Innholdsfortegnelse for September 2019 i Taste.com.au

this issue marks six years of taste magazine! We’ve always loved masterminding cover recipes to celebrate retro classics – Maltesers, Iced VoVo, Cherry Ripe, Tim Tam and Golden Gaytime have all been given the taste cover treatment! And wow, my personal favourite – Red Skins – has finally hit the cover. Whether you like them chewy (like me) or snap-hard, you’re going to love this incredible Red Skins cheesecake with glossy Italian meringue, ruby jewel jelly, dripping with oozy pink white chocolate sauce. It could easily be this year’s sweetest, most indulgent recipe. The retro celebrations don’t stop there. Savoury fans who love hot dogs, turn straight to page 62. Matt Preston has worked with food director Michelle Southan to bring you the Argentinian choripan, the Japanese hot dog, the…

let’s go! 250g pkt nice biscuits 125g butter, melted 12 Allen’s Red Skins lollies 500ml (2 cups) thickened cream 5 tsp gelatine powder 3 x 250g pkt cream cheese, chopped, at room temperature 140g ( 2 /3 cup) caster sugar 2 tsp vanilla extract 85g pkt strawberry jelly crystals 250ml (1 cup) boiling water pink chocolate drizzle 50g white chocolate, finely chopped 60ml ( 1 /4 cup) thickened cream Queen Hot Pink and Purple Food Colour Gels, to tint italian meringue 315g (1 1 /2 cups) caster sugar 4 egg whites, at room temperature Pinch of cream of tartar no-bake red skins cheesecake slice  serves 12 | prep 30 mins (+ 30 mins cooling & 4 hours 30 mins setting) | cooking 25 mins 1 Line a 7.5cm-deep, 8 x…

GO WITH YOUR GUT Are you looking for a better-for-you refreshment, but not a fan of kombucha? Introducing Cocobella Cultured Coconut Cider, a unique lightly sparkling coconut water fermented with apple cider vinegar. It contains a colony of beneficial bacteria and prebiotic soluble fibre. Unlike fermented tea, the new beverage is non-caffeinated. It is also free from alcohol, sugar and sweeteners like stevia and sugar alcohols. The range comes in Mango, Passionfruit or Strawberry Lemon, and is available at supermarkets nationally for $2.60. Go to purecocobella.com. Lunch to go You’ll pack your lunch every day with the Vaya TyffynJumbo 1300ml lunch box. The newest size in the range keeps food cool or hot for up to six hours, and variety rules with four containers in each. Valued at $90, the…

satay chicken noodles “I’m a fan of marinades and dressings that can be put together quickly and still yield maximum flavour! This one needs just 10 minutes – longer is fine too, if you have time.” Marion Grasby serves 4 | prep 20 mins (+ 10 mins marinating) | cooking 30 mins 4 chicken thigh fillets 200g rice vermicelli 1 Lebanese cucumber, peeled into ribbons Fresh coriander and Thai basil leaves, to serve (optional) marinade 1 lemongrass stem, bruised, pale section finely chopped 2 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped 1 tbs fish sauce 1 tbs vegetable oil 1 /2 tsp ground turmeric satay dressing 40g ( 1 /4 cup) unsalted peanuts, plus extra, to serve (optional) 1 tbs vegetable oil 1 tbs gluten-free Thai red curry paste 375ml (1 1 /2…

Coney Island baker Charles Feltman came up with the smart idea of putting a German frankfurter, known as a ‘dachshund’, in a soft milk roll in 1871. He claimed to have sold 3684 from his street cart at the city beach in his first year. And by the 1920s business was peaking with his street-corner complex of restaurants, bars and takeaway counters in Coney Island serving up to 5.25 million people a year! Charles Feltman, the inventor of the hot dog, has inspired a bun-full of variations across the globe. From his humble pie wagon he built his empire around encasing sausages in bread. Needless to say, around the world we have taken inspiration from Feltman’s brainwave of encasing a snag in something bready, whether it’s the red polser of…

