Skordalia is the Greek version of the French ‘aïoli’ and the Spanish, ‘allïoli, and is a luscious garlic mayonnaise, sauce, or dip. It is usually based on potato and flavoured with garlic, olive oil, lemon juice and parsley. Elizabeth David in her ‘Book of Mediterranean Food’ gives her recipe with egg yolks, ground almonds [...]
Serves 4 This is one of my favourite chilled soups and is a delight for lovers of garlic. A traditional and popular Spanish cold soup, Ajo Blanco is typical from Granada and Málaga, Andalusia. It is older than the more common red version, with tomatoes, which was not possible until tomatoes were introduced into Europe [...]
Last Saturday, friends invited us to join them on a foodie road trip around Pomona and Kin Kin to visit a few local producers, who are part of the Cooloola Farm Food Trail. Our first stop was the fresh water crayfish farm, Alba Aquaculture at Wolvi, near Kin Kin and on the Kin Kin–Gympie road, [...]
Ingredients Makes 300ml 2 large egg yolks 1 clove garlic minced Pinch of saffron threads infused into the lemon juice or olive oil 2tbsp lemon juice, plus extra if needed 250ml sunflower oil 120ml extra virgin olive oil sea salt and white pepper To make the aïoli: In a large bowl, whisk the egg yolks, [...]
I love my back balcony herb garden. It is a joy for me to pick my fresh herbs for the cooking classes. Now, my young, spring garlic is about to be harvested. I planted the cloves last April, so you need to be patient; it takes a while to grow, and mine still needs a couple of [...]
