Baked ham with spiced orange glaze is the secret to serving a superbly moist ham flavoured with orange juice, mustard, marmalade, cinnamon and star anise. It’s a knockout main course to serve for a celebration feast.
Soy Star Anise Braised Chicken
Soy star anise braised chicken is ridiculously easy to make and absolutely stunning with its deep mahogany coloured skin. Bathed in a master stock infused with star anise, ginger and garlic which permeates, and deeply flavours the chicken. This is a winner of a recipe!
Slow Cooked Pulled Pork
Slow cooked pulled pork is a fabulous recipe for entertaining a crowd. It’s super moist and flavourful, easy to prepare and can be made ahead and reheated. What’s not to like. Shoulder of pork is succulent, has optimum fat content for creating soft, tender melty meat, is super economical, and down right delicious. Cooked with […]
Orange and Sage Turkey Roulade
Orange and sage turkey roulade has to be the most, succulent, super flavourful and easy to carve alternative to roasting a whole turkey. It makes for a perfect centrepiece, is ridiculously moist and entirely foolproof. Sage, garlic and perfumed orange zest make up a paste with lashings of butter to bring it all together. […]
Festive Pineapple Glazed Ham with Candied Sweet Potatoes
Festive pineapple glazed ham is going to shine as the star of your Thanksgiving, Christmas table. You’ll be amazed how a few simple ingredients turns into the most delicious sweet, sticky glaze that pairs beautifully with ham. Pineapple juice, sweet sherry, brown sugar, dijon mustard and powdered cloves combine to make this our most popular […]
The Best Chicken or Turkey Gravy
Making the best chicken or turkey gravy comes down to two requirements, those tasty, caramelised and flavoursome brown bits on the bottom of the pan after roasting our fowl along with some of the fat and pan juices, and really flavoursome stock, most preferably homemade. Let’s face it the gravy we serve for our holiday […]
Intense Chicken or Turkey Stock
Intense chicken or turkey stock is exactly what you’ll get from this super easy method for making a golden, full flavoured stock. Time is the only thing you’ll need other than chicken or turkey carcasses, necks and wings, a few onions, and water. That’s it! There’s no carrot, celery, bay leaf, peppercorns or parsley which […]
Best Ever Maple Glazed Bacon Chicken
Best ever maple glazed bacon chicken or turkey is succulent and loaded with flavour. The breast stays gloriously moist and the bacon adds its smoky goodness to the meat and flavours the juices for an outstanding gravy. The bird is marvellously golden brown and glistening with a delicious maple syrup, orange juice and dijon mustard […]
How to Brine Chicken or Turkey
How to brine chicken or turkey is a great method to deliver supremely moist, plump and perfectly seasoned chicken or turkey, as it improves the poultries ability to retain moisture. As the holiday season is rapidly approaching we know a lot of people are already starting to think about their menus, and turkey or chicken […]
Festive Chicken Terrine
Festive chicken terrine is flavoured with brandy, Dijon mustard, leeks and tarragon, and speckled with cranberries, dried apricots and pistachio nuts all wrapped in bacon. It’s easy to make, and economical for a large gathering and perfect for Thanksgiving and Christmas spreads as it can be made three days in advance, and the flavour only […]