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Pomegranate Glazed Carrots & Kumara

In Auckland we have an amazing  cafe in Grey Lynn called Ripe and they have been a cafe institution for a number of years, not only do they own 2 cafes they have produced 3 fabulous cook books  Red, ( ...
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Raspberry Coulis

Ingredients 2 cups frozen raspberries, thawed 2 tbsp icing sugar good squeeze of lemon or lime juice 1 tsp vanilla paste Method Put all the ingredients in a food processor and blend until smooth. Press the mixture through a fine ...
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Salted Caramel Sauce

Salted Caramel Sauce is possibly my biggest weakness. its just too good , It can be served over Sticky Date pudding or as pictured here a very naughty injection into Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins Ingredients 1 cup caster sugar 1/3 ...
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Chocolate Fudge Sauce

Recipe by Dish Ingredients 200 ml cream 4 tbsp brown sugar 150g dark chocolate, chopped 1 tsp vanilla extract 40g butter, chopped Method Put the cream and brown sugar in a saucepan and bring to the boil, stirring to dissolve ...

White Chocolate and Raspberry Parfait

Can make one big parfait, or in individual moulds if preferred. So easy yet so delicious. Recipe by ...Annabel Langbein Ingredients 250g white chocolate, chopped 1/2 cup cream 4 large egg whites 1/3 cup caster sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract ...
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Apple Danish Tea Cake

This is one of the first deserts I ever made  it is seriously yummy you can swap the toppings out easily  Recipe by Lynne Perkins Ingredients 125 g butter 4 tbsp sugar 1 egg 1 1/2 cup flour 1 tsp ...
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Bayley’s Desert Cocktail

This desert cocktail is a crowd pleaser , I have in the past put the butterscotch snaps in a syringe by the glass and spun sugar spirals for a bit of cooking theatre but just super naughty and yummy the ...

Chocolate Pavlovas

We will never forget when Mum used salt in the cream instead of sugar one Christmas, it was just before the on trend salted caramel sauce invention, perhaps she started it! Recipe by Lynne Perkins Ingredients 6 egg whites at ...
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Crepes

Nothing beats a devine thin crepe, this recipe is fail proof, pictured with coconut yogurt and a grilled banana and seasonal berries, this batch was made with rice milk as my daughter has a diary allergy recently discovered hence the ...