Ingredients 2 bunches water spinach, ends trimmed Vegetable oil ½ large brown onion, finely chopped 3 garlic cloves, sliced 1 tbsp grated ginger 2 small red chillies, chopped 125g preserved bean curd 2 tbsp ca...Learn More

Ingredients 1/2 cup vegetable oil 6 red onions, peeled and sliced 10 red birds-eye chillies, roughly chopped* 6 cloves of garlic, peeled and thickly sliced 2 knobs of ginger, peeled and chopped 100g dried shri...Learn More

Ingredients  8 medium eggplants 200g salt flakes 600ml-800ml white wine vinegar 4 cloves garlic, finely sliced 4 banana peppers, seeds removed, sliced finely 20 grinds pepper 1 1/2 tsp ground cloves 5 sprigs b...Learn More

Ingredients 8–12 small thin-skinned lemons 315 g (11 oz/1 cup) rock salt 750 ml (26 fl oz/3 cups) lemon juice (10–12 lemons should yield this amount of juice) ½ teaspoon black peppercorns 1 bay leaf olive oil,...Learn More

Ingredients 2 tbsp soy sauce 2 tbsp sugar 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped 2 tsp sesame oil 2 tsp mirin 750g lean beef, thinly sliced 1 cup drained kimchi (see recipe below) 1 lime, cut into wedges ½ cup Japane...Learn More

Ingredients 1kg (8-10) medium brown onions 2 tbsp olive oil 1kg sugar 70g mustard seeds 375ml bottle red wine vinegar 285ml bottle sweet chilli sauce Method Peel onions, cut in half and slice thinly. Place a l...Learn More

Ingredients 2 cups cumquats, halved 1 cup sugar 1/4 cup orange or mandarin juice 1/4 cup chopped shallots 1 tbsp grated fresh ginger 1 star anise 3 cloves 4 cardamom pods 1/4 cinnamon stick 1 tbsp dried curran...Learn More

Ingredients 2 punnets strawberries3 tbsp lemon juice1½ cups sugar2-3 sterilised jars Method Ten-year-old Nicholas carefully pens some words on a white sticker and peels off its backing. He lines up the ruby-re...Learn More

Ingredients Hot embers 10 red capsicums1 tsp sea salt 10 mint leaves1 tsp chopped flat-leaf parsley200ml olive oil 2 garlic cloves, crushed Method Prepare a fire of grapevine cuttings outdoors in the barbecue....Learn More

Ingredients 3 medium beetroots cooked (or 440g tin beetroot, drained)Zest of 1 orange1 cup brown sugar1 cup vinegar Method Wearing protective gloves, peel beetroots, then coarsely grate in a food processor or ...Learn More

Ingredients 750g tuna4 tbsp olive oil1 small radicchio2 tsp sumac¼ preserved lemon, rinsed, flesh removed and finely chopped50g currants (soaked in water for 20 minutes, then drained)50g pine nutshandful parsl...Learn More

Ingredients 2 punnets (500g) strawberries 1 vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped 3 tbsp lemon juice 1 1/2 cups sugar Method Hull strawberries and cut in half. Put in a heavy-based saucepan with vanilla bean a...Learn More