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Recipe: Spiced Date & Walnut Torte

This spiced torte is very rich but almost impossible to resist.

Recipe: Pork Sausage Rolls with Apple Pickle

This is a great dish to make when you have a couple of people coming over to watch a big game or for a bite of lunch at the weekend.

Recipe: Cardamom and Rosewater Dessert Feijoas

Celebrate the colours of autumn with this delectable treat.

Broccoli Tart with Red Onion Jam & Walnut Pesto

Feel free to experiment with this tart and use other veggies, it will taste just as good.

Recipe: Surrendered Pumpkin & Tomatoes

“Surrendered” is the term given to vegetables that are cooked long enough to allow them to break down to golden deliciousness.

Recipe: Spiced Ginger Cookie Sandwiches

These are reminiscent of the flavours of the Caribbean – a little like a tropical cocktail captured in a soft cookie.

Recipe: Honey Caramel Topsy Turvy Pear Cake

The autumnal flavour of pears in a rich butter caramel, topped with a drizzle of honey, makes this a most delicious cake.

Recipe: Courgette, Basil and Parmesan Soup

This creamy courgette soup is one you'll want to make again and again.

From hobby cheesemaker to a top-selling cheese brand

A Gisborne couple spent many years building a farm-to-plate business, now one of New Zealand’s most significant independent brands.

Make this spicy sauce with your homegrown chillies

Drizzle this homemade sauce on anything from skewers, roasts, and burgers — or use as a spiced up marinade.

Recipe: Sticky Pear & Walnut Scrolls

These sticky, caramel-coated scrolls fill the house with such a lovely aroma, you’ll be salivating in anticipation by the time they are done.

Recipe: Apple and Pumpkin Leather

Pumpkin, cinnamon and apple are blitzed together into a sweet, flavourful purée, then dried to form a chewy, sweet leather.

Recipe: Parmesan Crusted Chicken and Rocket Salad

This savoury chicken dish is freshened up with a tart salad on the side.

Recipe: Yoghurt Roulade with Roasted Plums

Celebrate your harvest with this delicious plum dessert.

Recipe: Middle Eastern Meatballs

Everyone loves meatballs — Lucy Corry is sure they’re due a comeback sometime soon.

15 recipes to make the most of end-of-summer produce

Make the most warm-weather veggies and fruits before the weather cools and autumn is in full swing.

Recipe: Easy Peasy Courgette Cheese Bake

Who says that courgettes can't become absolutely moreish?

Recipe: Roasted Tomato & Courgette Harvest Sauce

This roasted vegetable sauce can be tossed through pasta or used as a savoury dipping sauce.

Recipe: Feijoa, Mint & Chilli Salsa

Fresh feijoas sing in this piquant, easy-to-make salsa.

22 sorbet flavours to make with berries and herbs

Sorbet is an easy and delicious way to make the most of fresh berries and herbs.

3 irresistible plum recipes

When plums go crazy, these recipes will help you use them all up in the most delicious ways possible.

 

Recipe: Summer Beans & Greens with Honey & Cumin Vinaigrette

This crunchy summer salad comes together in a tick.

Recipe: Smoky Blue Cheese Dip

This creamy, smoky blue-cheese dip tends to disappear quickly.

Recipe: Omelette Arnold Bennett

A chef named this smoked fish omelette after prolific English author, Arnold Bennett.

Recipe: Elderberry, Rhubarb and Cinnamon Tea Cake

When elderberries begin to ripen, Kristina Jensen knows it's time to get baking.

How to make damson gin

It’s a funny-looking cousin of the plum, and it can tarten up your gin too.

Recipe: Grilled Marshmallows with Rockmelon

Making marshmallows from scratch is a fun way to get kids in the kitchen.

Recipe: Upside-Down Plum Cake

It's impossible not to flip for this sticky, scrumptious summer cake.

How to make acorn flour

Oak is a popular timber, but the trees also produce a nutritious baking flour.

Recipe: Low-Sugar Berry, Prune & Bay Leaf Fruit Spread

Chia seeds and prunes keep this jam-like spread naturally sweet.

Recipe: Kūmara Flatbreads

These versatile flatbreads can be topped with salsa or used to mop up soups and curries.

Recipe: Kohlrabi, Fennel & Apple Slaw with Lemon Maple Dressing

A fresh matchstick salad made with raw kohlrabi, apple and fennel.

Recipe: Roasted Cherry Tomato Salad

This caprese-like salad is rounded out with lentils, peppery rocket and a balsamic marinade.

Recipe: Michael Van de Elzen’s Pumpkin Cupcakes

These pretty little cupcakes call for lots of grated pumpkin.

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