Learn all about traditional food from New Zealand. These classic kiwi foods, candy, desserts and drinks are a must-try when you're visiting NZ.
We have compiled a list of New Zealand Food and 27 New Zealand Recipes for you to treat your family. These are foods from many cultures including the Maori, one of the first humans to
Yams were a staple in our whānau growing up. These weird-looking morsels with crevices that we’d have to scrub the dirt out of have a flavour that I still can’t quite put my finger on. My grandad would grow them year after year, and we would always roast them, the delicious flesh bursting out of the skin when you bit into one. Here I’ve added another dimension to the flavour profile by roasting them in honey and balsamic vinegar. The sweet with the sour is a beautiful thing, and with the feta whip it is absolutely moreish. You can also cook other sweet root vegetables such as kūmara, carrot and parsnip in the same way. View the recipe collection here
We have compiled a list of New Zealand Food and 27 New Zealand Recipes for you to treat your family. These are foods from many cultures including the Maori, one of the first humans to
Read more about the 10 best foods in New Zealand that I enjoyed during my recent trip. Maybe New Zealand is not the first country that comes to your mind when
New Zealand’s culinary landscape offers a delightful fusion of flavors, drawing from indigenous Maori traditions, European influences, and Pacific Rim ingredients.
From the controversial pavlova to the whitebait fritter delicacy, we’ve rounded up the best New Zealand foods to try (and skip!).
Choux pastry is a big winner at La Patisserie. So easy to eat, it’s the perfect treat. This version showcases Northland products with Kerikeri lemons and macadamias. View the recipe collection here
I recently went on a trip to New Zealand with Beef + Lamb New Zealand and three of their brand partners. I spent 6 days there visiting so many different places and learning about how
Learn all about traditional food from New Zealand. These classic kiwi foods, candy, desserts and drinks are a must-try when you're visiting NZ.
You don't read much about food in New Zealand. Why is that? Is kiwi food plain boring or will you find a mouthwateringly array of deliciousness on arrival?
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We have compiled a list of New Zealand Food and 27 New Zealand Recipes for you to treat your family. These are foods from many cultures including the Maori, one of the first humans to
If you enjoy the popular dish rendang, either with chicken or beef, kalio will certainly be another favourite. The sauce is thick and creamy, not dry like rendang, but the flavour is almost the same, except that it contains no toasted coconut and is also quicker to cook View the recipe collection here
Nonna made this for anyone who requested it, but did not share the recipe easily. You had to have participated in the making to know how. Its page in her recipe book is so worn at the corner that you can no longer read the ingredients. Over the years I made it, there was a stage where it failed a couple of times. It dawned on me one day when I was making ricotta that the milk Nonna used was always full of cream that you had to dislodge from the top of the glass bottle. So I now use a combination of milk and cream. This needs to be made in advance to fully cool down, and tastes better as a stolen slice the next morning, with espresso, for breakfast. View the recipe collection here
Please note that 12 hour marinade time is not listed in the prep time so please plan accordingly.
Browse all my Australian and New Zealand (Aotearoa) recipes. These either originated down under or have been influenced by Australian and Kiwi cuisine.
What is New Zealand's national dish? Marmite? Pavlova? Pies? Make up your own mind with this collection of classic New Zealand food.
Its crisp exterior, soft interior, and vibrant toppings embody the spirit of Kiwi ingenuity and culinary excellence.
