Choosing cheese for the perfect platter
Posted on 15. Dec, 2011 by Renée Nesbitt in Food & Drink
A cheese platter needs no occasion, but it is a wonderful addition to any festive gathering. Whether being served as a starter or in the place of a dessert, the secret ingredient is diversity. It is the perfect opportunity to introduce your guests to different tastes and flavour combinations while also pleasing all palates. When [...]
Presents with a little thought: Olive tapenade
Posted on 15. Dec, 2011 by Renée Nesbitt in Food & Drink
Delicious on a cheese platter, tossed through pasta or on a gourmet sandwich (such as this mufuletta) olive tapenade is ridiculously easy to make in relation to how tasty it is. Ready, steady, go! Ingredients: 1 ½ cups (approximately 250g when drained) Calamata olives, pitted 2 tbsp capers 1 garlic clove, finely chopped Juice of [...]
Presents with a little thought: Pear and cranberry chutney
Posted on 15. Dec, 2011 by Renée Nesbitt in Food & Drink
This pear and cranberry chutney recipe is an absolute gem. It has a beautiful rich colour and is delicious when enjoyed with a selection of cheeses (especially a mature cheddar). The perfect complement to many meat dishes and roasts, it’s just in time for this Christmas’s gammon. Ingredients: 6 pears, peeled and diced 1 onion, [...]
Presents with a little thought: Edible Cheese platter
Posted on 15. Dec, 2011 by Renée Nesbitt in Kitchen Gear
We all sometimes struggle to find a great gift for the person who has everything. Team a couple of cheeses with a beautiful wooden serving board (such as the Joie De Vivre range of boards), a cheese knife and a good bottle of wine. Wrap it up beautifully and you are sure to make someone very [...]
What to pair with different cheeses
Posted on 15. Dec, 2011 by Renée Nesbitt in Food & Drink
Cheese platter accompaniments serve to enhance the flavour experience as well as cleanse the palette. Suzy O’Regan, dairy product developer at Woolworths believes that the focus should remain on the cheese: “It’s lovely to scatter handfuls of mixed nuts onto a cheese board, everything in abundance. I must say that for me cheese is always the [...]
A Racket over Raclette
Posted on 10. Feb, 2011 by Marina in Food & Drink
Eaten melted over delicate potatoes with cracked black pepper, this cheese might make you weep. Hello, Raclette. The name for this pale yellow cheese – one of Switzerland’s famous exports – was coined over seven hundred years ago from the way it was eaten: roaming shepherds would place a block near an open fire and [...]
Mediterranean eating
Posted on 21. May, 2010 by Marina in Food & Drink
Who would have thought that a diet high in fats and carbs and prescribing wine would be a good idea. Sound like a fib? Not so, according to one of our blog readers. Eva Alexander writes on the wonders of the Mediterranean Diet. She’s passionate about people eating well and sent us some interesting information. [...]
