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.

Waste Hack: Tired Herb and Stem Chimichurri
This green sauce is an excellent condiment for tacos, fish, eggs, grilled meats, avocado and the base of salad dressings. Save your left over parsley stems and any tired lo...
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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 ...
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- Summer
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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...
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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...
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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
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- Reducing waste
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- Winter
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Christmas cheer with less waste
We love the festive season for friends, family and food. It really is the best time of the year. But it is also one of the most wasteful times of year with excessive packa...
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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...
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- Summer
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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
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- Spring
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Nasturtium Pod Pickles: Poor Man's Capers.
We have an unruly field of nasturtiums growing in our back yard. When the warm weather hits and the flowers start to drop you'll start seeing the pods appear. They're time ...
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- Summer
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Broad Bean & Pea Salad with Freekeh and Yoghurt sauce
Here's a sneak peek from the new cookbook. This delicious salad is from the spring chapter and is full of all the green goodness this season has to offer. Have it as a side...
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Citrus Braised Fennel
By Sabine Spindler The pairing of fennel and citrus is amazing - and happily, both are around in in winter. It's a great way to use up that extra citrus. It's delicious ser...
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