We have compiled a list of New Zealand Food and 27 New Zealand Recipes for you to treat your family. These are foods from many cultures including the Maori, one of the first humans to
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More often than not I cook seafood with a bare minimum of flavourings and these little skewers make for a perfect small snack. For ease of threading onto the skewers, it’s best to remove the skirt and set aside for another use. View all recipes here
1. FOR THE BASE 2. Preheat the oven to 170℃ and line a 24 x 24cm tin with baking paper, making sure enough comes up the sides to pull the slice out later. 3. Melt the butter, honey and sugar together in pot over a low heat, then stir in the remaining dry ingredients. 4. Spread into the tin using a spatula to flatten it and bake for 10 minutes or until lightly golden and slightly puffed. 5. Leave to cool at room temperature. 6. FOR THE TOPPING 7. Melt the honey and butter together in a pot. 8. Whisk in the icing sugar and ginger until you have a smooth and thick icing, tasting and adjusting the ginger and honey to taste. 9. You want the icing to be thick enough that it will just about hold its shape, but still runs slightly. 10. Pour over the cooled slice and leave to set in the fridge for half an hour. 11. Once set, cut into long finger slices, mine were 2½ x 12cm. 12. FOR THE ROAST KŪMARA AND TO SERVE 13. Preheat the oven to 180℃. 14. Peel the kūmara and cut into cubes about 1½ x 1½cm. 15. Put on a lined baking tray, pour over the honey and place cubes of butter in between. 16. Bake for 15 minutes, mixing every 5 minutes, until the kūmara are cooked and the outsides are slightly crisp. 17. Leave to cool. 18. Top the slice with the cooled kūmara, and decorate with edible flowers and fresh thyme leaves.
Read more about the 10 best foods in New Zealand that I enjoyed during my recent trip. Maybe New Zealand is not the first country that comes to your mind when
Kumara is more than just a vegetable; it's a symbol of New Zealand's rich cultural heritage, culinary innovation, and commitment to sustainability.
Learn all about traditional food from New Zealand. These classic kiwi foods, candy, desserts and drinks are a must-try when you're visiting NZ.
New Zealand foods are always present on the world's culinary maps. Being an island country, New Zealand is famous for its fresh and delicious seafood, and
We have compiled a list of New Zealand Food and 27 New Zealand Recipes for you to treat your family. These are foods from many cultures including the Maori, one of the first humans to
1. Halve the leek lengthways, trim and cut into strips 1cm wide. 2. Melt the butter in a saucepan, add the leek and cook over medium heat until soft, about 15 minutes. Remove from the heat and let cool. 3. Wash the spinach and remove the thick stems. 4. Set aside about 50g of the leaves. 5. Blanch remaining spinach along with the parsley (with stems) for 10 seconds in boiling, salted water. Strain and immediately submerge in ice water. Firmly press to remove all liquid. 6. Purée the leek, spinach-parsley mixture, cream and 75ml of water with a stick blender or in a blender until creamy. Season to taste with salt. 7. Halve the fennel, remove the stalk and cut the bulb into thin slices. 8. Trim the spring onions and cut in half widthways. 9. Warm the olive oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat, add the spring onions and fennel and fry very lightly for 3 minutes. Season with salt, transfer to a plate and set aside. 10. Add the remaining spinach and 1-2 tablespoons of water to the same pan. 11. Sprinkle with salt and distribute first the spinach-parsley mixture and then the fennel and spring onions evenly over the spinach. 12. Coarsely grate the kashkaval cheese and 20g of the parmesan and scatter over the vegetables. 13. Using a spoon, make six small wells and break 1 egg into each. Salt well, especially the egg yolk, cover and cook for 4–5 minutes. The egg whites should be firm but the yolks still runny (like a poached egg). 14. Grate extra parmesan over the eggs. 15. Drizzle with olive oil and serve with fresh sourdough bread.
This fritter recipe would come close, for me personally, to a dish that encapsulates New Zealand Cuisine almost perfectly. A fritter is such an informal but delicious thing to cook and eat. You can substitute different shellfish in this recipe, like mussels, pipi or cockles. The kūmara is an inherently Kiwi vege, helping bulk out the recipe if you are short on the kai moana, and of course it adds a subtle sweetness to the equation.
Learn all about traditional food from New Zealand. These classic kiwi foods, candy, desserts and drinks are a must-try when you're visiting NZ.
