Thai Beef Salad

I’ve been working on this salad for awhile and am now satisfied that it tastes just like a great version I used to get at a Thai restaurant in Crows Nest many years ago. (serves 4). Ingredients: 650g of Grass Fed Rump or New York steak Olive oil for brushing 3 cups salad greens 2 tomatoes, cut into 8ths 1/2 telegraph...

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Going Against the Grain

For maximum meat tenderness, it’s critical to cut your meat “against the grain”. The grain refers to the direction in which the meat fibre runs. If you carve with the grain, the longer length of the fibre makes the slice of meat chewy. Carving across the grain shortens the length of the fibre, making...

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From the Paparazzi and Back Down to Earth Again

It’s been a big couple of weeks around here. We had a great bit of press with an editorial in the SMH Good Living supplement and we have been flat out ever since. I awoke that Tuesday morning feeling quite chuffed with myself. I read the article online, and then thinking I was famous, I took a peep outside… disappointingly...

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Pasture fed a cut above

We were thrilled to be interviewed recently by Helen Greenwood from The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food supplement. You can see the original article here, or read it below: Ben Clinch, a former tiler who grew up on a farm, had an epiphany in a restaurant while eating a steak. ”I went out to dinner and ordered a...

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Recipe: Lamb with Roasted Tomato Sauce and Chunky Rosemary Chips

Who doesn’t love a lamb roast with potato chips? This one is a little bit fancier with roasted tomato sauce and aioli. (serves 4). Ingredients: 2 Pasture Fed lamb rump roasts 4 large roasting potatoes 2 rosemary sprigs, leaves picked 3 tbsps olive oil 4 large tomatoes, halved 6 large unpeeled garlic cloves Method: Pre-heat...

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About a Boy Called Sam

It’s a Saturday morning late last year, November or December, I don’t quite remember. It was looking to be a great day, with the sun already streaming in. It’s about 8am at Orange Grove markets, and the place is already busy; people are everywhere. I’m out the front of our stall with a plate full of samples, and...

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Daddy Day Care at Home and on the Farm

Today is Daddy Day Care around here. Some days we have grandiose plans, other days we don’t. Today is one of the latter. I am lying on the couch trying to get a catch up snooze from a busy weekend of markets, but Tom is playing carparks on my belly. The noise he makes as he pushes the cars off the edge and before he...

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