Goulash with Noodles

Fry 1/2 lb onions in 1 tabspn oil and 1/2 oz butter. Add 1 lb cubed topside steak, 1 lb pork pieces and brown. Add 1 lb. tomatoes (or 1 tin tomato puree or preserved tomatoes). Season with 1/2 tspn paprika, pinch marjoram, thyme, 2 tspn sugar, 2 tabspn tomato sauce, few bay leaves, juice of 1 lemon or orange, salt to taste. Add 5-6 tabspns red wine and three-quarters cup water. Allow to simmer until meat is tender. More wine and/or water may be added. Add cooked noodles or spaghetti.

Source: contributed by Irene Reid in The Embroiderers' Recipe Book. Compiled by members of The Embroiderers' Guild of South Australia Incorporated ([Adelaide], n.d.), p.14.

Mock Turtle Soup

5 lb. veal bone.
1 carrot.
1 onion.
1 leek.
1 clove garlic.
1/2 cup flour.
1/2 cup white table wine.
2 hard-boiled eggs.
10 oz. puree of tomato.
2 quarts stock or water.
1 cup sherry.
Thyme.
Pepper and salt.
Lemon.
Bay leaf.
Parsley.

Method: Braise the veal bone slowly. Dice and add carrot, onion, leek, then garlic, thyme, bay leaf, parsley and flour. Let simmer a few minutes and add white wine, puree of tomato and the stock or water. Cook for 2 hours, then strain, add cayenne pepper, salt and sherry. Garnish with 2 hard-boiled eggs and slice of lemon. Serve piping hot.

Source: contributed by Mrs. A. I. Sach in The Walford Recipe Book. Compiled by the Parent-Teacher Association of the Walford Church of England Girls' School. (Adelaide: Messenger Press; October 1966), p.9.

Sausage Dish

1 lb. boiled sausages

2 tbspns. washed rice

1 tin tomato soup

bay leaf

pepper & salt

finely chopped celery

finely chopped bacon

Method: When sausages have been boiled cut into bite sized pieces. Add other ingredients and bake in a casserole dish until rice is cooked approx. 30 mins. in moderate oven.

Source: Mantle of Safety Cookbook 2 (The Port Augusta Women's Air Branch Auxillary of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, c1987), p.101.

Pork Chops in Pineapple

As many pork chops as required.

Method: Fry both sides of the pork chops for 5 minutes each and brown thoroughly. Lay the chops in a casserole dish, then brown in frying pan as many slices of pineapple as there are chops and place one on each chop. Pour over the following mixture.

1 tin pineapple juice, 1 bay leaf, 1 finely chopped celery stick in season, 2 cloves, 1 chopped onion, 1 garlic clove (this is optional). Bake in a moderate oven for 1&1/2 hours covering casserole with a lid. Serve with vegetables in season.

Source: Mantle of Safety Cookbook 2 (The Port Augusta Women's Air Branch Auxillary of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, c1987), p.100.

Wine-Flavoured Prawn Curry

125 g (4 oz) butter or substitute

1 clove garlic

1 large onion

1 green pepper

1 carrot

1 tablespoon chopped parsley

good pinch basil

1 tablespoon flour

1/2 teaspoon salt, pepper

2 cups chicken stock

1 kl. cooked shelled prawns

3 stalks celery

1 apple

2 tomatoes

1 bayleaf

1 dessertspoon curry powder

good pinch nutmeg

1 cup dry white wine

Hot fluffy rice

finely chopped parsley

Method: Melt butter in pan, add chopped onion and crushed garlic, saute until soft but not coloured. Add finely chopped celery, green pepper, apple, carrot, tomatoes, and parsley. Cook, stirring a few minutes. Add bayleaf and basil. Saute over gentle heat until vegetables are softened. Sprinkle in flour, curry powder, salt, pepper and nutmeg. Stir well, cook for 5 minutes. Slowly add chicken stock and wine; simmer 15-30 min. Add prawns for last 10 minutes of cooking time. Arrange border of hot cooked rice round serving dish, spoon hot curry into centre, garnish with parsley. 2 Cups of diced chicken pieces (cooked) or cubed beef may be substituted for the prawns.

Source: contributed by K. Martin in Royal Adelaide Hospital Cookery Book: Our Favourite Recipes (Adelaide: 1981, 1st edition), p.34.

Crab Triangles

250 gms Filo Pastry

125 gms butter

CRAB FILLING

6 green Shallots

1 tlbspn Madeira or Dry Sherry

2 Hard Boiled Eggs (optional)

1 tlbspn Chopped Olives

45 gms Butter

250 gms Crab Meat

1 Egg Yolk

Salt & Pepper

BECHANNEL [sic] SAUCE

1/3 Cup Milk

Sliced Onion

Few cracked Peppercorns

Some Mace (optional)

1/2 Bay Leaf

45 gms Butter

3 tlbspn Plain Flour

Green Herbs (optional)

Method: Finely chop shallots & saute in butter until softened. Flake crab & remove any bony tissue. Add to shallots with remaining filling ingredients and blend into bacchanal [sic] sauce. Lay filo pastry flat on a damp tea towel and cover with a 2nd tea towel, so pastry doesn't dry out. Melt butter and brush each sheet of filo & fold in half. Cut filo into 3rds. Brush with butter again. Place a large teaspoon of filling in corner and fold into triangles. Brush triangles with butter. Place on ungreased tray and bake in Mod over 190 C for 45 mins or until puffed & golden brown. Serve piping hot. (Can use any Seafood).

Source: contributed by K. Eldredge in Cookbook: St Joseph's School, Clare (Clare: St Joseph's School, 1991), p.12.

Tomato and Orange Soup

1 15 oz. can tomato puree

2 cups chicken stock (or water & stock cubes)

1 finely chopped onion

1 thinly pealed strip of lemon rind

1 teaspoon tomato paste

1 bay leaf

6 peppercorns

Good pinch salt

1.1/4 oz. butter

2 level tablespoons flour

1/4 cup cream (whipped)

Orange rind or shreds for garnishing

Method: In a saucepan combine the tomato puree, stock, onion, tomato paste, lemon rind, bay leave, peppercorns and salt. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes, until the onion is tender. Rub the mixture through a fine sieve. In a clean pan, melt the butter, stir in the flour. Add the tomato mixture and stir until boiling. Simmer for a few moments. Add the orange juice and adjust the seasonings. Dish and garnish each bowl with a small spoonful of whipped cream, topped with shredded or grated orange rind. Serves four.

Source: Memory Lane Cookbook (Rotary Club of Naracoorte, 1986), p.24.

Note: the ingredient list omits orange juice.

Choko Soup

1 onion chopped

2 cups cooked chokoes

500g (1 lb.) can tomatoes

1 teaspoon salt

1 bay leaf

Freshly ground black pepper

750 ml (3 cups beef stock using stock cubes)

250ml (1 cup) milk or cream

Chopped chives for garnish

Method: Place onions, tomatoes, bay leaf and stock in pan and bring to boil. Cover and simmer 15 mins. Remove bay leaf and cool. Mix to a puree in blender. Add chokoes to blender and mix until smooth. Return soup to pan, add salt, freshly ground pepper and milk and bring gently to boil. Serve hot with chopped chives sprinkled over. Serves six to eight.

Source: contributed by M. Frith in Gulnare Gourmets (Adelaide: Gulnare Primary School Welfare Club, 1984 [2nd edition]), p.16.