Recipes Blog — Pepperberry (pure herb)

If you love figs as much as we do, you'll agree this is the ultimate summer starter. In addition to the sublime flavours , we also adore the beautiful colours of this dish - the deep reds of the fig and syrup against the green and white of the witlof and cheese. It may sound strange to serve syrup over a salad but trust us on this, this syrup is sweet but spicy too and is a perfect foil for the richness of the cheese and figs, Serves 4 as a starter or a light lunch   180g Greek fetta,...

This is such a lovely dish we created to use all the turkey that was left, that we cooked at Christmas. Like most people we cooked way more than could be eaten on the day because we love to keep eating it over a few days - whether it's simply on toast with lashings of butter or used in a dish like this. It is so good! It's the sort of recipe you'd expect from Yotam Ottolenghi - it's a fusion of Middle Eastern and what we think of as Persian spices, but of course we have subverted this to use...

In the depths of winter do you long for fresh peaches or any of the luscious summer fruits? We do - constantly. So it was wonderful when a friend dropped in some Persimmons from her tree  These gorgeous orange, round balls of fruity deliciousness are one of the few winter fruits that are around. They are great sliced and eaten fresh and are perfect with cheeses. But ripe Persimmons,  cut in half and grilled with a little honey, ground cinnamon and Pepperberry and topped with a dollop of clotted cream or mascarpone is a whole other level! Worth a try...

We lover to serve this garlic mayonnaise spiced with pepperberries, with poached seafood and some of the poaching broth by anding add some Pepperberry Aioli to the soup. It is also wonderful with grilled lamb and home made BBQ hamburgers. Think of any Mediteranean style dish and aioli will be the perfect accompaniment. Makes 1 cup (250m)  1 egg yolk Tasmanian Pepper Salt to taste 1 teaspoon dry mustard powder ¾ cup (200ml) olive oil 2  tablespoons white vinegar or lemon juice 4 pepperberries (fresh, frozen or dried- if dried crush to a powder first in a mortar and pestle or...