Bushfood Recipes

Wattle Seed Bread

For an automatic bread machine
The wattle seed in this bread is Gundabluey or Acacia victoriae

290ml boiling water
1 tsp salt
2 tsp roasted, ground, wattle seed
1½ tbsp macadamia oil
500g bread flour
1½ tbsp sugar
1¼ tsp instant dried yeast
1 tsp bread improver (eg. No knead bread improver(TM))
½ cup macadamia nuts, chopped

Add water to wattle seed and allow to cool to room temperature.
Add wattle seed mixture, salt, oil, flour yeast and bread improver to bread machine pan.
Select basic setting.
At the beep add macadamia nuts.

Eat warm or toasted with honey.

Wattle Seed Liqueur

The wattle seed in this recipe is Gundabluey or Acacia victoriae seed.

1½ tbsp roasted, ground wattle seed
1½ cups boiling water
1 cup brown sugar
½ cup water
2 cups brandy
1 tsp vanilla essence

Sterilise a large, sealable jar.
Add boiling water to ground wattle seed in the sterile jar and allow to cool.
Put the sugar and water into a saucepan and bring to the boil, stirring.
Simmer, without stirring for 1 minute.
Add the cooled sugar syrup, brandy and vanilla to the wattle seed mixture and seal.
Allow to stand for 7 to 10 days, shaking occasionally.
Filter the liqueur into an attractive bottle, seal and store for 4 weeks before using.

Serve with a dash of cream for added indulgence, substitute for coffee liqueurs in dessert recipes or spike hot chocolate.

Makes about 5 cups.

Pumpkin and Native Pepper Bread

For an automatic bread machine

270ml water
½ cup pumpkin, peeled, drained and mashed
480g bread flour
1 tbsp sugar
1½ tsp salt
1½ tbsp milk powder
1¼ tsp instant dried yeast
1 tsp bread improver (eg. No knead bread improver)
2 tsp dried, ground native pepper leaves

Add ingredients in order listed to bread machine pan.
Select basic setting.

Serve with houmous.

Bush Herb Pasta and Chicken

PASTA
¾ cup white flour
¼ cup of wholemeal flour
1 egg
¼ tsp dried, ground, native pepper leaf
¼ tsp dried, ground lemon myrtle

SAUCE
250g chicken breast fillet
2 Tbsp butter
1 tbsp lemon juice
¼ cup sliced almonds
1 clove of garlic, finely chopped
1 onion, finely chopped
1½ tbsp white wine
flour
pepper
1 tbsp cream
1 cup of silverbeet or warrigal green leaves, roughly chopped

Combine pasta ingredients and prepare fettucine by hand or machine according to instructions.
Dust chicken breasts with flour and pepper.
Heat half the butter in a fry pan and brown the breasts slowly on each side.
Add the lemon juice and season with pepper
Cover the pan and saute gently, over low heat, until the chicken is tender, (10 - 15 minutes).
Remove the chicken from pan.
Melt remaining butter and add almonds, brown over a low heat.
Add the onion and garlic and cook for one minute and add the wine.
Cook the fettucine for 2 minutes, adding the silverbeet for the last 30 seconds.
Combine pasta, chicken, almond mixture and cream.

Serves 2

Golden Wattle Seed Bread

For an automatic bread machine
The wattle seed in this recipe is golden wattle or Acacia pycnantha seed.

270ml boiling water
40g roasted, ground, wattle seed
1 tsp salt
1½ tbsp honey
2 tbsp macadamia oil
3 tsp poppy seeds
320g white bread flour
160g wholemeal bread flour
1½ tsp instant dried yeast
1 tsp bread improver (eg. No knead bread improver(TM))

Add water to wattle seed and allow to cool to room temperature.
Add wattle seed mixture, followed by the other ingredients in the order listed to the bread machine pan.
Select basic setting.
Delicious with cucumber dip.

Stand by for more bush food recipes which will appear here as soon as I can get my hands on ingredients to test my ideas!