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Italian-style Pork Sausage
Ground meat is as accessible as it is economical. In this episode, Martha uses it in her mother’s meatloaf, and butcher Pat LaFrieda joins Martha to make sweet and hot Italian-style pork sausage. Martha custom-blends ground meats for burgers and cooks giant meatballs with ricotta. Each of these recipes is guaranteed to please family and friends alike. Makes around 3 pounds Ingredients 2 tablespoons fennel seeds 3 tablespoons ground […]
Bathroom Vanity
Material List: Material list Power tools Supa wood 16 mm PST 18 Cordless jig saw 1666 mm x 570mm – 2 pieces PSR 18 VLI Cordless drill driver White melamine 16mm PSR 10.8 volt cordless drill driver 547mm x 740mm – 2 pieces (edging on 1 long side) Pex 220 sander 547mm x 434mm […]
Laundry Caddy
For this project, we repurposed an old bookshelf! The great thing about repurposing is that half the work is already done for you! Have fun with a bold fabric for the ironing board, or choose a paint colour that will match your personal style! You will need: Tools Material list PST 18 Cordless Jigsaw Cupboard/shelf […]
Rachel’s Favourite Food – Previous Season
Episode 13 –Winter Sunday lunch A great lunch for a lazy winter afternoon Parsnip and chorizo soup with Soda Foccacia Lamb shanks with barley Individual apple and blackberry crumbles Episode 12 – Children’s birthday party This is where you can throw fashionable food aside (what a relief) and have fun with some old-fashioned, all-time […]
Frozen Lemon Mint Juleps
Yield: 6 servings. Ingredients 2 1/2 cups good-quality Kentucky bourbon 1 cup pack spearmint leaves, plus extra for garnish 1 lemon 1/2 cup water 1/2 cup granulated sugar Ice Method Combine bourbon and mint in a large pitcher, cover and chill for at least 12 hours. Remove zest from lemon in strips with a vegetable […]
New Classic Burger
Ground meat is as accessible as it is economical. In this episode, Martha uses it in her mother’s meatloaf, and butcher Pat LaFrieda joins Martha to make sweet and hot Italian-style pork sausage. Martha custom-blends ground meats for burgers and cooks giant meatballs with ricotta. Each of these recipes is guaranteed to please family and friends alike. Makes 4 Ingredients 11 ounces chuck steak, trimmed of any large pieces […]
Coffee Rub Burgers
Makes 6-8 Ingredients Coffee Rub: 15ml (1 tbsp) finely ground coffee 10ml (2 tsp) brown sugar 2.5ml (½ tsp) ground coriander 2.5ml (½ tsp) dried oregano 2.5ml (½ tsp) salt 10ml (2 tsp) coarsely ground black pepper Burgers 2 thick slices white bread, crusts removed 125ml (½ cup) milk 1kg beef mince 1 onion, finely […]
Fiery Jerked Chicken Thighs
Serves 4 Ingredients 2 tbsp of English mustard 2 tbsp red wine vinegar Zest and Juice of 2 limes 4 tbsp runny honey 3 habanero, (Scotch bonnet) chillies, deseeded and chopped 6 spring onions, roughly chopped 5 cloves garlic, chopped A few sprigs of fresh thyme leaves A few sprigs of fresh oregano leaves ½ […]

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