RECIPES

Headed by Alex Elliott-Howery, the Cornersmith Kitchens bring traditional food knowledge and skills to modern cooks. With a focus on preserving, salads and good home cooking, you'll find recipes that nourish, reduce food waste and help you love being in the kitchen.

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Fermented Pineapple Sambal
Fermented fruit sambals and chutneys are a specialty of Southern Asia, they are therefore well suited to the Australian climate where things ferment fast! Make tacos more i...
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- Summer
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Indian Style Lemon Pickle
If you're making lots of stews, curries and slow cooked meals this winter, make this insanely addictive condiment. This is an Indian style pickle where the lemons are prese...
- Citrus
- pickles
- preserving
- Recipe
- seasonal
- Winter
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Mulled Pears and Waste Hack Pear Core Syrup
Add a little indulgence to your everyday meals with these warmly spiced Mulled Pears, bottled in rich red wine. They'll be perfect on your cheeseboard or thinly sliced thro...
- Autumn
- cooking
- preserving
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- Winter
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Beetroot & Ginger Relish, and more!
It's beetroot and ginger season, so now is the perfect time to make this bitey winter relish - you'll see why it's a Cornersmith staple! Serve with falafel, grilled lamb, a...
- preserving
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- seasonal
- Winter
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Pumpkin Waste Hacks: from Marmalade to Mole
As we keep saying, there’s so much flavour in the skin, seeds and stems. So, there’s no reason these parts should end up in the bin. Here’s two very delicious waste hack re...
- Autumn
- cooking
- preserving
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- seasonal
- Sustainable
- Use It All
- Waste
- Winter
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Tomato Jam
We love making savoury jams from tomatoes, carrots, beets or celery! This summery jam is so good on steak sandwiches, cheese toasties or with cured meats. You can also add ...
- preserving
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- seasonal
- Summer
- Tomatoes
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Tomato and Peach Shrub
Shrubs are a rather old fashioned acidulated beverage that is making a strong come back in mixology circles. Originally a shrub was used to preserve fruit syrups through th...
- preserving
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- Reducing waste
- seasonal
- Summer
- Tomatoes
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Mulberry Compote
Spring is mulberry season! If you have mulberries hanging over your back fence or on your walk home, why not take the kids and get picking! We use this mulberry compote in ...
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Ava's roasted pear, sweet parsnip, hazelnut and wattle seed toast.
Our Marrickville head chef, Ava, shares her recipe for her favourite weekend brunch. Brown sugar and lemon roasted pears, sweet parsnip puree, wattle seed, honey and hazeln...
- Autumn
- cooking
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Preserved Lemons
Preserved lemons form the basis of some of the world's best dishes and every home cook should know how to make them! In winter there is plenty of citrus around and this is ...
- Citrus
- preserving
- Recipe
- Reducing waste
- seasonal
- Winter
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Whole Grilled Corn with Miso and Lime Aioli and Basil
What is better than corn on the cob? Corn on the cob with this insane aioli. This is the perfect summer dish - we'd even say it's a summer essential - warmly welcomed at a...
- cooking
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- seasonal
- Summer
- Use It All
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Turmeric Pickled Mango
This is from the Spring chapter of our new cookbook. Mangoes are now in full swing, so it's time to get preserving! They're delicious mixed in through asian-style salads, o...
- pickles
- preserving
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- seasonal
- Spring
- Sustainable
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