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apple pie 89
apricot jam 47
Australian slang 217–20
favourite phrases 219
using 220
baked chickpea and tofu loaf 120–1
basic bread loaf 20–1
variations 21
basic rich butter cake 91
beachcombing 155–8
how to beachcomb 156
beef pie, hearty 86–7
variations 87
berry cordial syrup 54–5
billy tea 140
blackcurrant cordial syrup 54–5
blackcurrant jam 45
board games 149–51
hosting board-game session 150
bonsai 159–61
how to get started 160
bonsai trivia 161
books, reading 202–4
bottling fruits see fruits, bottling bread
basic bread loaf 20–1
making your own 19–20
variations on basic bread loaf 21
butter cakes
basic rich butter 91
light 92
butterfly cakes 105–6
buttermilk vanilla ice-cream 16
cakes 90
basic boiled fruit cake 96–7
basic chocolate 94
basic icings for 97–8
basic rich butter 91
basic sponge 93
basic sweet yeast cake dough 95–6
butterfly 105–6
light butter 92
camp fire, cooking over 136, 138
billy tea 140
building fire 137
damper 139
cards, playing 145–8
how to get the habit 147
carnivorous plants 162–4
caring for 165
cheese 6–8
cheese yoghurt (labna) 9
homemade ricotta 10
ingredients 7–8
making 6–8
paneer (panir) 11
tips for making 8
cheese yoghurt 9
cherry jam 48
chicken, spiced picnic 135
chicken stock 31–2
chickpea and tofu loaf, baked 120–1
chimichurri, food processor 80
chocolate cake, basic 94
chocolate ganache flavouring for vanilla ice cream 18
chutneys and relishes, making 63–4
mixed vegetable relish 68
notes on 65–6
stone fruit chutney 66
tomato relish 67
citrus cordial syrup 55–6
cocktails 188–9
making your own 190
Malibu Gracie 189
coconut ice 114–15
cream cheese ice-cream 15
cucumber slices, pickled 72–3
curry pastes and powders, making 22–3
basic methods 24
basic recipes 24–6
equipment 23
ingredients 23–4
paste recipe 25
powder recipe 26
tips 23–4
custard-based ice-cream 17
damper 139
diary, keeping 197–9
how to 199
dinner party, hosting 191–3
tips for success 192
dreams, recording 177–9
dream diary, keeping 179
evaporated milk ice-cream 14
fete, cooking for 108–9
basic marshmallow 109–10
basic toffee 112–13
coconut ice 114–15
honeycomb 114
peanut brittle 113–14
snowballs 110–11
toffee apples 113
Turkish delight 111–12
finger sandwiches 100–1
fish stock 32
food processor chimichurri 80
fruit cake, basic boiled 96–7
fruit cordials, making 53
berry or blackcurrant cordial syrup 54–5
citrus cordial syrup 55–6
fruit flavouring for vanilla ice-cream 18
fruit jelly, making 49–50
fruit jelly recipe 51–2
tips 50
fruits, bottling 57–8
basics of 58–62
equipment 58–9
fruits 59
ingredients 59–60
method 60–1
times and temperatures for 61–2
good manners, cultivating 214–16
real world and online 215
gooseberry jam 44
greeting cards 208–10
getting the card habit 209
gremolata 79
hearty beef pie 86–7
variations 87
herbal tea 81
herbs 76
cooking with 78
food processor chimichurri 80
gremolata 79
herbal tea 81
storing 77–8
tips 77–8
high tea 99–100
butterfly cakes 105–6
finger sandwiches 100–1
little meat pies 102–3
mini meringues 106–7
sausage rolls 101–2
scones 104–5
what to serve 99–100
homemade ricotta 10
honeycomb 114
ice-cream
buttermilk vanilla 16
chocolate ganache flavouring 18
cream cheese 15
custard-based 17
evaporated milk 14
fruit flavouring 18
making 12–13
