Celebrating the winter season | Garden musings with Bri DiMattina
Bri DiMattina, recipe developer, gardener & author of Nostrana, shares with us her insight and 6 of her favourite winter gardening activities...
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Lottie Hedley
Recipe | Mixed heirloom tomato & labne salad
This tomato salad recipe by Ashia Ismail-Singer features Labne - a thick, creamy yoghurt from which the whey has been drained. A Middle Eastern staple that can be used in salads, or as a dip, drizzled with olive oil and dukkah.
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Recipe | Smoked whole baby eggplant coated in spicy egg
A perfect brunch recipe, by Ashia Ismail-Singer, combining eggs and aubergine. This is a great, nutritious start to your weekend.
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Recipe | Roast kūmara with curry leaf & mustard seed yoghurt
This is a gorgeous dish by Ashia Ismail-Singer. The sweetness of the kūmara (sweet potato) paired with spices, mango powder and yoghurt create layers of tastiness.
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Flavours From My Italian Kitchen Garden: Bri DiMattina
Recipe developer and gardener Bri DiMattina’s book, Nostrana, sets out to rekindle the joy of the home garden and kitchen. Nostrana means homegrown, ours; growing food with the intent of sharing it with others.
In this interview Bri shares her keys to starting and enjoying the edible garden journey —
Recipe | Zucchini Arancini
If you are seduced into planting lots of zucchini, unsurprisingly you will have lots of zucchini to use up — this is for you.
Arancini are Sicilian and southern Italian, and a similar recipe in Rome is called suppli. This version, made purely from grated zucchini, is a uniquely New Zealand garden version.
Recipe by Bri DiMattina, from Nostrana
Recipe | Polenta & Corn Fritters
This corn fritter recipe has been one of Bri DiMattina’s family’s favourites for years. It is easy to sub in any other vegetables. Once fried, the ‘crust’ tastes a lot like popcorn, and then it’s just full of goodness.
Recipe by Bri DiMattina, from Nostrana
Recipe | Tomato Sauce — by Bri DiMattina
Bri DiMattina’s great-grandmother’s tomato sauce recipe, from Napoli. It’s one of those sauces that gets better as it ages. A bottle of this is pure gold.
Recipe by Bri DiMattina, from Nostrana
