One thing a bit particular for you right now – preview of the Good Meals Australia particular Christmas Version popping out tomorrow that includes unique new Christmas recipes!
On the quilt of Good Meals with JB!
8 years in the past after I began this web site, by no means in one million years did I think about I’d be writing a put up like this. I imply, I began my profession as an auditor of all issues. PricewaterhouseCoopers alumni, proper right here!
And right here I’m right now, a bit embarrassed, a bit proud, and really disbelieving that RecipeTin’s Chef JB and I are on the quilt of Australia’s Good Meals for a particular Christmas Version which will likely be revealed tomorrow (Tuesday fifth December 2023)!
The Good Meals Christmas Version
For these of you not in Australia, Good Meals is the all-things-restaurants-and-food arm of the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age newspapers (Melbourne), thought-about to be Australia’s most revered meals publication. I describe it because the Australian equal of New York Instances Cooking.
The Good Meals is a elevate out within the paper every Tuesday and can also be on-line. I contribute a recipe every week for a collection referred to as “SOS” (which, because the title implies, are fast recipes for midweek insanity!) and as soon as a month I do a canopy story which entails a set of recipes.
And this month, it’s a giant Christmas particular!! A menu of basic Christmas recipes together with a never-before-seen sport altering turkey breast recipe created particularly for Good Meals by JB. My signature glazed ham, basic trifle and a glowing new Christmas Roast Pumpkin Salad.
Right here’s a bit preview of the unfold!
That turkey recipe is actually particular. The key is a brine that not solely locks in juices (turkey is notoriously lean) but in addition infuses the flesh with stunning Christmassy flavours from edge to edge.
Then it’s roasted with a Christmas glaze that’s perfumed with vacation spices, so it comes out golden and sticky, and simply all the things you dream your Christmas turkey to be. The odor when it’s roasting is the odor of Christmas!
Behind the Scenes on the Shoot
And right here we’re on the shoot day. Whereas I do all of the pictures for my web site, the pictures of our recipes for Good Meals are achieved by a crew of execs in a meals images studio.
And… a well-known face!! You understand I take Dozer in all places with me….so is it any shock I snuck him right into a Christmas cowl shoot? After all not! 😂
He was a wonderful supervisor for the day, guaranteeing the ground was impeccable always. Not a meals scrap to be seen.
And although Dozer was not particularly a part of the temporary, there have been had been many, many pictures taken of him (at my insistence) with a secret hope that there’d be a large full-page picture of him within the paper……..
….however sadly, it appears a golden fur ball isn’t actually on level for a meals publication so his picture wasn’t fairly full web page. Moderately, a smaller inset. However he’s nonetheless in it!!!
In hindsight now, it was fairly wishful considering that this picture would make the entrance web page of a meals publication…😂
I’m so glad I used to be carrying a white gown that day. Made for sliding round on concrete flooring…..
Meet the shoot crew!
I need to formally introduce you to the unimaginable crew who’s been taking pictures our recipes all yr for Good Meals! Right here they’re:
We’ve:
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Rob Palmer – One in every of Australia’s greatest meals photographers, an award profitable one truly! Rob additionally did the necessary pictures (like the quilt and Dozer) for my cookbook.
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Emma Knowles (proper) – Meals stylist and recipe developer! I’ve been fan girding Emma’s work for so long as I can keep in mind, together with her days when she was a serious presence at Connoisseur Traveller. In awe of her work. Makes meals look effortlessly stunning!
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Theressa Klein (left) – Photograph Chef. Impeccably organised, swans via the cook dinner of huge desk spreads with out breaking right into a sweat and is aware of all of the tips of the commerce to make meals look wonderful, naturally.
We love working with this crew. I name them the A-Group, as a result of they’re the very best of the very best at what they do, with the bonus that they’re an absolute hoot to work with!
Huge shout-out to JB
And this put up wouldn’t be full with no massive, public, splashy tank you to JB. Not just for his fabulous new turkey recipe (actually, that brine is all the things!), however his dedication and onerous work all all through this yr for the contributions we made to Good Meals.
In 2023, we produced over 50 recipes particularly for Good Meals. The schedule is massive and sophisticated, with quite a few stakeholders and tight turnaround instances (print is hectic!). He’s been the driving power behind all our work with Good Meals, managing our work with the editorial and shoot groups, and with all the things else occurring in our enterprise, I do know I couldn’t have achieved it with out him. He’s a gun with the knife, a machine within the kitchen and now he’s a cover-model Chef! It seems like a becoming strategy to shut out our ultimate difficulty of Good Meals for 2023. 🙂
The place to get the Good Meals particular Christmas Version
The Good Meals Christmas Version is a elevate out that will likely be within the Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne’s The Age newspapers tomorrow, Tuesday fifth December 2023.
In case you miss out on the paper or usually are not situated in both of those cities, the recipes will likely be obtainable on-line on the Good Meals web site.
In case you’re planning a turkey breast this Christmas, I actually hope you take a look on the recipe. It truly is particular. Turkey breast has by no means been so succulent!
And with that, we’re formally kicking off a collection of vacation recipes main as much as Christmas. I hope you like them as a lot as we do! – Nagi x
Lifetime of Dozer
We had an lovable Christmas onesy for him. Sadly, it was little small for him. 😔 So we needed to accept a boring Santa Hat.
