Out to you Aussies?

Question

I want to cook an Australian dish for my girlfriend so any ideas please. I could just ask her but that would kind of ruin the surprise. I know you guys like sea food... true?

Answer 1

serve her a beer and oysters or beer and king prawns, or a beer and a bundy, or a beer and a beer....done! Aussie cuisine at its finest.

Answer 2

Look for corned (salted) silverside. This a lean cut of beef and is cooked by simply boiling it. About an hour per kilogram, thats 2.2 pounds. Before it is ready, quarter unpeeled washed potatoes and cook in with the beef along with quartered carrots. In a separate pan cook fresh green beans. Serve with white sauce if desired, hot mustard also goes well. Any left over beef makes great sandwiches or corned beef fritters which can be served with sliced tomato.

Another favorite is roast leg of lamb. Again bake some peeled potatoes in the oven with the lamb, and you can do carrots either separately or in with the lamb. Also cook peas, maybe with a leaf or two of mint. Make up a gravy from the pan and also prepare mint sauce by steeping chopped fresh mint leaves in a quarter water, 3 quarter vinegar with a hint of sugar for twenty minutes.

Chicken - partially cook some ordinary rice for a stuffing, add chopped onion, sage etc to the rice and stuff the chicken in the normal way.

Dessert -a good fruit salad based on pineapple, ordinary apple, paw-paw, other firm fruit, dress with the pulp of some passionfruit, serves with a small side of good quality ice cream.

Pea soup made with bacon bones also goes well but that is really a cold weather dish.

Sea food - sand and mud crab, lobster, Moreton Bay bugs prawns, oysters. Generally served without much dressing, apart from lemon juice. Some people do not like crab very much, I can take it or leave it, some people are allergic.

Answer 3

Australian cuisine tends to be a fusion of Asian and European influences. Fresh is best and seafood is big. Prawns, Balmain bugs, fresh fish, crayfish, crabs are all popular as are oysters, mussels, scallops and pipis. Freshwater fish and yabbies (freshwater crayfish) are also good. Steak in many forms is almost a national dish. You could also try wonderful things with rabbits.

Chicken is an old reliable, try a grilled chicken breast with a prawn and garlic sauce with a sprinkle of chopped mint and coriander. A fresh salad and some small boiled potatoes.

A pavlova is a very Australian dessert

Answer 4

I think arnorath2's answer was a really good one for an aussie meal ..

My recipe for RIssoles is as follows ( though I throw them together without exact measurements .. lol so I will try and ammend that)

500gms ( about a pound) of Mince Steak ( ground beef )

One medium Onion (diced small )

One Large egg

One medium grated carrot

Two tablespoons of Tomato sauce ( ketsup[sp] might do)

One LARGE HEAPED teaspoon of mixed Herbs

One Large Glove Garlic (crushed and optional.I don't put it in but my husband does when he makes them)

A bowl of plain flour.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

With the exception of the bowl of flour and cooking oil ( say three tablespoons) , Mix all ingredients together thouroughly.
Then grab a handful of the mix and form a patty , coat in the flour .
Heat your oil in a frying pan and when you have enough flour covered patties place them in the HOT oil .. allow to cook on one side before turning.

Serve with green beans, creamy mashed potatoes, Baked pumpkin or more carrot... and gravy.
This is generally a LOW budget meal . .but sometimes can be enjoyed more than the most expensive sea-food platter. The fact that you went to all the trouble to make them WOULD be impressive though :)

SOME people are allergic to seafood . .SO unless you know for certain It may be better to avoid it..

Answer 5

aussies love their b.b.q. - so if you could do something on the barbie such as sausages, lamb chops, satay beef or chicken on skewers
or seafood such as prawns(shrimp).
Accompanied with beer for the boys and chardonnay for the ladies of course.
If you have to cook indoors then you can't beat the sunday lamb roast with oven baked vegetables.
Dessert has to be pavlova with kiwi fruit & strawberries on top.
1 trimmed leg of lamb
1 clove of garlicFresh rosemary, I tablespoon olive oil
Salt Freshly ground black pepper
Selected vegetables (eg.4 red skinned potatoes, 4 parsnips, 4 carrots, 4 pumpkin slices, 4 roma tomatoes, 1 onion, 1 red capsicum)
1 cup wine

Method:
Preheat oven to 220C. Make incisions into lamb and insert garlic. Rub meat with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Place lamb directly on rack with potatoes or on a rack in an oven tray. Place vegetables of choice in vegetable dish below lamb in oven. Toss with a little olive oil and plenty of rosemary.
Reduce heat to 180C after 20 min.

Roast lamb for about 11/2 hours, depending on size. Test with tongs. Rest covered in foil for 15 minutes. When vegetables are tender and golden brown, remove to a warm plate. Pour fat from baking dish and deglaze with wine. Pour pan juices and wine over meat.

Answer 6

A really simple one - but a bit greasy though, is potato scallops and battered fish.

Get really big potatoes and slice them thickly lengthwise. dipped each slice into batter and deepfried until golden brown - drain over paper towels.

Get fillets of fish. Batter them and deep fry them too.

serve together hot - with a good sprinkle of salt and tomato sauce, some side salad and a glass of beer.

Real Aussie, mate!

Answer 7

well, i dunno about seafood, but meat balls (often called rissoles) and mashed potatoes always go down well. buy some beef mince, mix it with some bread crumbs, then roll the mixture into balls about the size of your fist. melt a large dollop of butter in a frying pan and cook the meat balls over a pretty high heat. (the butter should be sizzling). move the meat balls around so they are coated with the butter as they cook. serve hot with mashed potatoes and your choice of other veggies. tomato sauce optional.

Answer 8

tesco finest range frozen section have some lovely Barrumundi Fish you could serve with some chunky chips?

Answer 9

Meat Pie, Damper, Seafood (fish and chips), pavlova, LAMINGTON!!! I love lamington....mmmm.... but remember, if your gonna make meat pie you MUST have tomato sauce.

HAVE A BARBIE!!! Invite a few friends, make sure there's grog and have fun.

x...Will.

Answer 10

What about kangaroo steaks?
Sainsbury's used to stock them.
And a Pav for pud