Yummy Monday - Australia's Icon: Vegemite

This week is going to be our last week dedicated entirly to Australia: from food to art,...but do not worry we will still have some sporodical ozy related posts is a dark brown Australian food paste made from yeast extract.
It is a spread for sandwiches, toast , cracker , ...
Despite the horrible color it does taste good especially on crakers with a bit of butter umh It is really yummy!
I know It has nothing to do with it but it reminds me a lot of anchovies paste (one of my favourite comfort food ever) I guess It is because of the saltiness!
Yesterday night on a famous australian cooking show they showed some really cool recepies with it such as french macarons with chocolate, raspberries and vegemite! Fancy that! How bizarre but apprently really yummy! One day I will certainly try to make them, but before I have to learn to make good macarons...
Hope to have inspired you!
xoxo
Lesley

Pavlova - Australia 's Yummy Dessert

Here we are again in a our weekly appointment of " Yummy Monday", as you know this month is dedicated to Australia, so today I am going to reveal Australia's number one dessert recipe.
Meringues are known to bee a bit cheeky, not very easy to make, even If the process seems so basic it does need a bit of sovoir faire...

You can Imagine my "stress" about making a Pavlova, which let's face it is nothing else than  a Big Meringue.
My first attempt was a disaster...the meringue was chewy, thin and  too acid but now I ve won!
My secret?  Once completed cooking, let your Pav cool completely in oven If not It will fall down!!!

Ingredients 

• 1 tablespoon cornflour
• 6 egg whites
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1 cup of sugar
• 1 teaspoon of white vinegar
• 200ml of  cream
• 250g frozen raspberries or blueberries 

Method

Preheat oven to 200°C.

Make a circle with a pencil on a sheet of baking paper. 

Beat egg whites and  tartar in a big bowl

Add sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating constantly. 

Add 3 teaspoons cornflour with the last tablespoon of sugar. 

Fold through the vinegar.

Spoon meringue onto your circle on the baking paper. 

Reduce oven to 100°C. 

Bake for  1  hour and a half or until dry and crisp. 

Turn off oven and open oven door. 

Cool completely in oven If not It will fall down...

Put onto a serving plate. Spread with cream and top with raspberries/blueberries or whatever fruit you love (strawberries and passion fruit also look amazing and taste deliscious!)

Let me know How you go! And If anyone as any tips please feel free to share!

xoxo
Lesley

Iconic Australian Cuisine: Anzac Biscuits

I am soon going to leave Australia and go back home to Europe, so before leaving I want to make the most of my experience down under and learn the most I can about ozy culture.

So for my first attempt, yesterday I went to my adorable ozy neighbor David and we made Anzac biscuits together! The plus is that not only the taste so good but also they are so easy to make!!!
For those of you who don’t know Anzac biscuits are sweet biscuits popular in Australia and New Zealand, these biscuits were sent by wives and mothers to soldiers fighting abroad as the ingredients do not spoil easily (there is no egg) and the biscuits keeps well during transportation.

And now, put your apron on and get ready to bake some delicious bickies .

Ingredients

1 Cup of oats
1 cup of plain flour
½ cup of sugar

¾ cup desiccated coconut

2 tablespoon golden syroup

½ cup of butter

½ cup of bicarbonate of soda

1 tablespoon boiling water

Pinch Salt

Method

·         Mix oats, flour, sugar and coconut together

·         Melt syrup and butter together

·         Mix soda with boiling water then add to melted butter and syroup

·         Add to dry ingredients

·         Place tablespoonful of mixture on greased slide.

·         Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes at 150/160

David's Secret

To keep biscuits crisp they should be stored in airtight containers as soon as they are cold. Different variety of biscuits should be stored separately.

Hey, by the way I am ready to any suggestion. Comments are indeed more than welcome.

xoxo
Lesley