Warm Potato Salad with Double Cheese and Bacon

This dish is a definite crowd pleaser, and would sit very comfortably on a barbecue table beside steak and sausages.

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Umu Pulled Pork with Orange and Garlic

Cooking the pork with freshly squeezed orange juice makes for melt-in your-mouth succulent, tender meat. Of course, this doesn’t have to be cooked underground – it’s just as delicious cooked in the oven.

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Gorgeous Blackberry & Apple Galette

Galette for one? Why not! Small quantities of homemade pastry are quick to make and so gratifying.

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Orange & Lemon Biscuits

These little biscuits look so unassuming, but inside is a world of delicious chewiness spiked with a hit of citrus.

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Fry Bread

I make up double batches and set them out on the table with lashings of golden syrup, jam (of any description) and whipped cream, along with pots of tea and coffee.

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Herb and Mussel Fritters

My husband has been gathering mussels off Memory Rock on Medlands Beach, Aotea Great Barrier Island, for as many years as he can remember.

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A Dream & Hard Graft

A way of life with a love of horses at its core, encompassed by a strong belief that horses can heal.

Beef Goulash

This is a beautiful, rich goulash where the paprika is the star of the dish. Flavoursome and smoky, it is perfectly paired with mashed potato or pasta and a dollop of sour-cream. 

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Pihikete Pata Me Te Paramu | Plum Melting Moments

These rich, buttery melting moments totally live up to their name. Lemon and freeze-dried plum add zingy flavour, while melted white chocolate and rose petals make sure they look as good as they taste.

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Peanut Caramel Slice

There’s nothing homegrown found in here, but it’s an utterly delicious and divine slice that we all enjoy as a wee treat, and I’m sure you will love it too.

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Keke Kahitete | Custard Slice

Custard slice often appeared on the smoko table, so eating it makes me very nostalgic for days on the farm.

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Spiced Apple Cake

This is a lovely cake to sit down to with a cup of tea.  It is best with a cooking apple, as the tarter flavour pairs perfectly with the subtle warmth of the spices. 

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Parāoa Pani Reka | Iced Buns

My dad has always had a thing for iced buns. He’d munch through six of them for lunch as a hungry teenager at South Otago High School, and we always had them in the pantry for his smoko on the farm.

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Raumati Summer 2024/25 Edition

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