Arriving as seeds in 1840, Australia’s first avos were grown in Sydney’s Royal Botanical Gardens. They weren’t popular in Oz until the 1960s when the health benefits were realised. Hass is the most common variety here, with the classic oval shape and creamy texture and taste. choose Dark-skinned fruit without blemishes. Gently squeeze near neck: if firm, it’ll be ripe in a few days; if it yields, it’s ripe and ready. cook Tossed through cooked linguine with pan-fried prawns and chilli, in a green goddess dressing or sliced with lemon and pepper. store In the fruit bowl until it reaches desired ripeness then store in the fridge for a few days. eat with • seafood • lamb • feta • tomatoes • soba noodles • spicy food • pasta…

spring lemon syrup cake serves 15 | prep 25 mins (+ cooling) | cooking 35 mins 150g butter, chopped 80ml ( 1/3 cup) maple syrup, plus 3 tbs, extra 2 tsp vanilla extract 1 lemon, rind finely grated, juiced 2 eggs 155g (1 cup) cauliflower flour 70g ( 1/2 cup) coconut flour 70g ( 1/2 cup) cornflour 21/2 tsp gluten-free baking powder 2 tsp xanthan gum 375ml (1 1/2 cups) kefir Lemon thyme leaves, lemon geranium leaves and edible flowers, to decorate and infuse Thick natural yoghurt, to serve (optional) 1 Preheat oven to 180°C/160°C fan forced. Grease a 27.5 x 16cm slice pan and line base and sides with baking paper. 2 Use electric beaters to beat butter in a bowl until pale and creamy. Add maple syrup, vanilla…

Carrots are rich in healthy antioxidants as well as vitamins, minerals and dietary fibre. They’re deliciously snackable raw and just as enjoyable in nutritious juices, moist cakes, roasts, hearty soups, casseroles and salads. They are a rewarding vegie to grow at home and kids delight in pulling the hidden bright orange roots out of the ground – just like a little bunny! Follow a few simple steps to harvest your own in just a few months. step-by-step carrots Carrots do best in a vegie patch that receives at least six hours of sunshine a day and has soft, well-drained soil. Sow carrot seed 6mm deep in rows, directly where they are to grow. It’s important to keep the soil moist while the seed germinates and seedlings establish. Laying a plank…

THE HEAT IS ON This authentic Indonesian chilli sauce will give any dish a spicy kick, a tangy twist and a hint of garlic to boot. For delicious meal ideas, visit asianinspirations.com.au/ exploreindonesia. GO WITH THE GRAIN Short on time? Tilda’s fragrant basmati rice is ready in just two minutes. It’s also low GI, gluten free and vegan friendly – handy for creating healthy lunches or dinners on the run. tilda.com. A GOOD GRILLING Love barbecuing or grilling? Try MasterFoods Garlic Kebab Sauce. Inspired by Middle Eastern cuisine, it adds an ideal finishing touch to your meat dishes. masterfoods.com.au. OODLES OF NOODLES A packet of Hakubaku Organic Ramen Noodles is all you need for authentic Japanese at home. The distinct aroma and chewy texture makes them perfect for soups and…

How to: make tomato sauce Make a bottle for finals season to dollop on your pies and chips! Crunchy haloumi chips Aussies’ fave cheese coated in smoky cornflake crumb. Baileys self-saucing pudding If you’re trying to impress, this indulgent pud is the way to go. How to: make pesto A staple that’s better than ever when fresh and homemade. How to: butterfly a chicken Learn this simple technique so you can prep chicken for the barbie. Chocolate magic cake Follow our instructions for a foolproof fudgy mousse dessert!…

t he Ascent Series High-Performance Blenders from Vitamix have bluetooth connectivity and Self-Detect technology, which automatically adjusts blender settings according to container size. These sleek, wireless appliances are ready to connect and evolve, and are built to last with a 10-year warranty. From frozen desserts to hot soups, Vitamix will help you make healthy, delicious meals in minutes. Make our Red Skins cheesecake on the cover, share a pic with us and you could win one of two high-performance blenders. First prize is the A3500i with a blending bowls and cups starter kit, valued at $1635, and second prize is the A2300i, worth $895. "I want to be in awe of even cheesecake layers, glossy meringue, jewels of jelly and drizzles of chocolate sauce." Terms and conditions: Entries open 00:01…

