Apple charlotte. Photo © James Horan for Sydney Living Museums
Before you crush all your apples into cider as the Curator had us doing last week, we thought we’d celebrate ‘Eve’s fruit’ with some tried and tested family favourites from our heritage kitchens. We’ve featured apple hedgehogs and apple snow in more summery posts, but Apple Charlotte, pictured above, and Auntie Tottie’s Apple cake make perfect autumnal fare. Continue reading
Apple press at Woolmers, Tasmania. Photo (c) Scott Hill
Though it seems the weather in Sydney is never going to cool down, its time to look at apples: from apple Charlotte cake to chutney, and a baked apple recipe that kids will love to try for mothers day. But first its cider time! Continue reading
Eel dish belonging to the Rouse family. Rouse Hill House and Farm collection. Photo © Sydney Living Museums
Included in the line-up of ceremonies at Sydney Living Museums Eel festival this week included yours truly preparing a popular 19th-century delicacy, ‘collared eel’ following a recipe from 1816. Continue reading
Mrs Maclurcan's Curried bananas Photo © Jacqui Newling for Sydney Living Museums
The Curator’s story about bananas and plantains earlier this year recalled the banana curry I enjoyed at Hannah’s Long Lunch last year, which celebrated colonial cookery author, Hannah Maclurcan. I’ve now put Mrs Maclurcan’s recipe for ‘banana curry’ to the test using green plantains, with pleasing and thought provoking results. Continue reading
Glasses of raspberry fool. Photo (c) Scott Hill for Sydney Living Museums
This April Fools Day I’m departing from tradition and not telling a whopper, but I’m still talking about fools – the dessert that is.