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Wattleseed Hazelnut and Chocolate Daquoise with Wattleseed Honey Cream

Wattleseed Hazelnut and Chocolate Daquoise with Wattleseed Honey Cream

This gorgeous layered meringue cream cake is rich and yet impossible to resist ! Serve slim slices to your friends – they can, and probably will, always come back for ‘seconds’. This is a perfectly decadent afternoon tea cake or dress it up with some caramalised bananas and cream at the side for a glamorous dinner party dessert. You can also just simply layer the meringue with fresh fruit and cream - think mango, or fresh berries, for a simpler version.  Serves 8-10  For the Wattleseed Hazelnut Meringue  50g shelled hazelnuts, finely choped (or hazelnut meal) 1 dessertspoon (approx 10g)...

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Jammy Summer Tomato Tart

Jammy Summer Tomato Tart

This tart celebrates the tastes of summer, so choose the most beautiful ripe tomatoes you can find. Enjoy the rich jam-like texture and intense tomato flavour of this tart as a starter or as a light lunch, or take it along to your next picnic. If we have ground bush tomatoes at hand, we love to add these (dry and ground) to the filling for an extra flavour twist. This makes a large tart suitable for sharing. You can reduce the recipe to suit, or turn it in to individual small tartlets for finger food. 1 tablespoon olive oil, plus...

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Kakadu Plum and Pear Sorbet with Poached Pears

Kakadu Plum and Pear Sorbet with Poached Pears

What a lovely way to get your Vitamin C and antioxidant hit with this refreshing dessert! To serve 4 4 pears, peeled, halved and cored 1 cup water 2 tablespoons (16g) Kakadu Plum Superfruit Powder 4 cups sugar 1 cup riesling (or other crisp, dry white wine) 2-3 cardamom pods  For the poached pears   In a stainless steel saucepan place the sugar and the liquids and heat until sugar is fully dissolved.  Add cardamom pods and bring the mix to the boil. Continue boiling until volume reduces by half. Remove from the heat, strain the cardamom pods out and...

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Davidson's Plum and Banana Cake

Davidson's Plum and Banana Cake

Rich with fruity goodness from the banana and Davidson's Plum concentrated powder, moist and lightly spiced, this is a special afternoon tea cake to be served at room temperature. Or even nicer, warm gently for dessert and serve with Crème Anglais ( a fancy name for an egg custard :)) or pure cream. Serves 8 21/2 cups (150g) fresh breadcrumbs ½  cup (125ml) milk 120g unsalted butter, melted ¾ cup (170G) castor sugar 4 egg yolks 4 egg whites, whipped to soft peaks ¾ cup (100g) almond meal ½ teaspoon cinnamon 2 tablespoons (16g) Davidson’s Plum Superfruit Powder 1 large...

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