Ingredients
Risotto

1/5 fresh King of Fruit pineapple
1 cup rice
1/2 a Spanish onion
3/4 bunch of coriander stems
5 garlic cloves
2 cinnamon sticks
3 apricots
1 vanilla bean
2 tbsp cumin seeds
1 cup pinot gris
500ml chicken stock

Lamb Cutlets

12 frenched lamb cutlets
3 garlic cloves
1 red capsicum
1/2 red onion
1/4 bunch coriander stems
2 tbsp cumin seeds
1 bunch coriander leaves
2 lemons
4 tbsp olive oil

Method
Risotto
Dice the pineapple [...]

The flavours and ideas are a mix of Greek and Spanish. You’ve got to dice the lamb yourself, it’s much juicier that way. Roll the bits in salt, rosemary and mint. Dice the eggplant, roll that in salt and rosemary, cook them seperately in olive oil, deglaze with fresh lime juice. Cook the beans, keep [...]

Cheap cuts or chops if you’ve got time to slice, buy it diced if you haven’t. Roll in flour, braise with garlic, onion and rosemary. Simmer on low heat for an hour with tomatoes and tomato paste. Blind bake the pastry base, add the (strained) filling (freeze the meat  juice for stock). Put the top [...]

No garlic. That’s the rule. Silly I suppose when I have a kitchen full of it, but at least this dude won’t be bothering me. Garlic had become my crutch. I had to learn to walk without it.
Ingredients

Half a dozen or so of the shittest, cheapest lamb chops you can find, ripped in half
Handful of [...]

Sadly, not made with lamb’s heart. Just in heart shapes. I had to make dinner for 8 last night on a $5 a head budget in one hour. I diced a cheap leg into pie-size pieces, braised the bits and pulled it off with money and time to spare. The rocket was a little weary [...]

I started messing around with mirin a while ago, but now that I have my own brand new shit-hot BBQ I can really start teppanyaking like a king. The corn came out the best. Slightly charred on the char-grill, I basted the kernels with sweet sweet mirin, finely diced garlic and melted butter. I had [...]