summer lamb

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Diane Davidson
You can also add olives and cubed feta cheese if desired

Ingredients

  • 2 lamb tenderloins (eye fillets)
  • 1/4 cup tender tips of rosemary spikes
  • salt & black pepper
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 red onion, chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 1 yellow capsicum, seeded & chopped
  • 2 tomatoes, peeed & chopped
  • 1/4 teaspoon chilli powder
  • mesclun salad leaves

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favourite orzo salad

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Ingredients

  • 500g orzo
  • 1 tub red cherry tomatoes
  • 2 yellow capsicum
  • 1 telegraph cucumber
  • 1 cup kalamata olives, pitted
  • 2 tablespoons capers
  • 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh chives
  • 1/2 cup chopped fresh basil
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 4 tablespoons white wine vinegar
  • 120mls extra virgin olive oil
  • sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

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Salad of oven roasted beetroot with red onion, olives and garlic

 

Ingredients

  • 8 medium beetroot
  • ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 teaspoons chopped oregano
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 bulb garlic
  • 1 medium red onion, peeled and sliced into thin rings
  • ¾ cup kalamata olives
  • chopped fresh parsley

 

Method

Preheat oven to 180 C
Wash the beetroot and place in a baking dish along with the olive oil, oregano, salt and freshly ground black pepper. Separate the garlic bulb into cloves and add to the dish. Cover and bake for 1 hour or until beetroot is tender. Remove from the oven and set aside to cool. Pop the garlic cloves out of their skin and peel the beetroot and cut into small wedges. Place the garlic, beetroot and strained pan juices into a salad bowl. Gently mix through the onion rings, olives and scatter with parsley.
Serve with either a walnut tarator or aioli.

 

 

Zucchini Tourte

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Recipe based on The Classic Food of Northern Italy by Anna del Conte.

Ingredients

  • 325g zucchini
  • 1 small red onion
  • 125g arborio rice
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • ¼ cup freshly grated parmesan
  • 1 tablespoon finely chopped oregano
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 3 free range eggs, lightly beaten
  • 150g filo pastry

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