Avocado Chips and more!

I have just stumbled across a recipe for Avocado chips. Yep, that's right ... Chips! Simply take an avocado, slice it up, coat it in egg and seasoned breadcrumbs and then fry the slices into chips and serve them with a tangy mayonnaise.

I'll shelve this one away until my crop comes in!

Read the story at: http://www.treehugger.com/easy-vegetarian-recipes/baked-avocado-fries-vegetarian.html

Here are some other interesting recipes with Avocado from fellow bloggers: 

Avocado egg: http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2012/02/bake-an-egg-in-an-avocado-for-a-healthy-breakfast/

Avocado Truffles: http://g0lubka.blogspot.com.au/2010/04/avocado-truffles.html

Avocado Cheesecake: http://wendyinkk.blogspot.com.au/2009/11/avocado-chilled-cheesecake.html

 

Avocado Icypoles - http://www.ruchikrandhap.com/2012/10/october-avocado-coconut-popsicles.html

 

 

My First Cheese

It has been a couple of days but I have finally completed my first hard cheese - Parmesan.

It was actually quite easy and plenty of fun. Of course the proof is in the tasting ... but we will have to wait 10 months for that!

Here are a couple of snaps of my first cheese in the making:

I also made ricotta from the whey ... YUM!!

Pigs and Cheese

We have been so busy on the farm that I have had little time for anything else ... including updating my blog!

We have a new little pig ... Hugo. He will be the Sire of our future piglets and If I do say so myself, he is quite the charmer!

We have moved the girls to a new paddock where they can romp and play and furrow ... did I mention that they are furrowing!!

Last week I made my first cheese, well sort of cheese. It was made from my home-made yoghurt and it was easy and so delicious. I am definitely adding that one to my repertoire - Thanks again Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.

But today is the really exciting day. Today is the day I make my first hard cheese.

The making of cheese has been grossly delayed in our home due to the somewhat complex issues of setting up a cheese cave. Honestly, it has all been just a bit too mystifying for me. However; after a great deal of research, I have found the solution - a wine fridge with a lower temperature rang ( 9 -16 degrees Celsius), just perfect for cheese!

Now I have a place to store and age my cheese, I can finally have a crack at making it. I was going to do a cheese course but they never seem to be on the right day or running the right course for me so I thought, in true Ellendale Farm tradition, that I would just have a crack at it.

Finger's Crossed!