MESSY BENCHES

Based on a family recipe this carrot cake is simple to make with the crunch of walnuts and added boost of cream cheese icing.

My go-to chocolate cupcake recipe for any occasion that requires a cupcake. These chocolate mud cupcakes are topped with a ganache and stay super moist.

Dry brined grilled pork chops in a honey bourbon glaze and served with grilled plum and nectarine. A sweet and flavour packed grilled meal.

Date, pistachio and coconut bars with honey, cocoa and peanut butter. Quick and easy in your Thermomix or high powered blender.

Beef cheeks have a deep, rich flavour that deserves more recognition than it currently has. Although they are relatively small in comparison to most cuts associated with barbecue they still require a long low and slow cook. When fully rendered the gelatinous streak that runs through the cheek breaks down making the meat tender and juicy.

These dairy free, gluten free and naturally sweetened lemon bars courtesy of the Minimalist Baker are quick and easy to make and taste like a baked cheesecake. Converted for Thermomix.

High protein, gluten and nut free chocolate cupcakes with… kidney beans!

Picanha steak is juicy, packed with flavour and relatively inexpensive. Brazilians love it and so do we! Take it to the next level by cooking on a rotisserie.

Cherry smoked ice cream with smoked honey, orange chocolate and caramelised bananas. Inspired by Serious Eats, made and eaten by us.

A twist on the traditional Reuben sandwich using lamb pastrami, Jarlsberg, pickles and kimchi mayo on toasted sourdough rye.

We love pastrami and we love low and slow smoked lamb shoulder. Using our beef short rib pastrami recipe we cured, dry rubbed and smoked a rolled lamb shoulder and made some tasty Reuben style sandwiches.

A barbecue sauce made from home-grown plums. Sweetened by the fruit, honey and molasses and heatened by paprika and chilli. As always, great along side those barbecue meats.

Traditional Reuben sandwich with beef short rib pastrami, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese, Russian style sauce and pickles on toasted rye.

Born out of a love for Reuben sandwiches this beef shortrib Reuben sushi consists of the usual Reuben ingredients of sauerkraut, swiss cheese and a spicy sauce.

Winter time brings plenty of juicy lemons to our tree in the backyard. It also makes for a great excuse to get baking. This lemon honey cake is gluten free. Food mixer and Thermomix directions available.

This Thai chilli jam tastes so good I went through a stage of eating it on toast with only a slice of cheese. There are a lot of flavour layers to this recipe which really does set it apart from your average chilli jam.

Apple Crumble Pie with Lane’s BBQ Apple Pie Dessert Seasoning. The pie plus the bars were adapted from a favourite Golden Barrel recipe of ours.

Sugar and spice biscuits are a simple vanilla biscuit rolled in a sugar and spice mixture prior to baking. While traditionally the sugar and spice mix is made of sugar and cinnamon there are a variety of other flavours you can try.

Slow smoked pulled lamb shoulder served with spiced carrots, creme fraiche and smoked honey. This was the third and most popular course at our first Slow and Low event.

Pulled pork and slaw… the Bonnie and Clyde of BBQ. Served with our go to BBQ sauce. The second course at our inaugural Slow and Low event.