Pittwater Life June 2022 Issue

Food Life
Food Life
Pick of the Month:
Cauliflower
Cauliflower is the edible cumin, coriander, cream,
flower of a plant from the milk, cheese, butter, walnuts,
Brassica family, which also lentils, chickpeas.
includes cabbage, Brussel
sprouts and broccoli. The Whole roasted
large green leaves play an cauliflower
important role by covering Serves 4-6 (as a side)
the head as it grows to
prevent the cauliflowers
exposure to sunlight,
resulting in its snowy white
appearance.
Buying
Look for firm, tight heads
without bruises, yellowing
or brown spots. The creamy
white florets should be
pressed tightly together.
Try to buy a head where the
leaves are intact; they should
be green and fresh-looking.
Avoid cauliflower with loosely
packed or spreading florets.
Storage
Refrigerate unwashed, stored
in a plastic bag.
Nutrition
Cauliflowers are an excellent
source of vitamin C. Also, a
great source of dietary fibre
and good provider of folate
and complex carbohydrates.
Goes with
Lemon, potatoes, leek, sweet
potato, thyme, garlic, most
spices especially cinnamon,
1 medium (about 1.25kg)
whole cauliflower
1 cup vegetable stock
1 tsp smoked paprika
2 tsp dry mustard
½ tsp seas salt flakes, crushed
2 tbs olive oil
1 garlic clove, crushed
2 tbs chopped green onions,
to serve
1. Preheat
the oven
to 200°C
fan-forced.
Cut a cross
into the
base of the
cauliflower.
Place in a large,
heavy-based cast
iron pan or roasting
pan.
2. Pour the stock into the
pan. Combine the paprika,
mustard, salt oil and garlic.
Season well with pepper
then brush all over the
cauliflower. Cover with a
lid or two layers of foil.
3. Bake for 30 minutes.
Remove the lid or foil then
roast, uncovered, for a
further 15 minutes or until
the cauliflower is tender
and golden. Sprinkle with
green onions, season and
serve.
In Season
June
Apples (Pink Lady, Jazz and
Kanzi for eating / Golden
Delicious for cooking);
bananas; Custard apples;
Navel and Cara Cara
oranges; pears; mandarins;
passionfruit; quince and
rhubarb. Also avocados;
beetroot; broccolini/broccoli;
Brussels sprouts; eggplant;
leeks; fennel; potatoes,
pumpkin; Sweet potato;
swede; turnips and onions.
Tasty Morsels
Some Tiny Morsels to savour in June
Be Civic minded
in Mona Vale
Pittwater Place has several casual
eateries including The Old Civic, a
cafe and diner fronting Park St. Follow
the arrow on the back wall straight
to the counter where you can order
chilli egg tacos or buttermilk pancakes
with eggs, bacon, hash browns and
maple syrup for breakfast and double
cheeseburgers for lunch.
Alfonso taking
his wood pizzas
on the road
Cafe owner Alfonso Rinaldi
has recently called time on his
eponymous Avalon cafe after
seven years, but he’s still doing
what he loves. You’ll find him
and his portable wood-fired
pizza oven on Friday nights
at the Avalon Bowling Club.
Popular pizza toppings include
garlic prawns and prosciutto
with bocconcini.
New Surf Club looks
on the 'Brightside'
Brookvale’s Nine Yards Coffee is literally
looking on the ‘Brightside’. It’ll be the
name of their new cafe at the renovated
Mona Vale Surf Life Saving Club. The
70-seat cafe will have a tweaked menu
with more seafood, choices like dukkah
eggs, grab-and-go options and their own
blend of coffee. Brightside should open
in Spring.
with Beverley Hudec
Black Honey has
sweet Scandi vibe
Black Honey is one of those cafes
that’s pared back with a Scandi
feel. It’s close to Narrabeen beach
too. Post-surf, nip across Ocean St
and order a coffee with a muffin or
an obligatory bacon and egg roll.
The small menu also has avo on
toast, chicken schnitzel wraps and
sandwiches.
Tasty Dining Morsels Guide
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Three of a kind: Chocolate
Chocoholics already know
that Warriewood is home to
artisan chocolatier Lindsay and
Edmunds. There are kid-friendly
chocolate teddies as well as
bars, jars and chilled cabinets of
goodies (left) for discerning adults.
There’s a small cafe too selling
organic white, milk and dark
hot chocolates as well as coffee,
sausage rolls and sandwiches.
Avalon’s Sunset Diner pimps
chocolate several ways. S’mores
is an all-American combo
featuring chocolate sauce,
marshmallows and cookie
crumble. Cookie dough has warm
choc-chip cookies and chocolate
ganache. The Black Forest
sundae overloads chocolate cake,
chocolate ganache and whipped
cream with cherry jam.
For a Friday night chochazelnut
induced coma, try
Golly Gosh’s After Dark dessert
menu. The Mona Vale cafe has
acquired a fan club for decadent,
shareable treats like Belgian
waffles piled high with ice
cream, berries and topped with
little jars of Nutella. If that’s not
enough, there’s also Nutellainfused
hot chocolate.
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