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Outstanding NZ Food Producer Awards 2021: Medal winners revealed
Exciting news in the food world. It's time to celebrate great New Zealand food products with the announcement of 2021 Outstanding NZ Food Producer Awards medal winners.
Recipe: Pulled Ham Hock Soup with White Beans
This soup is light, brothy and loaded full of nutritious vegetables.
8 things to know before you try growing hazelnuts
Hazelnuts are still a niche product in New Zealand but they have the potential to be the country’s main nut crop. You won’t meet anyone who loves them more than hazel researcher and grower Murray Redpath.
Recipe: Ruth Pretty's Criss-Cross Agrias with Rocket
When buying, look for potatoes that still have dirt on them — the soil is a protective layer.
9 tips for starting a local food co-op
For more than 25 years, the locals of a small rural Southland community have co-operated to provide themselves with mostly locally-grown, organic food.
Recipe: Nadia Lim's Mulled-Wine Poached Pears
Any pear variety can be poached, but Beurre Bosc, Packham, Winter Nellis, or Taylor’s Gold hold their shape the best.
Recipe: Homely Rosemary & Lemon Cake
Breadcrumbs and almonds form the base for this unusual Italian cake, which is delicate in texture and big on flavour.
Recipe: Persimmon Salad
Pomegranate seeds, sliced persimmon and goat cheese take this salad to the next level.
Recipe: Ribolita Soup with Garlic Avocado Oil Toasts
This warming dish is also known as Tuscan white bean soup.
Recipe: Blackberry Cake
This easy cake, studded with frozen blackberries, is topped with icing sugar and sliced stonefruit.
Recipe: Lynda Hallinan's Marmalade
Lynda's twist on her grandmother's marmalade involves a generous slosh of Cointreau or whiskey.
Recipe: Feijoa, Pear & Walnut Galette
Celebrate your feijoa and pear harvest with this tart-like dessert.
Recipe: Roasted Moroccan Cauliflower with Capers and Almonds
Cauliflower gets spiced up with tangy capers, crunchy almonds, and warming Moroccan spices.
Recipe: Blueberry and Lemon Mascarpone Cake
No need for icing on this cake-in-a-skillet. The richness is all inside from the delicious mascarpone.
The best NZ cheeses of 2021
This year’s New Zealand Champions of Cheese Awards has recognised long-term favourites as well as newcomers among its 27 trophy recipients.
15 delicious feijoa recipes to make the most of a bumper crop
Make the remainder of those feijoas shine with these simple chutneys, baked treats and tangy dips.
Recipe: Nadia Lim's Carrot, Tamarind & Coconut Soup
Carrots give sweetness, red lentils add body, coconut enriches, and tamarind gives a palate-lifting sour note to this warming soup.
Recipe: Sweet Risotto with Poached Tamarillos
This rice pudding is anything but boring, it brings a fruity twist to a family classic.
Is this the feijoa cake of your dreams?
Kristina Jensen's gooey upside down feijoa caramel cake is the autumn cake you've been waiting for.
Recipe: Butterflied Chicken with Red Pepper Salad
Ease into the evening with roast chicken tossed with hearty veg and crusty sourdough.
What you need to make 'gin' in a jar
You can use a few key spices, homegrown herbs, and fruit to transform plain vodka into your own 'gin'.
Want to distil your own gin? Here's what to know
Here's what you need if you want to join the 'ginaissance.
Your go-to guide to freezing fresh produce
Freezing your favourite summer produce is a simple, fast, and economical way (if you do it right) to preserve the best in your crops.
8 tasty dishes (and treats) to make with pumpkin
Arguably one of our favourite vegetables, pumpkin is a versatile star in both sweet and savoury dishes.
Recipe: Molten Chocolate Cakes with Salted Caramel
This chocolate molten cake is not only the perfect sweet treat but also fail-proof.
Recipe: Ruth Pretty's Pumpkin & Courgette Salad
This salad makes a tasty vegetarian main course, especially with the addition of toasted walnuts and barbecued cherry tomatoes.
Recipe: Nadia Lim's Apple Rum Raisin Tarte Tatin
Crisp apples are paired perfectly with this indulgent rum-and-raisin sauce.
2 quince recipes: Quince paste and quince chutney
It’s completely inedible when raw and dangerous to cut up, with a heady, perfumed scent that is completely at odds with its appearance. Sound like your kind of fruit?