Recipes
Cooking with Vinegar
Sesame prawn skewers with mango salad
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Ingredients
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36 green king prawns deveined peeled
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1/4 cup soy sauce
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1/2 cup sesame seeds
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1 mango chopped peeled
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2 tbs peanuts roughly chopped
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1/4 cup coriander leaves
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2 tbs Thai basil fresh
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1 tbs Honey and Ginger Vinegar
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1 spring onion sliced *to serve
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Method
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Place the prawns in a large bowl, add the soy sauce, toss to coat, then cover and refrigerate for 10 minutes.
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Drain prawns from marinade and then thread onto skewers. Spray with a little cooking oil spray.
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Place the sesame seeds on a large plate. Liberally coat each of the skewers in the sesame seeds.
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Heat a little oil in a large non-stick frying pan over medium-low heat. Cook the skewers in batches, turning once gently until golden and cooked through.
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While the prawn skewers are cooking, combine the chopped mango with the peanuts, herbs, Honey and Ginger Vinegar and two tablespoons of water.
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Serve the skewers sprinkled with extra sesame seeds, along with mango salad and rice or noodles (optional). Garnish with spring onion.
Roasted Garlic and Pumpkin Salad
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Ingredients
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750 g butternut pumpkin
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250 g cream cheese chilled
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2 tbs crushed garlic
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1/3 cup olive oil
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4 bacon rashers
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1 cup cashews roasted
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250 g snow peas
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1/4 cup Rose Vinegar
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Method
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Preheat oven to 200C.
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Peel and cut pumpkin into large cubes - approximately 5cm.
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Combine garlic and oil, and pour into base of a large ceramic/glass roasting dish.
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Toss pumpkin through oil and garlic, spread in a single layer and roast for 40 minutes, or until slightly tender and starting to colour.
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Cut cream cheese into 8 then split it down the middle to make 16 small cubes.
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Add cheese to pumpkin and return to oven for a further 15 minutes, or until both cheese and pumpkin are tender and golden brown.
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Remove from oven and stand for 10 minutes only.
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Carefully pour off and reserve the garlic-y oil after 10 minutes (leaving it on will cause the pumpkin to absorb it and become greasy).
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Grill the bacon until crispy and crumble into small pieces.
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Top and tail snowpeas and blanch in boiling water for 30 seconds or until bright green.
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Arrange pumpkin and cheese on serving platter, scatter bacon, cashews and snowpeas on top.
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Whisk reserved garlic flavoured oil with Rose Vinegar and drizzle over salad to serve.
Caramelised Carrots
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Ingredients
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1 tbs olive oil
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20 g unsalted butter
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500 g carrots thickly sliced
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1 tbs white sugar
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1 tbs parsley chopped fresh
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2 tsp Dark Malt Vinegar
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Method
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Heat oil and butter in saucepan, cook carrots, covered, over low heat until just tender.
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Add sugar, stirring constantly, for approximately 10 minutes or until carrots caramelise.
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Stir in parsley and Dark Malt Vinegar.
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Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
Cucumber Relish
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Ingredients
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2kg cucumber, peeled, diced
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1/4 cup salt
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1 red capsicum, diced
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1 green capsicum, diced
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250g brown onion, peeled, diced
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3 celery sticks, diced
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15g mustard seeds
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350g sugar
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430ml White Wine Vinegar
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Method
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Place cucumber in a bowl and sprinkle with salt. Stand for 3 hours or overnight.
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Drain the liquid from the cucumbers.
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Place all ingredients in a large pan and stir over low heat until the sugar dissolves.
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Increase heat and bring to the boil. Simmer for 30 minutes or until vegetables are well cooked.
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Pour into hot jars and seal.
