Category Archives: Ingredients
Passionfruit Semifreddo
Passion fruit, the very description of summer.
Recipes: Passion fruit curd cake, passion fruit curd, Tropical Custard and Jelly, passion fruit semifreddo
Beetroot – from garden to plate 3
Beetroot, sweet and earthy. Ruby red. An acquired taste.
Recipes: Pork chops with beetroot relish, Beetroot – from garden to plate #3, raw beetroot and goats cheese salad
Avocado – from garden to plate 2

Avocado
I grew up on an organic avocado farm, this nutty oily delicious fruit was a major part of my diet from an early age. Now I live in Asia where it is eaten as a dessert.
Recipes: Avocado – from garden to plate #2
Asparagus, from garden to plate 1

Asparagus seems to divide the population. Some love this quick growing sprout and will eat it fresh from the ground as a delicacy (me), others despise the mere thought of it. Perhaps scarred from one too many servings of putrid canned asparagus?
Recipes: Asparagus – from garden to plate #1, Asparagus frittata, asparagus and ricotta tart
Mograbiyeh salad, something new.
Mograbiyeh
Also known as Israeli couscous, this large couscous is an interesting starch cooked risotto style or boiled and used in a salad.
Recipe: Mograbiyeh salad