Spring Recipes

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Stew of Sausage & Clams

Thanks to our outstanding food editor Kathy Paterson for sharing this winter favourite from her collection. We recommend using Outstanding sausages such as 2024 Silver Medal winning L'Authentique, Pork Sausage. We reckon this dish would taste great with a Leefield Station Chardonnay 2023.

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Pan Asian Beef Salad

Kathy Paterson serves us up a recipe to put on repeat over summer when it’s stonkingly hot and you just need to eat something that stimulates the palate.

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Christmas Glazed Ham

Cookery guru Kathy Paterson says a sticky and caramelised ham on the bone is unquestionably a highlight during Christmas holidays in her family. Taking the time to glaze a ham, not only looks fantastic - but adds flavour too.

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Spring Lamb Cutlets & Garden Peas

Thanks to Kathy Paterson for this dish, which captures the change of season. Kathy used prime lamb cutlets cut from racks of lamb. The meat is lean, sweet and oh-so tender.

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Homegrown Lamb Rump with Pinoli Pine Nuts

An ideal summer recipe as it is perfect served with Eggplant which has been charred on the BBQ as well as Creamy Feta and a simple and tasty Sesame Dressing. Homegrown Farm Fresh Meats was the Outstanding NZ Food Producer Awards Supreme Champion 2021 and Pinoli Pine Nuts is a multi-year Gold Medal winner.

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Matangi Angus Rump Skewers & Forty Thieves Satay Sauce

Succulent, juicy beef with tenderness in spades and its own flavour nuances connected to landscape and nature – Matangi Angus rump skewers are subtly enhanced with a spice rub and eaten with an ‘outstanding’ sauce made from Forty Thieves Peanut Satay. Tuck in!

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HOMEGROWN FARM FRESH MEATS RUMP STEAK BURGER

A burger is all about the meat - this version created by Kathy Paterson uses rump from ONZFPA 2021 Supreme Champion Homegrown Farm Fresh Meat. If you love a burger and beer, you can’t go past matching this dish with Emerson’s Pale Ale.

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HOW TO COOK THE PERFECT STEAK

Outstanding NZ Food Producer Judge, Kathy Paterson shared this ‘how to’ from her book ‘Meat & Three’. It’s essential reading for anyone on the BBQ this summer!

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JENNY’S FAMOUS BUTTERFLIED BARBECUE LAMB

This recipe from Lucy Corry’s delicious new book, ‘Homecooked’ is the perfect way to enjoy lamb over summer. Lucy says the dish comes her sister-in-law Jenny Corry, and it’s world famous in the Corry family!

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FRANK'S SLAW DELIDOGS

We all need ‘easy-to-whip-up’ dishes made from real food. This perfect example created by Kathy Paterson uses Frank’s Delidogs which are 100% NZ meat, free from preservatives and additives.

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EMERSON'S BEER N BEEF STEW

A winter warmer created by Kathie Paterson exclusively to showcase two favourites of the Outstanding NZ Food Producer Awards - beef and Emerson’s beer. We think its a match to chase the winter chills away!

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