Articles in ‘Food & Wine’

How does a perfectly barbecued scotch with fresh summer herbs topped with a zesty homemade labneh sound? Pretty great, right? This lighter dish is perfect for a hot summer’s day, or complete the meal with new potatoes or toasted sourdough and a crunchy green salad. Prep: 12 min. Cook: 8 mins. Serves 4–6. · Ingredients · Beef · 2 x 350g Quality Mark scotch fillet steaks Olive oil for rubbing · Labneh · 400g natural, unsweetened yoghurt 1…

It is claimed that we can trace the liquid food of the simple soup back 20,000 years and that is not surprising as the humble dish has been part of our global culinary history since forever. In previous eras the idea of a modern kitchen stocked with all manner of pots, pans and gadgets was a pipe dream for some future time and the grassroots cooks of antiquity generally combined all and any ingredients at hand into one pot, added liquid and…

With an unmatched selection of independent New Zealand wine and spirits, the Craft’d Wine + Spirits Festival is your chance to sample from hard-to-find bottles, rare vintages and award-winning flavours all together under one roof, for one day, as part of the Elemental AKL festival. Owner and organiser, Sue Duncan says her vision to “celebrate independents” is inspired by the incredible quality of emerging alcohol brands in New Zealand. ·…

INGREDIENTS · Orange Base: • 185 g butter • 185 g caster sugar • 3 x 60 g eggs • 185 g self-raising flour • finely-grated zest of 1 x large orange · Caramelised feijoas: • 900 g feijoas • 150g sugar • 75 ml water · Crumble Topping: • 80g butter • 130 g plain flour • 2 tbsp raw sugar • 2 tbsp desiccated coconut • 1 tsp cinnamon · PROCEDURE · First Prepare the base. Cream the butter and sugar and then blend in the eggs, one at a time. Add the…