Recipes — Lemon Myrtle

This is a great recipe for a casual dinner or tasty snack for a festive party. The calamari are dusted with lemon myrtle and cracked pepper, giving it a unique lemon flavour. I season mine with The Good Salt, available at Saltbush Kitchen, or you can use regular salt flakes. (Serves 10 people as a starter). My favourite way to serve these are with a fingerlime mayo or fingerlime salsa, using fingerlime marmalade, available from Saltbush Kitchen. See recipes for dipping sauces.   Ingredients 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon myrtle 1 1/2 teaspoons cracked black pepper (I crack mine straight out...

A crowd-pleasing dip for every occasion. Ingredients 1/2 cup sour cream 1 tomato 300gm red capsicum 2 tablespoons olive oil 3/4 teaspoon salt flakes 1/2 teaspoon brown sugar 1 big clove garlic smashed and chopped (or 2 small cloves) 1 1/4 teaspoons lemon myrtle Cracked pepper (3 turns) 1/4 teaspoon pepperberry (optional) 1 tablespoon lemon juice Method Preheat oven to 200°C/ 180°C fan-forced. Cut the capsicum & tomato into 4, removing the cores and seeds. Rub oil over capsicum & tomato, sprinkle over the garlic, 1/2 teaspoon salt flakes* and the brown sugar. Roast for 35 to 45 minutes until soft...

Ingredients 4 medium sized ripe bananas (mashed) ½ cup (125ml) light flavoured olive oil 3 eggs 1½ cups (265g) brown sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1½ cups (225g) self-raising flour 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon mountain pepper 1 teaspoon lemon myrtle 1 ½ teaspoon wattleseed Icing 125gm cream cheese 65g butter softened ½ tsp vanilla 1 tsp lemon myrtle   ½ tablespoon lemon juice 1 cup icing sugar Method Preheat oven to 180°C (no fan). Place the bananas in a bowl and mash with a fork. Stir through the mountain pepper, wattleseed, lemon myrtle and cinnamon. Add the oil, eggs, sugar and vanilla...

Ingredients 100g unsalted butter (room temperature) 50g caster sugar 1/2 tablespoon lemon juice 1 teaspoon of lemon myrtle 150g self-raising flour Jam (Davidson Plum Jam or Raspberry Jam work well) Method Preheat the oven to 180°c / fan forced 160°c Line a baking tray with non-stick baking paper. Measure the butter into a bowl and, using a hand mixer, beat to soften. Gradually beat in sugar, spice, lemon juice and flour. Bring the mixture together with your hands to form a dough. Roll the dough into 20 balls (about a tablespoon of mixture for each) and place them on the...