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.
An April Fool
Glasses of raspberry fool. Photo (c) Scott Hill for Sydney Living Museums
Posts in the category: Recipes
…And the winners are!
Cattle resting at the Nowra Show, February 2016. (c) Scott Hill, Sydney Living Museums
If you walked past Meroogal on your way to the show you may have sampled some 19th century fare. Continue reading
Pantry pickles
Pickles in the pantry cupboard at Vaucluse House. Photo © James Horan for Sydney living Museums
Latoya Schadel shares one of the pleasures of working in the Vaucluse House team:
I just love our days at Vaucluse House when we begin the working day with a walk through the bountiful kitchen garden. Sometimes, when produce is at its peak, our gardeners bring us a basket full of goodies to sample. Continue reading
Edible sunshine
View from the verandah at Vaucluse House. Photo © Stuart Miller for Sydney Living Museums
Spring is now well and truly underway and as the days grow longer and the buzz of native bees fills the air at Vaucluse House. Leila Wallace puts a special – edible – twist on our special springtime celebrations Continue reading
Eat your history – the book!
Jacqui Newling, author of Eat your history: stories and recipes from Australian kitchens Photo © James Horan for Sydney Living Museums
Handwritten recipes passed through the generations, tales of goats running wild in colonial gardens and early settlers’ experimentation with native foods…
Eat your history dishes up stories and recipes for Australian kitchens and dining tables from 1788 to the 1950s.Jacqui Newling, resident gastronomer at Sydney Living Museums, invites you to share forgotten tastes and lost techniques, and to rediscover some delicious culinary treasures. Continue reading
Home baked bread
Bread fresh from the oven. Photo © Jacqui Newling
With our current focus on bread baking, it seemed fitting to include a recipe to make bread in our modern kitchens that uses a traditional technique – and this is the best one I’ve found yet. Continue reading
Suet-able for the modern table?
Baked apple dumplings. Photo Jacqui Newling © Sydney Living Museums
With the weather cooling and rain keeping our family (happily!) indoors for much of the Easter break, I seized the opportunity to revisit some old fashioned comfort foods. The nip in the April air inspired me to make some traditional suet ‘crust’ recipes. Continue reading
Summers lease hath all too short a date…
Delicious fresh figs braised in Rouse Hill honey. Photo © Scott Hill
Well as we enter the month of March that’s it for Summer! As the weather starts to turn we thought we’d take a look at the fruit trees at Rouse Hill House, and a quick recipe for enjoying a harvest of figs. Enjoy! Continue reading
Salad days
All the makings of an heirloom salad in the kitchen garden at Vaucluse House. Photo © Stuart Miller for Sydney Living Museums
As the new year kicks in and the temperature rises, January is salad time for most Australians, as a meal in itself or along side anything that can be barbequed! Continue reading
Christmas cookery
Christmas rum balls. Photo Jacqui Newling © Sydney Living Museums
T’is the week before Christmas – and egads! I’d better get on with the festive fare. It’s not too late to make a pudding, for the family table or as a gift for friends, or home made treats that follow long-standing Christmas traditions. Continue reading