Food & Wine
Taste.com.au
December 2020From Australia’s favourite food and lifestyle website comes an exciting food experience – Taste.com.au magazine. The magazine brings to life all-new and exclusive recipes that are a joy to make and eat, whether you're after a quick and easy midweek meal, a healthy lunch or something decadently indulgent. Plus, each month the magazine features some of Australia's favourite foodies including Matt Preston, Manu Feildel and Marion Grasby, showcasing irresistible new recipes and ideas from their kitchens. Here comes food like you’ve never seen it before. With food beautifully heroed on high-impact pages, you can almost taste it. Plus, as you read the magazine, enticing extras are always at your fingertips, a simple click away, bringing the pages of the magazine to life.The new Taste.com.au magazine digital edition is now available to download! Select the single issue or subscribe today.
in this issue
season’s eatings
Michelle Southan, food director: Aussie faves “Nothing says Christmas like festive favourites, but that doesn’t mean you can’t jazz it up a bit. These easy classics with a twist are going to be a big hit!” Katrina Woodman, food editor: Easy cheat’s “Yuletide entertaining can still be merry and bright when you take shortcuts! Make it stress free with a speedy main, easy potato salad and make-ahead, no-bake dessert.” Chrissy Freer, nutrition editor: Vegetarian “Full of summer flavours, this low-cal plant-based menu is a deliciously stunning sight to behold! And it won’t be just the vegetarians and vegans that’ll be tempted.”…
cook the cover
“This is THE dessert for the whole Christmas season and the talk of the table at your place!”Michelle Southan let’s go! baileys snickertini trifle serves 12 | prep 1 hour (+ cooling & chilling) cooking 45 mins 2 tbs chocolate sprinkles50g dark chocolate, melted2 tbs vodka250ml (1 cup) bought caramel spread, plus extra, to decorate2x 130g pkt Red Rock Deli Sweet Honey & Sea Salt roasted peanuts, coarsely chopped7–8 Snickers Fun Size bars, cut crossways into 4 slices each600ml ctn thickened cream125ml (½ cup) double creamCreamy choc truffles (see page 12) and toffee star (see taste.com.au/toffeestar, step 13), to decorate (optional) chocolate brownies 300g dark cooking chocolate, finely chopped250g unsalted butter, chopped3 eggs2 egg yolks370g (1¾ cups) caster sugar150g (1 cup) plain flour50g (½ cup) cocoa powder baileys custard 1L (4 cups) milk250ml (1 cup) Baileys Irish Cream…
cook the cover &win
Win this month’s Cook the Cover comp and you’ll be enjoying fresh juice all summer long with the Breville Froojie Fountain juicer! It extracts juice without removing nutrients, so you get all the healthy benefits. To be in the running, send us a pic of your Snickertini sensation. “I’ll be looking for bright, distinct layers and generous toppings - a real Christmas miracle!”matt preston CELEBRITY JUDGE SEND IN YOUR ENTRIES BY 30 DECEMBER two ways to enter email it: Send a photo of your creation, with your name, address and telephone number to us at tastecookandwin@news.com.au or share it: Post the photo on our Facebook page, or on Instagram or Twitter, with #tastemagcover in the message, and make sure the post is public so we can see it! Check out all the entries! See our live feed…
you said it...
Snickers rocky road Satisfy your sweet tooth with nuts and more! “Yum. So peanutty, with chunks of Snickers bar. Can’t go wrong!” @CLEVERK “The best rocky road ever. Made these for Christmas gifts for work friends. Everyone was fighting over it, it was so delicious. It is not sickly sweet, because it doesn’t have the pink marshmallows in it.” @BLINDANNIE Healthy beef mince Thai noodle salad This is perfect for a speedy summer meal. “Great! Such a quick and easy meal, filled with flavour!” @SHAELEIGH13 “Quick, delicious and a crowdpleaser! Super, super yummy and versatile.” @SPINDS “Easy and delicious.” @SUEJO10 Best-ever Christmas crack Be warned, this is super addictive! “Yummy! Tasted so good, and easy as to make. I also put it in the fridge to set nice and hard. Will definitely make again!” @KTFOOD “This ‘crack’ is outstanding. I’ve made it…
first taste
DECK THE HALLS with dulce de leche These sparkly chocolates are so pretty you could use them to decorate the tree! Luckily for us, they’re filled with the newest Lindt flavour -Dulce De Leche - and need to be eaten instead. With a milk chocolate shell and a gooey caramel-filled centre, these Lindt Lindor Dulce De Leche balls are a treat you won’t want to pass around. Grab a bag for $8 from the supermarket. coffee LOVE Spoil your coffee-drinking loved one with a stylish coffee machine for Christmas. Created by two iconic Italian brands, the Lavazza Smeg A Modo Mio features the elegant style of an 1950s Italian coffee shop, with the convenience of capsule technology. Available in Red, Ivory or Black, it’s new to Australia and compatible with Lavazza’s A Modo…
what’s hot!
noodles are huge for summerthe pie maker is the biggest trend of 2020!everyone is loving a retro ripple cake!say merry Christmas with this cute cob crowd-pleaserfun baking is back in a big way for the festive season rocky road meringue pie Rocky road just got even better as a pie filled with chunky chocolate custard and silky meringue! serves 12 | prep 40 mins (+1 hour 30 mins chilling & cooling) | cooking 30 mins 3 egg whites155g (¾ cup) caster sugar40g dark chocolate, melted1 tbs shredded coconutMaraschino cherries, to serve chocolate shortcrust pastry 225g (1½ cups) plain flour2 tbs Dutch processed cocoa powder2 tbs caster sugar150g butter, chilled, chopped2½ tbs iced water chocolate custard 100g (2/3 cup) custard powder2 tsp Dutch processed cocoa powder500ml (2 cups) milk150g dark chocolate, chopped50g (¼ cup) red glace cherries40g (2/3 cup)…