“Even at the eleventh hour you can serve up a plate of dinnertime perfection. The trick is to use every moment wisely to get it done.”Michelle Southan tandoori prawn & pappadum salad Use peeled prawns and pre-made pappadums and tzatziki to make light work of the prep so you can enjoy the springtime vibes. serves 4 | prep & cooking 10 mins 20 peeled green prawns, tails intact 1 tbs tandoori paste 2 tbs olive oil 4 baby gem lettuce 2 Lebanese cucumbers 200g pkt tomato medley 1 /2 small red onion 75g pkt cooked mini ready to eat pappadums Fresh mint leaves, to serve 200g ctn bought tzatziki 1 Place a chargrill or frying pan over medium-high heat. 2 Place the prawns, tandoori paste and oil in a bowl…

Forget avo toast and say good morning to a baked potato with fresh toppings! Preheat oven to 200°C/180°C fan forced. Halve 2 purple sweet potatoes, spray with oil and season. Place, cut-side up, on a lined baking tray. Bake for 40 minutes or until tender. Set aside for 5 minutes to cool slightly. Use a fork to gently mash. Top with 100g finely shredded red cabbage, 1 sliced avocado, half a thinly sliced red and yellow capsicum, 1 /3 cup salad sprouts and 1 /3 cup labneh. Sprinkle with dukkah, and edible nasturtium leaves and flowers.…

burger boost Combine lean chicken breast mince with grated veg for a low-cal, vegie-packed burger patty. You can have chips too – just swap regular fries with nutritious oven-baked sweet potato and beetroot chips. Beetroot’s distinctive colour comes from betacyanins – plant pigments that act as powerful antioxidants and may help to lower the risk of heart disease – while sweet potato gains its bright orange colour from carotenoids – which have important antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and immune functions. Serve as an open burger to reduce the amount of carbs and therefore calories. Tzatziki makes a great alternative to sugar-laden sauces. go green Made with legume flour, green pea casarecce is a nutritious alternative to regular pasta. It’s higher in dietary fibre and double the protein, yet lower in carbs and…

Brown sugar choc clusters are the way to start the day! ranola would have to be one of my go-to breakfast cereals, and over the years I have tried and made my fair share. The first time I ate chocolate granola I questioned if it really was for breakfast, but how could I resist this decadence? Even if it’s just for a special occasion or a one-off, it makes for a pretty good day ahead! It’s packed with naughty chocolate clusters, rolled oats and crunchy, toasty nuts. The sour cranberries are there to balance out the sweetness – and to be honest, I hunt these out! The best part is that this granola also doubles as a cheeky sweet snack to help you get through the day. Seal your new…

1 Cake flour is sometimes labelled as ‘soft, low protein plain flour made for biscuit, pastry and cake’. Find it with the regular flour in the supermarket. Pasteurised liquid egg whites come in a carton. Find with the fresh eggs in the supermarket or with vegie proteins like tofu. 2 For the buttercream, use salted or unsalted butter, depending on your preference. Salted butter will make the buttercream less sweet. 3 If you have a stainless steel stand mixer bowl, use it to cook egg whites and sugar over boiling water for the buttercream to minimise washing up. 4 Don’t rush making buttercream. Butter must be added slowly, at least to begin with. If the butter or meringue mixture is too warm, the mixture might collapse and become liquid-looking once…

