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Pistachio and dukkah crusted lamb rack with cherry sauce.


Think it will work?

Recipes - King of the Cob

Cob breads filled with dip are always super popular when entertaining.  The idea of an edible vessel in which the dip is heated and served is just so appealing, especially when toasted cob breads are crusty on the outside, fluffy on the inside and provide the perfect dipping implement.  Just make sure you have some extra toasted bread as the dip is always too much for just one cob loaf.  

This dip is the result of a lightbulb moment and, while it is not the prettiest dip, it tastes so yummy!  So yummy. 

Ingredients

250g cream cheese, softened

150g sour cream

2 cups grated King Island Netherby Blue Cheddar

1 cup grated tasty cheddar

1 punnet cherry tomatoes, quartered

1/3 cup basil, finely chopped

1 cob loaf

4-6 bread rolls, roughly torn

salt and pepper, to season 

Step 1 - Preheat oven to 200°C. Line a flat tray with baking paper and spray lightly with olive oil.

Step 2 - Scatter tomatoes over tray and season with a little salt.  Place in oven for 20-25 minutes, until tomatoes blacken around the edges.

Step 3 - Using a serrated knife, cut a circle in the top of the loaf.  Pull circle off loaf and set aside.  Remove a majority of the bread from inside the loaf, tearing into large chunks.  Set all bread aside.

Step 4 - Place cream cheese, sour cream, Netherby Blue, tasty cheddar and basil in a bowl.  Season well with pepper and mix until combined.  

Step 5 - Remove tomatoes from oven and set aside to cool.  When cool, gently fold through cheese mixture.  Pour dip into cob loaf and place lid back on top.  Discard baking paper, place cob on tray and bake for 20-25 minutes, until cob is golden and crispy.  In the last five minutes of oven time, scatter torn bread rolls and bread chunks around cob and place back in oven to toast.  Serve immediately.

Lightbulb!

Since I tasted some of the Netherby Blue Cheese sample that King Island Dairy sent me I have been trying to think about how I can team it with roasted tomato, cause it would be awesome.

My lightbulb moment came when I thought maybe I could make some sort of cheesy, roasted tomato dip inside a cob loaf kind of thing?  Sounds interesting?  I think I am going to try it.  It's the sort of thing that sounds so crazy it might just work!

Lightbulb!

I just bought these beautiful blood oranges and I am trying to decide what to do with them.  Sweet or savoury?  Fresh or cooked?  Segmented or sliced?


And then it hit me.....


Vanilla Cream Tart w Candied Blood Oranges.  

Lightbulb!

I'm trying to think up some yummy new muffin flavours and I had a bit of a lightbulb moment. Banana, pecan and golden syrup muffins.  Think it'll work?

Lightbulb!

A friend asked me to make her something with asparagus as it is a vegetable she is loving at the moment.  This is great because asparagus is just coming into season, so it's cheap and at its best!  My friend is a crazy health freak so I need to prepare something that fits with her lifestyle.

So I'm thinking an asparagus, prawn and persian feta salad w pistachios and lime dressing.

Now, where will I find Persian feta on the Central Coast?

Lightbulb!

I've been chatting with a foodie friend of mine and we came up with an awesome idea.  He is a crumble fan, and I am not, mainly due to my dislike of making pastry and apple pies in general.  He pointed out that it's not actually the 'crumble' that I dislike so we started brainstorming ideas and came up with the following...

Baked spiced poached pairs, filled with cherry jam and topped with coconut hazelnut crumble.

Sounds crazy, and I am willing to do as many test runs as I need to until I perfect the recipe!!

Lightbulb!

I've been wondering what to serve with the panna cotta and I just had a lightbulb moment - strawberry, mint and balsamic glaze 'salad'.  


Yummo, now I really can't wait to make panna cotta! 

Lightbulb!

Lemon Meringue Muffins.

So I had a little help coming up with this idea (thanks Mum) and actually made them successfully over the weekend. However, they could, and will, be better than my first batch so at some point this week I will perfect the recipe and post it. 

Check back soon! 

Lightbulb!

I'm thinking lamb burger, seasoned with cumin, on a toasted turkish role with eggplant, spinach, tomato, sour cream and sweet chili sauce.

It might just work....