More than 2 hours

The day before you plan to cook the pork, unwrap it, pat dry with paper towel and leave uncovered in the fridge. Doing this will dry the skin out a little which will assist with crackling. Note

Delicious sweet and spicy Asian-style ribs are great for summer barbecues and dinner parties.

Cook a double or triple batch of these quinces and store them in their syrup in the fridge. Serve with porridge or muesli for breakfast. Note

Slow cooker: suitable to the end of step 2. Pressure cooker: suitable to the end of step 2. Not suitable to freeze. Note

Equipment: 30cm (12-inch) round wooden cake board pastry brush 1 quantity sugar syrup smoothing tools stencil medium offset metal spatula 6 wooden skewers 2 x 18cm (7-inch) round wooden cake boards fine pearl-headed pins straight-sided metal scraper paper piping bag small shallow bowls 3 lengths 18-gauge floral wire wire cutters Black and white may be […]

When they’re in season, this pudding also works well with quince. Prepare 4 small quince (800g) as for the pears in step 1, cooking them for 30 minutes until softened. Note

Delicious rich and hearty European goat and capsicum stew from Australian Women's Weekly.

We used a chardonnay-style wine in this recipe. This recipe is not suitable to freeze. Note

Persian lamb and rhubarb stew

Reserve some of the feathery fennel fronds to sprinkle over the soup at serving time. Note

You will need to cook 350g pumpkin for the amount of mashed pumpkin required in this recipe. Note

You can turn this into an ‘eggless processor fruit cake’, if you like. Omit the eggs, and increase the golden syrup by 1 tablespoon to ⅓ cup (155g). The cake doesn’t keep quite as well without eggs, about 5 days, but will freeze for 3 months. Note

An uncomplicated Asian-style sweet and sour chicken soup packed to the brim with delicious flavours.

Stand the beef at room temperature for 1 hour before cooking. Salsa can be prepared a day ahead, keep, covered, in the refrigerator. Note

Ginger wine, a beverage that is 14% alcohol by volume, has the piquant taste of fresh ginger.You can substitute it with dry (white) vermouth, if you prefer. Any type or combination of glace fruit can be used in this recipe. Note

This pudding recipe is suitable to freeze. Note

Equipment 18 x 30cm cake pop sticks; large square styrofoam block; 2 paper piping bags. Use any firm-textured cake to make cake pops ­ mud, fruit, coconut or butter cakes all work well. Leftover Christmas cake or pudding are real winners as they’re usually moist. Cake pop sticks (also sold as `lollypop candy sticks’) are […]

A classic steamed Christmas pudding that is sure to bring back childhood memories.

Tender roast lamb with a fragrant herb rub and burghul salad.

Clarissa the cow is out in the paddock, eating the flowers and generally getting into all kinds of mischief. Note

Delicious tender pork belly braised in a spice-packed maple syrup with pecans for a tasty crunch.

You will need to make this recipe the day before. You will need about 8 passionfruit for this recipe. You can substitute canned passionfruit pulp, if you like, however to compensate for the sugar added during canning add a teaspoon or two of lime juice. This recipe can be made up to 1 week ahead, […]