Bushfood Recipes

Wattle Seed Bread

For an automatic bread machine
The wattle seed in this bread is Gundabluey or Acacia victoriae

290ml boiling water
1 tsp salt
2 tsp roasted, ground, wattle seed
1½ tbsp macadamia oil
500g bread flour
1½ tbsp sugar
1¼ tsp instant dried yeast
1 tsp bread improver (eg. No knead bread improver(TM))
½ cup macadamia nuts, chopped

Add water to wattle seed and allow to cool to room temperature. Add wattle seed mixture, salt, oil, flour yeast and bread improver to bread machine pan. Select basic setting. At the beep add macadamia nuts. Eat warm or toasted with honey.

Pumpkin and Native Pepper Bread

For an automatic bread machine
270ml water
½ cup pumpkin, peeled, drained and
mashed
480g bread flour
1 tbsp sugar
1½ tsp salt
1½ tbsp milk powder
1¼ tsp instant dried yeast
1 tsp bread improver (eg. No knead bread improver)
2 tsp dried, ground native pepper leaves

Add ingredients in order listed to bread machine pan. Select basic setting. Serve with houmous.

Bush Herb Pasta and Chicken

PASTA
¾ cup white flour
¼ cup of wholemeal flour
1 egg
¼ tsp dried, ground, native pepper leaf
¼ tsp dried, ground lemon myrtle

SAUCE
250g chicken breast fillet
2 Tbsp butter
1 tbsp lemon juice
¼ cup sliced almonds
1 clove of garlic, finely chopped
1 onion, finely chopped
1½ tbsp white wine
flour
pepper
1 tbsp cream
1 cup of silverbeet or warrigal green
leaves, roughly chopped

Combine pasta ingredients and prepare fettuccine by hand or machine according to instructions. Dust chicken breasts with flour and pepper. Heat half the butter in a fry
pan and brown the breasts slowly on each side. Add the lemon juice and season with pepper. Cover the pan and sauté gently, over low heat, until the chicken is tender, (10
- 15 minutes). Remove the chicken from pan. Melt remaining butter and add almonds, brown over a low heat. Add the onion and garlic and cook for one minute and add the wine. Cook the fettuccine for 2 minutes, adding the silverbeet for the last 30 seconds. Combine pasta, chicken, almond mixture and cream. Serves 2.

Golden Wattle Seed Bread

For an automatic bread machine
The wattle seed in this recipe is golden wattle or Acacia pycnantha seed.

270ml boiling water
40g roasted, ground, wattle seed
1 tsp salt
1½ tbsp honey
2 tbsp macadamia oil
3 tsp poppy seeds
320g white bread flour
160g wholemeal bread flour
1½ tsp instant dried yeast
1 tsp bread improver (eg. No knead bread improver(TM))

Add water to wattle seed and allow to cool to room temperature. Add wattle seed mixture, followed by the other ingredients in the order listed to the bread machine pan. Select basic setting. Delicious with cucumber dip. Stand by for more bush food recipes which will appear here as soon as I can get my hands on ingredients to test my ideas!

Kangaroo Fillet with Chilli Sauce

1 x ¼ Pound Kangaroo Fillet
½ Cup Port
½ Jar Raspberry Jam
½ Cup Orange Juice
1/3 Cup Red Wine Vinegar
2 Chillies (to taste) sliced
1 Cup Beef or Roo Stock

Cook the Fillets (in an open pan) to medium rare with a small amount of butter and oil and allow to rest. Place the Port, Jam, Orange Juice and Vinegar in a saucepan and simmer slowly until consistency is that of a syrup. Now add the stock to the syrup and simmer until reduced to sauce, now add the Chillies and re boil prior to serving with the Fillets.

Quandong Pie

2 Cups Quandongs (dried preferable)
1 Litre Water
1 Cup Sugar
¼ Cup Arrowroot or Cornflour
250 grams Shortcrust Pastry

Simmer the quandongs, Sugar and water until a sauce then add the arrowroot with a small amount of water until the mixture is that of a paste, allow the mixture to cool. Pre-heat the oven to 190 degrees. Line a pie tin with pastry, and fill with the now cool Quandong mixture. Place a pastry top on with small breather holes, brush the surface with a mix of beaten egg and milk, sprinkle lightly with sugar and bake for 45 minutes. Serve hot with ice cream.

Savoury Crocodile

Crocodile Steaks
¼ cup Olive Oil
1 Egg
2 Tablespoons Lemon Juice
Fresh Herbs
1 Cup Breadcrumbs
Pinch Salt and Pepper
Sesame Seeds

Cut Crocodile into bite size pieces. Prepare a marinade of the oil, lemon juice, herbs, salt and pepper and marinade the croc pieces for approximately 1 ½ hours. Now dip the pieces in the beaten egg and then roll in the breadcrumbs and sesame seed mixture. Now chill the pieces for one hour and fry in hot oil until brown but not burnt.

Bunya Nut Casserole

4 Cups finely chopped and boiled Bunya Nuts
250 grams bacon rashers
2 medium onions
1 Can Peeled Tomatoes
250 grams Grated Cheese
Salt and Pepper to taste

Using a medium size casserole place a layer of the Bunya Nuts on the base then add a layer of sliced tomatoes, then a layer of the bacon which you have lightly fried, then a layer of tomatoes. Repeat this process until you have used your ingredients and sprinkle on the grated cheese and cover the casserole. Cook in a pre-heated oven at approximately 200 degrees for approximately 1 hour, the last 15 minutes with the lid off.

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