Food pictures from the last fortnight

Roast red capsicum frittata with sweet potato and rocket. Roast off red capsicum, sweet potato and onion. Blanch rocket with boiling water. Mix all together with beaten egg and cheese and oven roast for 30 minutes








 

Eggplant parmagiana. Salt, rinse and dry sliced eggplant. Layer eggplant, Napolitana sauce, and cheese, top heavily with mozzarella cheese

 

Roast Pork Shoulder. Season generously with salt and pepper and neutral oil. Place in baking tray on top of mirepoix of carrot, onion and celery. Roast in a dry oven tray at 250°C 15 minutes + 230°C 15 minutes before adding red wine and water and reducing heat to 170°C for another couple of hours of cooking. The pieces of pork pictured above are 6 to 8 kg each. 

Spaghetti Boscaiola. Bacon, mushrooms, shallots or onions and garlic into an oiled saucepan. Add in white wine, reduce. Then cream. Lots of cream. Mix sauce with Spaghetti, parmesan cheese and parsley. Don't visit your Doctor until you've spent a couple of days eating vegetables.

Above is a burger topped with a chickpea pattie which is then coated in breadcrumbs and oven roasted served on a brioche roll with baby spinach, sliced tomato and cheese. Add some mayo and sweet chilli to finish off nicely

Tender, juicy, succulent Roast Beef. The same basic preparation as for the roast pork above. Add red wine to the base of the pan. At the end of cooking this will leave some fantastic juices in the base of the pan to start off your gravy. Cover the beef in foil and roast at 150°C for 90 minutes, then remove the foil and continue to roast until the temperature probe reads around the 55°C mark. Too low you say? The residual cooking on these big lumps of meat will carry them up to where you and your food safety people need it to be. 

I think this is a Thai red curry ... or was it green, definitely with chicken. I think it got a little watery on me. Flavour was still good, I think. Some days I come home and can't even remember what I cooked that day. Crazy. 

Scrambled eggs cooked quickly over medium heat. Whisk eggs, salt, pepper and cream together. Pour mixture into heated, oiled pan and keep the eggs moving to stop them catching on the pan. As long as you don't try cooking them whilst watching TV in the living room at the same time it couldn't be easier

Bringing a little bit of Thai comfort food to Sydney. Grabpao Gai or Thai Chicken mince and basil stir fry. Garlic, Oyster Sauce and fish sauce. Good news for the coriander haters out there, this dish contains none. I've gone against tradition and bulked mine our with green beans and Chinese broccoli. Served with steamed Jasmine rice and topped with a fried egg. Not sure the customers with enjoy a true heavily fried Khai Dao or star egg.

Breakfast regulars oven roasted tomatoes alongside deep fried hash browns. Why any human needs a deep fried side to their breakfast is beyond me and probably your GP as well. Having said that they do add texture and they are quite yum. Some people might tell you that an apple is yum too and has texture 

Chunky slow braised Chili con Carne with beans and topped with fresh tomato and coriander. A great dish to warm you up on a chilly winter's day

Lamb Korma curry marinate the lamb with ginger, garlic, coriander , cumin cardamom and cayenne pepper for heat. Add tomato and simmer until tender. Finish by adding yoghurt. This dish is an example of my current desire to move away from store bought pastes which make life easier and move towards more in house spice mixes.