PORTABLE PEANUTS Take your favourite spread on the road with Mayver’s Goodness To Go. These individual mini pots of peanut butter come in Crunchy or Crunchy Dark Roasted. True to brand they’re vegan and contain absolutely no added oil, sugar, gluten, dairy, cholesterol or hardened fats. They’re great for busy parents, to stash in your desk drawer or to keep the 3pm snack craving at bay. Plus, the packaging is made from high-quality recyclable plastic. Find the six packs at supermarkets for $5. Head to mayvers.com.au for more. Get cultured Not all dairy is made equal. Do your tum a favour and swap to probiotic kefir. Passionate about gut health, The Culture Co. has a range of kefir, which provides a combo of 13 strains of active live cultures. A…

once upon a time, GF bread was a sad story. You could only buy an exorbitant, crumbly loaf of disappointment at the health food store! Today, the good news for coeliacs, or those with intolerances or living sans gluten is that most big supermarket brands offer a gluten-free range. Here are our picks. HIGH FIBRE Country Life Bakery Gluten Free Grains & Seeds, $6 This bread is packed with fibre-rich ingredients like grains, seeds and psyllium flour, and it’s dairy-free too. The reasonably sized slices are substantial and filling. While it did dry out faster than the other loaves, it’s still an admirable substitute for its glutenous counterparts. BIG SLICES Helga’s Gluten Free Traditional Wholemeal, $7 The pack says new recipe, we say hurrah! This loaf comes pretty close to…

pretty pastel cakes  serves12 | prep 40 mins (+ cooling) cooking20 mins 150g butter, at room temperature, chopped 140g ( 2 /3 cup) caster sugar ½ tsp vanilla extract 2 eggs 75g ( 1 /2 cup) self-raising flour, sifted 75g ( 1 /2 cup) plain flour, sifted 55g ( 1 /2 cup) almond meal Silver cachous and orange sugar crystals, to sprinkle fluffy buttercream 4 egg whites 215g (1 cup) caster sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract 325g butter, at room temperature, chopped Purple, orange and green food colouring, to tint 1 Preheat oven to 180°C/160°C fan forced. Line twelve 80ml ( 1 /3 cup) muffin pans with paper cases. 2 Use electric beaters to beat butter, sugar and vanilla in a bowl until pale and creamy. Beat in eggs until…

Michelle Q Should I rinse rice before cooking? With dishes such as fried rice, rice salads and rice for curry, rinsing off starch before cooking is essential for fluffy, separate grains. Rinse under cold running water until water runs clear. To achieve a creamy texture, (for risotto and rice pudding etc.), starch plays a major role, so you don’t need to rinse first. Chrissy Q Is there a difference between canned and dried legumes? Canned legumes and cooked legumes (from dried) can be interchanged in most recipes. Cooking from dried is cost efficient, the texture is a little firmer once cooked and there is no added sodium. They do take longer to prepare as most recipes require overnight soaking. To speed this up, rinse, place in a saucepan and cover…

Spring vegetable & haloumi bowl Serve up a satisfying, gluten-free vegie main. “We try to incorporate vegetarian meals into our diet, but tend to head back to meat a lot. But this one makes an appearance on our table quite regularly.” @TAMEIKA.OATES “Enjoyed cooking and eating this one. The hubby loved it. Very lemony.” @JUDYMC Cheesy pull-apart ‘cob’ loaf Just score, stuff with cheese and bake this super easy loaf. “Delicious – two loaves wolfed down by six people!” @LIONYSAYSRAA “Quick and easy, went down a storm. Will make again.” @CATHTOWNSEND “A winner! My family ate three-quarters of it two seconds after I took it out of the oven.” @TAYSHACHARLTON Raw vegan strawberry cheesecake It’s a crumbly base, creamy filling and tangy strawberries. “The topping complimented the cheesecake… the tastebuds…

