Chai-Ola

Introduction Spiced Iced Tea syrup – organic black tea and organic fairly traded raw sugar, with our handmade spice elixir and fresh citrus. Not too sweet, and a deliciously different mocktail or mixer. Lovely with either still and fizzy water, served ice cold. Ingredients Organic Fair-traded Raw Sugar 34% Fresh Fijian Ginger, Cinnamon, Cardamom, Coriander,…

Lemonade

Introduction This is truly lemonade the way I make it on my kitchen bench; 1 big juicy Meyer lemon, half a small lime, 2 spoonfuls of sugar.  I dissolve the sugar in the freshly squeezed juice, twist the peel from the lemon into the glass, add ice and water to taste. Our Handmade Lemonade syrup…

Gingerzacs

Prep 15 min Cook 20 mins for chewy, 30 mins for crispy Serves Gone in one sitting if you’re not careful Level Easy Ingredients 1 cup sugar 1 cup rolled oats  – you can swap rolled for jumbo oats or quick oats or scotch oats. 1 cup desiccated coconut  – you can swap desiccated for…

GOLDEN PUMPKIN DHAL

This is my go-to vegan dish. I’ve been making variations on it for over 40 years. It’s cheap, easy, incredibly healthy, and really versatile. Dhal the word actually means a pulse that has been skinned and split. We are familiar with green and yellow split peas, which are just the older versions of my favourite…

RHUBARB & GINGER CRUMBLE

SERVES 6 You need a large deep baking dish made of glass or ceramic for this crumble, well buttered. 2 or 3 bunches of rhubarb – you want about  5 cups of diced raw fruit altogether. 3 tablespoons of Hakanoa Ginger Syrup OPTIONAL – 2 tablespoons extra sugar for the rhubarb 1 & 1/2  cups…

GOLDEN PUMPKIN PIE

This is the most delicious version of the traditional American dessert pie. It’s richly spiced deeply flavoured pumpkin custard tart, with a melt-in-the-mouth crust and a lemon cream-cheese topping. STAGE 1 Bake pumpkin with a little sugar & spice until tender.  1 kg grey-skinned pumpkin cut into chunks, de-seeded and washed, in a roasting pan…

BAKED APRICOTS WITH MACADAMIA CREAM

This is the most divine combination – intense fruit & velvety cream are always a winner together and this version just happens to be vegan too. 4 cups apricots – halved & de-stoned 4 tbsp’s Hakanoa Ginger Syrup Toss these together in a ceramic or glass baking dish, pop them in the oven uncovered at…

ROASTED PLUM SAUCE

When plums are plentiful, I make this thick rich plum sauce – it’s easy and delicious. I have learned by dogged experience to remove the plum stones first. Sieving them out later is not as easy, trust me! That’s the only hard part though. Pile the plums into a glass or ceramic baking dish with…

ZINGY COLESLAW, COOL NOODLES

Two perfect summer salads to go with your Hakanoa Ginger dressings; HAKANOA SUMMER ‘SLAW ¼ large head of green cabbage carrots – 1 or 2 a bunch of red radishes ¼ cup of pumpkin seeds Hakanoa Ginger Lime & Sesame Dressing Toast the pumpkin seeds in a dry frying pan, shaking often. If you like…