butter and mix in. Beat 4 egg whites until stiff then mix into the sweet potatoes. Pour into a lined rectangular baking tray. Bake at 180 degrees celcius for an hour.
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Rubbish food stir fry
This is a delicious meal made with greens from good and fugly. Heat 5 tablespoons of peanut oil in a wok, then add about 5 cups of greens (I used bok choy, green beans and cabbage). Meanwhile mix 4 tablespoons soy sauce, 4 tablespoons rice wine vinegar, 3 tablespoons sesame oil and a tablespoon sugar…
Fifteen Kilograms of Imperfect Lemons 