QUINOA broad bean & salmon Hot smoked salmon is a midweek lifesaver – all the hard work is already done for you. This fresh and textural salad is a respite from the heavier dishes we ate through winter and it has enough protein to help keep you satisfied and powered up during the week. The freshness of spring cooking will be on the table in 30 minutes! sticky soy chicken with garlic rice & sesame sprinkle serves 4 | prep & cooking 35 mins 30g butter 3 garlic cloves, crushed 250g (1 1 /4 cups) basmati rice 80ml ( 1 /3 cup) rice wine vinegar 60ml ( 1 /4 cup) salt-reduced soy sauce 55g ( 1 /4 cup, firmly packed) brown sugar 1 tsp sesame oil 2 tsp finely grated…

CRISPY SKIN DUCK WITH SATAY SAUCE  serves 6 | prep 10 mins | cooking 25 mins 2 (about 380g) duck breasts, skin scored 2 x 450g pkt roast duck legs 135g ( 1/2 cup) Yeo’s Satay Sauce 2 tbs ABC Sweet Soy Sauce Kecap Manis 400ml can TCC Premium Coconut Milk 11/2 tbs Obento Rice Wine Vinegar 11/2 tbs fresh lime juice 1 tsp Yeo’s Pure Sesame Oil 1 bunch watercress, sprigs picked 5 qukes (baby cucumbers), quartered diagonally 3 green shallots, thinly sliced diagonally 150g seedless red grapes, thinly sliced into rounds Steamed rice and black sesame seeds, to serve 1 Preheat oven to 200°C/180°C fan forced. Line a baking tray with baking paper. Heat a frying pan over medium heat. Season duck breasts. Cook, skin-side down, for 5…

the dream dinner scenario for busy nights is a no-fuss, family-friendly dish that is healthy, tasty and on the table in mere minutes. Easy, fresh and good for you. We created the latest Eat Real cookbook, 17-Minute Meals, to cover these goals, no matter what your time constraints may be. These speedy staples use clever kitchen shortcuts to ease the midweek dinner scramble. There are no fancy techniques to get your head around – just simple, nutritious and flavoursome combinations that everyone will love. New Eat Real cookbook out now! Pick it up for just $9.99 from supermarkets, newsagencies and at taste.com.au/cookbooks. spiced lamb cutlets with couscous salad serves 4 | prep & cooking 17 mins 8 French-trimmed lamb cutlets 1 tsp ground cumin 2 tbs extra virgin olive oil…

risotto alla milanese  serves 4 | prep 15 mins | cooking 35 mins → 1L (4 cups) chicken stock → 1 /2 tsp saffron threads → 1 tbs olive oil → 40g butter → 1 brown onion, finely chopped → 2 garlic cloves, crushed → 330g (1 1 /2 cups) arborio rice → 125ml ( 1 /2 cup) dry white wine → 60g ( 3 /4 cup) finely grated parmesan, plus extra, to serve → Fresh thyme, to serve 1 Combine the stock and saffron in a medium saucepan over high heat. Bring just to the boil. Reduce heat to low and keep at a gentle simmer. 2 Heat the oil and half the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic. Cook, stirring, for…

Oliver’s Taranga 2018 Vermentino, $25 The Italians know fresh, flavour-packed food needs a zippy, bright wine to match. And now one of their best white varieties, vermentino, is thriving in places like McLaren Vale with its lemon-flavoured, crisp, tingly goodness. This one is particularly vibrant and delicious. DRINK IT WITH sticky soy chicken, satay. Turkey Flat 2017 Butchers Block Shiraz, $25 Not your typical big Barossa shiraz, this is a modern, lighter style, designed for drinking right now. It’ll go with almost any dinner you throw at it, thanks to juicy red fruits with more flamboyance than a ballroom dancing finale! DRINK IT WITH grilled and barbecued meats, pizza, pasta. Grant Burge 2018 Moscato Frizzante, $19 Turn cake into an occasion with a lightly spritzed and fruity moscato, made from…