We have compiled a list of New Zealand Food and 27 New Zealand Recipes for you to treat your family. These are foods from many cultures including the Maori, one of the first humans to
We have compiled a list of New Zealand Food and 27 New Zealand Recipes for you to treat your family. These are foods from many cultures including the Maori, one of the first humans to
When it comes to this recipe, it doesn’t really matter how you cook the green beans. The key is to have just-cooked green beans, lightly dressed and topped in a tangy, mustardy dressing, with toasted, garlicky, anchovied walnuts. The most interesting way to cook the beans in my opinion is grilling, because you can do it hot and fast so they get nicely charred without overcooking – but unless you have fat green beans or a grill with small grates, it can be heartbreaking (and annoying) to watch them slip through and fall into the coals. That said, roasting is great, especially when cooking for a crowd, because you can roast a lot at a time in only a few minutes (just make sure not to crowd the baking tray). That also said, I mean, if you want to just sauté them, you can do that, too!
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Check out these traditional New Zealand recipes with this list of classic New Zealand meals and dishes.
Learn all about traditional food from New Zealand. These classic kiwi foods, candy, desserts and drinks are a must-try when you're visiting NZ.
When I’m cooking at home, I have an innate, slightly neurotic need to always serve dishes to share. This is likely owing to some yet unpicked deep-rooted chef thing, but also because nothing quite compares with plonking down a beautiful big pan of something for everyone to fall upon like a flurry of gannets. This dish, with a stack of fluffy naan to mop up all the sauce, is absolutely the ticket. I first came across this combo in London a few years back and it’s gratifying to find it on a few menus back here now. Fair enough, too; clams and anything pig-related will always have me all out trotters-in-the-trough. ’Nduja (pronounced in-dou-ya) is a heady mix of pork and Calabrian chillies, that is prepared like a sausage and left to cure like salami. It is a cousin of the French andouille sausage, hence the name, but softer and much more assertive. You want some idea of the Calabrian temperament? This is it. Some versions are spicier than others. If you can’t find any, use soft chorizo instead, removing the outer casing. As far as the clams are concerned, go for the little Southern or the larger Cloudy Bay ones – both are gorgeous. View the recipe collection
Berbere is Amharic, rather appropriately, for ‘hot’, and it is a fiery, vibrant spice mix integral to many Northern African cooking cultures, particularly Ethiopia and Eritrea. The more people in the know that I spoke to about what makes up a truly authentic Berbere spice mix, the more conflicted and confused I became. One Ethiopian friend shrugged nonchalantly with, “It is what you make of it.” So, much like the similar, softer, ras el hanout, (or ‘spice of the house’), go with what you like – but do honour the name and give it a bit of punch. The following spice mix is an approximation since spices such as ajwain, rue, korarima and radhuni aren’t particularly accessible. Use it to rub into vegetables, fish, chicken or, in this case, sweet spring lamb. View the recipe collection
Read more about the 10 best foods in New Zealand that I enjoyed during my recent trip. Maybe New Zealand is not the first country that comes to your mind when
Chewy, sweet, wonderful treat from my mother-in-law. A cake with coconut and dates is baked, and cut into chewy squares.
We have compiled a list of New Zealand Food and 27 New Zealand Recipes for you to treat your family. These are foods from many cultures including the Maori, one of the first humans to
Mrouzia is one of Morocco’s great festive dishes and traditionally prepared after Eid al-Adha – ‘feast of the sacrifice’ – when there is plenty of lamb to cook. It is often made with bony cuts, such as saddle, neck and shoulder. These cuts give plenty of flavour as they slowly cook to extreme tenderness. The honey and raisins add sweet notes that perfectly contrast the ras al hanout spice blend. The final sauce should be deep brown, rich and glazy. View the recipe collection here
If Saison Vermouth is unavailable, buy a similar white vermouth such as Vermouth Routin Blanc. Feel free to infuse vermouth with any seasonal fruit or herb you wish. View the recipe collection here
From seared snapper and grilled prawns to sautéed quail and lamb chops, here are our best Australian and New Zealand recipes to try right now.
Top 10 Vegan Restaurants in Auckland, New Zealand. If you are a vegan travelling to Auckland we have the perfect food list for you to try!
Packed with fresh produce and sumptuous meats and seafood from across the islands, New Zealand foods are testament to the country's unique relationship with Mother Nature.
Learn all about traditional food from New Zealand. These classic kiwi foods, candy, desserts and drinks are a must-try when you're visiting NZ.
