You know you’re a parent when Christmas feels to you like like it’s approaching at the speed of light but to the small people in your life there’s clearly more than an eternity still to wait. It’s definitely time to start thinking food. It’s also time to start considering the annual logistical challenge of getting a large pine tree into our shoebox of a house, but that’s another story. Porchetta is really the ultimate festive roast beast to me. We had a beautiful boutique porchetta purchased from a deli in Lygon St for our wedding spread and I’ve been a big fan ever since. I’ve since fiddled around with a few recipes and have finally got a method sorted that seems to work consistently well for me. It takes a while to cook but is otherwise dead simple. This will definitely be appearing at Christmas lunch this year, probably with a lentil salad. » Read more: Porchetta
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WHAT HAVE I BEEN EATING?
- GUAVA PASTE - it's a party in your mouth and only the funniest and sexiest people are invited. LEMON LICORICE MINT - why isn't this available everywhere? I need to make ice cream with this. LAPHROAIG SINGLE MALT WHISKY - the taste of peat, smoke and fisherman without the fish. Would it be wrong to actually steal it from dad's liquor cabinet? GREEN MANGOES - perfume, juice, joy, bliss. RICE PADDY HERB - swampy,peppery, utterly unique. Suddenly I'm back on the Tonle Sap in Cambodia... LAST WEEK'S FAMILY DINNERS: Thai style pork omlettes and steamed rice. Lions head meatballs and steamed rice. Orange and tarragon roast chicken,Vanessa's squash,crusty bread and green salad. Chinese take away (spicy squid, bbq pork in plum sauce, crispy skin chicken, steamed rice). Fragrant squid salad with herbs and lemongrass. Home-made pizzas. Tomato, lentil and basil soup. And the winner was...lion's head meatballs.
