Solyanka Recipe by Plantation

INGREDIENTS 800g potatoes (Agria, mashing potatoes) 1 ½ cups cottage cheese 1 cup sour cream 3 egg yolks 1 tablespoon butter 1 cup chopped onion Salt (to taste) 1 tsp caraway seeds 6 cups shredded cabbage 3 cups shredded silver-beet Fresh herbs (parsley, thyme and...

Amy’s Apple Cake Recipe

INGREDIENTS 2 apples 1 cup sugar  125g butter, melted 1 egg, beaten 1 1/2 cups flour  1 tsp cinnamon  1/2 tsp mixed spice  1/4 tsp ground nutmeg  1 tsp baking powder  1/2 cup raisins    DIRECTIONS Preheat oven to 180 degrees Peel, core and dice apples  Add 1 cup...

Persimmon Jam Recipe

INGREDIENTS 7 ripe persimmons 2 cups sugar 200ml lemon juice   DIRECTIONS Cut persimmons into small chunks, removing all seeds and stems (you can peel them if you want to). Put persimmons and sugar into a pot and cook slowly for about 5 minutes, stirring often....

Warming Winter Stew!

This recipe is called ‘Solyanka’. In its original form, it is a Russian meat stew. However, in the 70’s, it appeared in the iconic moosewood cookbook by Molle Katzen, as a vegetable casserole. It makes excellent use of cabbage and silver-beet, rather craftily...

An Autumn update, from Judith Dalton

Welcome to Autumn… and with it some cooler temperatures in the morning and hopefully some rain! What a great summer we have had but what a hard summer when it comes to growing – so hot and so dry. We have been watering as much as we can – thankfully we have our...