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  1. PIRIANDA

    April 30, 2012 by Esme

    The fire was burning brightly, and the house was cosy on the 28th day of April 2012.

    Our latest degustation dinner at Pirianda was a huge success – A full house, full of wonderful guests who had an absolute ball.

    Here’s a few things we cooked up…

    Figlettes with Gippsland Blue on Wafer Thins

    Figlettes and Gippsland Blue on Wafer Thins

    We started off the evening with light canapes – These were slivers of Figlettes in Saffron & Pear Syrup, with Tarago River Gippsland Blue.

    Trout Mousse Cones with Caviar

    These were made with Buxton Smoked Trout & Buxton Hand-milked Caviar.

    Tomato & Coconut Soup

    This soup was a warming starter. Asian inspired, with tomato, coconut milk, palm sugar and fish sauce. We garnished this with coconut cream, fresh coriander and fried shallots.

    Bruschetta of Trout, Rocket, Chickpeas & Pomegranate

    This bruschetta was amazing, look at those jewels of pomegranate!

    Roasted Potato & Sweet Potato

    These potatos and sweet potatoes were roasted up with whole cloves of garlic, wedges of lemon and sprigs of rosemary.

    Glazed Lamb Racks

    The lamb was marinated in Beechworth Honey, Australian Harvest Mustard, orange juice, rosemary and sage. We served this with the roasted potatoes and blanched green beans with Dukkah.

    Chocolate & Pomegranate Tart with Vanilla Bean Icecream & Persian Fairy Floss

    We finished off the degustation with these tarts… and I’m told they were pretty good!

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  2. GRASSROOTS 2

    March 20, 2012 by Esme

    Pink Macarons

    Organic Tomatoes

    Wine Tasting

    Potatoes

    Nicola Potatoes

    Toffee Apples

    Tomato Sauce

    We’re surrounded by the best producers in the world aren’t we!

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  3. PLATING UP

    March 3, 2012 by Esme

    Vietnamese Salad w/Beer Poached King Prawns

     

    Another Pirianda has come and gone, and once again the food was pretty special. A seven course degustation – all surprises – and we think this salad was a standout.

     

    Plating Up

    Vietnamese Salad with Beer Poached King Prawns

    Ingredients: To serve 4 as a main

    15-20 King Prawns, poached
    1 bottle of your favourite beer
    1 green mango, shredded
    1 green paypaya, shredded
    ½ pineapple, sliced into matchsticks
    2 carrots, shredded
    Handful of mint, shredded
    Handful of Vietnamese herbs, shredded
    Bunch coriander
    Handful of fried shallots

    For the Nuoc Nam dressing:

    1 cup water
    ½ cup sugar
    3 tbs. fish sauce
    2 tbs. fresh squeezed lime juice
    1 large garlic clove, minced
    1 fresh red chilli, minced

    Bring 1 cup of water to boil in a saucepan.  Stir in sugar and lower heat.  Heat until the water has been reduced by one half, then let it cool. When the mixture has cooled add the other ingredients.  Nuoc Nam can easily be tailored to taste and you’ll get better each time you make it.  Add more fish sauce for savoriness or more lime juice for tartness or more chilli for more heat. Mix and set aside.

    Place prawns, shells on, in a saucepan of simmering beer – they won’t take more than a few minutes to turn pink. Remove, let cool, then shell and de-vein. Mix all other salad ingredients together, add half the dressing and pile onto plates. Add prawns, and garnish with coriander and fried shallots. Drizzle with a little more Nuoc Nam.

     

    Enjoy!

     

     

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  4. The Pirianda Dinner Experience

    November 12, 2011 by creamatsassafras

    The Pirianda Dinners, hosted by Leenah and Mark from Cream, take place in the beautiful Pirianda Gardens in Olinda.  The dinners are wonderful and unique and filled with way too many delicious details to share them all here.  So instead, if you’ll oblige, follow me on a dream-like peek at Pirianda.

    Imagine being transported to a magical, “mist-ical” place…

    Imagine breathtaking views and trees and flowers from all over the world…

    Imagine a house where you dine with an intimate group of strangers who may become your friends by the end of the night…

    Imagine an intimate setting lit by candlelight and charged with the energetic hum of conversation

    Imagine fennel and orange salad with Chardonnay verjuice and lemon olive oil, lightly dusted with paprika salt.  Imagine a total of seven inventive courses featuring wholesome ingredients from regional producers all perfectly paired with fine wines…

    Imagine all this is less than hour away from the heart of Melbourne.

    Or better yet, experience it for yourself.

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