Recipes

Twice baked cheese soufflé with a parmesan cream sauce

Bake cheese souffles ahead, then bake again with a Parmesan cream sauce for a dinner party starter.

• Vegetarian

Vanilla biscuits – great for cookie cutters

Chill and roll a vanilla biscuit dough for cookie cutters, then bake and decorate with icing.

• Vegetarian

Vegetable strudel

Wrap roasted eggplant, capsicum, zucchini and haloumi in filo pastry for a vegetable strudel.

• Vegetarian
• Gluten-Free with substitutions

Vegetarian chilli

Simmer mixed beans and roasted sweet potato with tomatoes and chilli spices for a vegetarian chilli with optional dairy toppings.

• Vegetarian
• Gluten-Free with ingredient checks
• Vegan with substitutions
• Dairy-Free with substitutions

Vegetarian lasagna with pistachio pesto

Layer roasted vegetables with pasta, cheeses, bechamel and pistachio pesto for a vegetarian lasagne made ahead.

• Vegetarian
• Gluten-Free with substitutions

Vichyssoise soup, potato and leek

Blend potatoes and leeks with vegetable stock, milk and cream for vichyssoise served hot or chilled.

• Vegetarian
• Gluten-Free with ingredient checks

Vietnamese braised beef with lemongrass, star anise and a peanut dust

Braise beef with lemongrass, ginger and star anise, then serve with a toasted peanut and sesame dust.

• Gluten-Free with ingredient checks
• Dairy-Free with ingredient checks

Vietnamese chicken salad

Toss shredded roast chicken with cabbage, herbs, sprouts and a chilli-fish sauce dressing for a Vietnamese-style salad.

• Gluten-Free with ingredient checks
• Dairy-Free with ingredient checks

Vita’s potato cake

Bake grated potato and onion with egg in a hot oiled dish for Vita's potato cake with crisp edges.

• Vegetarian
• Gluten-Free with ingredient checks
• Dairy-Free with ingredient checks

Walnut cake with cardamom and orange

Bake a walnut cake with cardamom, orange and breadcrumbs for a dessert that can be made a day ahead.

• Vegetarian

Walnut tart

Bake a walnut tart with egg whites, butter and a little flour for a crisp-edged dessert to serve in small slices.

• Vegetarian

Whipped Ventresca tuna butter

Whip canned Ventresca tuna, butter and anchovy into a seafood spread for a party starter.

• Gluten-Free with ingredient checks