vanilla ice-cream, flavourings for 18
icings, basic 97–8
indoor plants 166–8
starting indoor jungle 168
three fail-safe plants 167
jam, making 38
apricot jam 47
basic principles of 39–40
berry jams 42, 43–5
blackcurrant, redcurrant or white currant jam 45
cherry jam 48
equipment 39
‘Fowlers’ method 40
gooseberry or jostaberry jam 44
raspberry jam 43
setting point 41
sterilising jars and lids 41–2
stone fruit jam 46
sugar 40–1
jelly see fruit jelly, making
jostaberry jam 44
labna 9
layered salad 132
leisurely walks 152–4
adding more walks to day 153
beachcombing 155–8
letters, writing 205–7
art of, cultivating 207
light butter cake 92
Malibu Gracie 189
marshmallow
basic 109–10
snowballs 110–11
Turkish delight 111–12
meat stock 30
meringues, mini 106–7
mindful shopping 169–71
op shops 169
mixed vegetable relish 68
onions, pickled 73–5
op shops 169–70
how to op-shop like a pro 171
paneer (panir) 11
parties
dinner 191–3
themed 194–6
pastry
savoury shortcrust pastry 83–4
sweet shortcrust pastry 88
peanut brittle 113–14
pet treats, making 34
pet biscuits 35–6
pet muffins (for cats or dogs) 36
tips 34
photo albums 200–1
how to fill 201
pickling vegetables 69–70
pickled onions 73–5
pickled zucchini or cucumber slices 72–3
tips 70–2
picnics 130
layered salad 132
potato salad 134
preparing 130–1
spiced picnic chicken 135
tabouli 133
pies 83
apple pie 89
hearty beef pie 86–7
little meat pies 102–3
savoury 84–7
shortcrust pastry, savoury 83–4
shortcrust pastry, sweet 88
sweet 88–9
tips for making 85
pizza
basic pizza dough 127–8
perfect pizza, making 125
perfect pizza, tips 126
toppings 129
plants, carnivorous 162–5
plants, indoor 166–8
starting indoor jungle 168
three fail-safe plants 167
potato salad 134
raspberry jam 43
reading books 202–4
getting the reading habit 203
redcurrant jam 45
relishes
making 63–6
mixed vegetable 68
tomato 67
ricotta, homemade 10
roasts, cooking 116
baked chickpea and tofu loaf 120–1
guide 119
tips 117–18
vegetarian option 120–1
salad
layered 132
potato 134
sausage rolls 101–2
savoury shortcrust pastry 83–4
variations 85
scarves 172–3
tying European way 173
scones 104–5
variation 105
shaving 180–2
slow way 181
sleep 174–6
dreams, recording 177–9
ex-insomniac’s guide to 176
slow gardening
bonsai 159–61
carnivorous plants 162–5
indoor plants 166–8
snowballs 110–11
spiced picnic chicken 135
sponge cake, basic 93
stamp collecting 211–12
how to 213
sterilising jars and lids 41–2
stock, making 27
chicken stock 31–2
fish stock 32
meat stock 30
method 27
tips 28–9
vegetable stock 33
stone fruit chutney 66
sweet shortcrust pastry 88
sweet yeast cake dough, basic 95–6
tabouli 133
tea, herbal 81
tea, making 183–7
perfect pot of tea, how to make 184–5
themed party 194–6
how to throw 195
toffee
apples 113
basic 112–13
honeycomb 114
peanut brittle 113–14
tomato relish 67
Turkish delight 111–12
vegetable stock 33
vegetables, pickling 69–70
pickled onions 73–5
pickled zucchini or cucumber slices 72–3
tips 70–2
vinyl 142–4
embracing 144
walks, leisurely 152–4
adding more walks to day 153
beachcombing 155–8
white currant jam 45
wood-fired oven, cooking in 122–4
perfect pizza, making 126–8
pizza dough, tips for 125
toppings for pizza 129
yoghurt
cheese (labna) 9
equipment for making 3
hints 5
homemade 4
variations 5
zucchini slices, pickled 72–3