Starters & Tapas
Please try the following recipes and enjoy the taste sensation that our range of Australian native spices create. Click here for tips and ideas.Bush Tomato Dip
Serves: 10-12 peoplePreparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: nil
Challenge: Easy
250 ml sour cream
125 g cream cheese
1 tsp mountain pepper leaf
1 tsp lemon myrtle
1-1½ tbsp ground bush tomato
¼ tsp asafoetida powder or 1 tbsp very finely chopped onion
½ tsp salt
½ tsp sugar
¼ tsp ground mountain pepper berry
1 skinned tomato, chopped finely
1 tbsp chopped fresh coriander
Mix all ingredients. Leave to infuse overnight.
Pumpkin Soup
Serves: 6-8 peoplePreparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hour
Challenge: very easy
4 cm fresh ginger
1 onion
1 kg pumpkin
750 ml stock, enough to cover pumpkin
lemon myrtle to taste
mountain pepper leaf to taste
salt to taste
Cut ginger and onion into smaller pieces and sauté in a little oil. Cut pumpkin into smaller pieces and add to onion and ginger. Pour the stock over and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and let the pumpkin simmer until very tender. Puree the pumpkin to a smooth soup. Add lemon myrtle, mountain pepper leaf and salt to taste.
Serve with a dollop of sour cream and freshly chopped parsley.
Testimonials
"Hi Bente,
I have received the wattle seed and the bush tomato.
We tried one of the simple recipes on the flyer - wattle seed in yoghurt for dipping fruit into - that's a winner too!
Thank you, much appreciated.
Cheers"
Barb MacDonald (Recieved e-mail 4 March 2009)