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Spiced Fruit Mince

To make your own spiced fruit mince at any time of the year, the following will make about 2 cups plus. 1/2 cup sultanas or raisins (roughly chopped) 10 dried figs (finely chopped) 1/2 cup citrus peel 1/2 cup nuts (almonds, walnuts, pine nuts lightly roasted) 1 cup...

Sweet Potato & Ricotta fritters

2 sweet potatoes, peeled, cubed Garlic Olive oil 1 cup flour (potato or rice as alternative to wheat) 1 cup ricotta ¼ teaspoon grated nutmeg salt & pepper 1 teaspoon baking powder 2 eggs ½ cup coriander, fresh chopped Pre heat the oven and prepare a roasting pan...

Potato Ricotta Cake

I make this very tasty by roasting the potatoes with salt, pepper and oregano in extra virgin olive oil.  Makes very cute little potato cakes in muffin tin or a few ramekins or of course just one big one tin. 4 medium potatoes, peeled and quartered 1 medium chorizo...

Eggplant Cake

To make this cake look even more impressive I fried slices of eggplant and then put the mixture in.  A couple of minutes on each side to fry the slices then add parmesan cheese already prepared with chopped basil/parsley or dried oregano. 2 large eggplant, cut into...

Braised Lamb in Marsala and Cinnamon

This makes a lovely ragu for pasta or risotto.   Extra virgin olive oil 6 lamb chops Sea salt & black pepper 3 leeks, chopped 3 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed 1 cup Marsala 1 jar passata or 1 can tomatoes, chopped in juice 1 bay leaf 1 cinnamon stick flat-leaf...

Baked Ricotta Cheesecake

1/2 cup sultanas or raisins 1/2 cup rum and/or marsala or other favourite liqueur 750g ricotta cheese 6 eggs, at room temperature 1 cup sugar 1/3 cup almond meal or any all-purpose flour 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 1 teaspoon vanilla...