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Why on earth would you want to eat a green fig?

by chefmarkmc, posted in australian chefs, cooking classes, delicious recipes, figs, food and drink, food and wine, home preserving, preserving, Seasonal Kitchen, sugar confections, wine country cooking

Throughout history, creative cooks have performed a kind of alchemy making the seemingly inedible into the delicious. Unripe, baby green figs are one such food, yet these sugary, rose scented confections are a delightful alternative for your cheeses boards when sweet ripe fresh figs are out of season.

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by chefmarkmc, posted in australian chefs, chilli recipes, cooking classes, delicious recipes, food and wine, Seasonal Kitchen, Spicy recipes, wine country cooking

What makes a good recipe? for me its one that stands the test of time, and with a new spicy cooking class on the way it seems a good time to blog about one of my favourite recipes for chilli jam based on a one from the legendary Australia Chef Christine Manfield.