Featured Recipe
Quince Jelly
Friday, October 03, 2025 |
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Quinces are sort of cousins to apples and pears, but they're an entirely different fruit altogether. They can’t be eaten fresh. To enjoy quinces, they must be cooked until completely soft and falling apart. When fresh, they’re hard as a rock, bitter and astringent. Once cooked, the cream coloured flesh will turn pink with a floral flavour.
The ingredients for this quince jelly are quite simple, and all you really need are quince, water and sugar. But a little bit of star anise, cinnamon, or ginger brings a warmth and extra dimension to the aroma of the fruit. Quince is very high in pectin, so lemon is not required for making the jelly. However, fresh lemon juice will heighten flavour of the fruit. You do not need to peel your quince before cooking it to make jelly. Nor do you need to core it. Just scrub off the furry coating and wash them clean before using.
Serve quince jelly as part of a cheeseboard, or alongside pork or game dishes, or with some homemade bread or crackers.
Kohlrabi Apple Carpaccio with Styrian Pumpkin Seed Oil Vinaigrette
Thursday, October 02, 2025 |
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This refreshing and crunchy carpaccio variation with kohlrabi and apples scores points thanks to its fresh ingredients and a nutty, earthy Styrian pumpkin seed oil vinaigrette. Toasted pepitas and parsley make great toppings. Easy and delicious!
Since pumpkin seed oil is rather thick, you can use 1-2 tablespoons water or broth to dilute the dressing. You can also make this into a simple salad by cutting kohlrabi and apple into sticks, which then tossed with the dressing.
Biscoff Cookie Butter Cookies
Wednesday, October 01, 2025 |
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These bakery style cookie butter cookies are absolutely irresistible. The dough, made with Lotus spread, Lotus biscuits and chocolate chips, is baked in the oven in no time at all to yield thick, chewy, rustic cookies. You won't be able to eat just one! You can either use Lotus Biscoff brand of cookie butter or other cookie butter. Feel free to swap out chocolate chips for butterscotch chips, white chocolate chips or even nuts, but keep the amount the same. For an even more chocolatey treat, dip them halfway into chocolate icing after they have cooled.