All Time Favourites October 23, 2016
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For Monday 3rd October, Laura and Franca took a different approach to the dinner, asking the rest of the recipe club what were their “all time favourite” entrees, mains, desserts and party drinks. Each dish was inspired by the favourite of a different person.
Full details to be provided later.
Drink
Entré
Main
Dessert
Tofu August 7, 2016
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On Monday 4th July, Franca and Laura served us up a delicious dinner based around Tofu as the hero ingredient. Franca hosted and served up the savoury dishes, while Laura provided us with the sweet ones.
Entre
To begin, Franca made us a delicious soup with silken tofu.
Mains
Franca then served us two savoury dishes for main course: bean-curd wraps and an eggplant and firm tofu stirfry.
Dessert
Laura concluded the meal with two sweet dishes: chocolate and tofu cheesecake with maple and coconut (dairy-free) icecream, and tofu, choc-chip and pecan cookies.
Rolled March 15, 2016
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On Monday 7th March, Pam hosted the dinner with the theme of Rolled food, and made many many dishes along with Franca.
Mains
The many tasty morsels included BBQ pork rice noodle rolls (Franca), stuffed bean curd sheet rolls (Pam), vegetable Manchurian (Pam), cheese-stuffed chicken rolled in prosciutto (Franca), and korokke (Pam).
Dessert
To finish, Franca served peanut-stuffed glutinous rice dumplings in ginger broth, and Pam served chocolate roulade.
Christmas December 24, 2015
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On Monday 14th December, we had our traditional Christmas-themed get together. Unlike previous years, where we solely made Christmas sweets and nibblies, this was a full Christmas dinner. Franca hosted, and cooked together with Pam.
Entré and Drinks
To help get us into the Christmas spirit(s), Pam served some appropriate drinks: a festive punch and Christmas pudding vodka. A little while after, we then begun the meal proper with Franca’s watermelon and fetta salad (note how the melon is in the shape of stars).
Mains
The main course was a joint affair. Pam made a delicious roast pork belly, and Franca made us garlic bread, roast lamb and a mulled wine gravy.
Dessert
To conclude, Franca served up a pumpkin-spice cheese cake, and Pam presented us with a passionfruit, lychee and coconut yule log.
Caramel October 3, 2015
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Shocking to all of us was the discovery that over the years of Recipe Club, we never had a caramel theme. So, on Monday 7th September, Andrew hosted a caramel dinner, cooking the savoury dishes with Franca cooking the sweet dishes.
Entré
To begin the evening, Andrew served a red wine caramel sauce drizzled on goat’s cheese and walnuts on crackers.
Mains
The main course from Andrew was Neil Perry’s pork hocks with chilli caramel sauce, caramel chicken, and salted caramel carrots and parsnips.
Dessert
Franca ended the meal with sophistication, with coconut creme caramel and a salted caramel dipping sauce.
Brinner June 8, 2015
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On Monday 4th May, Franca hosted a dinner that was also breakfast – it was “brinner”. Laura joined her in providing the dishes for the evening.
Entré
To start, Franca served us a delicious congee.
Mains
Franca followed up with spanish baked eggs with chorizo, and a selection of fried delicacies: mushroom, bacon and potato rosti.
Dessert
For dessert, Laura served us a multitude of dishes. There was a yoghurt panna cotta with rasberry-rhubarb coulis, a caramel-espresso lassi, and a cinnamon “coffee” cake.
Basil April 11, 2015
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The theme for Monday 2nd February was Basil – but nothing to do with Fawlty Towers. Pam hosted and cooked the savoury courses, while Franca provided the sweet courses.
Entré and Drinks
Franca served up drinks with basil seeds, and Pam started off the food with a Thai zucchini and corn soup (with Thai basil).
Mains
For main course, Pam cooked lamb with basil mouselline, with roast vegetables topped with Provencal granola.
Dessert
To finish the meal, Franca made us individual basil-flavoured pavlovas and a basil sorbet.
Jelly November 29, 2014
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On Monday 17th November, Pam and Franca – who also hosted – served us an amazing dinner of Jellied Food.
Entré
The dinner began with Franca’s chicken liver pate under a port jelly and Pam’s roast lamb on lamb jelly.
Mains
For mains, Franca served a pork pot pie (with jelly filling) and buttered carrots and mushy peas.
Dessert
The final course included Pam’s fruit jellies and a muscat Jelly with berries and cream from Franca.
Custard September 13, 2014
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On Monday 11th August, Franca hosted the Custard dinner, where all dishes had to have some sort of custard in them. Franca did the savoury courses and Andrew made the dessert.
Entre
To whet our appetites, Franca began the dinner with a garlic custard and antipasto.
Main
Franca’s main course was an Asian set custard dish with a side of asparagus.
Dessert
Finishing with something sweet, Andrew made a coconut custard tart with candied lime and lime syrup, with a scoop of burnt honey ice-cream.
Best of British July 3, 2014
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Monday June 9th was the Queens Birthday holiday in Melbourne, so it was appropriate that the theme for the dinner that night was Best of British. Kerri hosted and provided the savoury course while Franca served us the dessert.
Mains
Kerri made us Jamie Oliver’s empire roast chicken with bombay-style potatoes.
Dessert
Franca served Delia Smith Eccles cakes together with cheese and currants, and Queen of Puddings.
