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Good Life Valentine’s Day Recipe
Begin with a pot of the award-winning, luscious Smoked Fish Rillettes from the Bay Smokehouse, alongside a baguette from Scratch Patisserie or Crabbes Creek Woodfired. It’s the main dish into which you can really pour your love, with a fabulous Belinda Jeffery recipe, ‘Roast chicken with oodles of herbs’. Start with the best chicken around, a Misty Creek pasture-raised free-range organic beast, and make a herby butter. Into 140 grams of softened butter, mash several tablespoons of fresh herbs – thyme, rosemary, tarragon, from Iona Herbs – until well-combined. With your delicate fingers, gently separate skin from flesh, all over if possible, and work the butter underneath the loosened skin.
Any excess smear all over the chicken, place in a baking dish, squeeze over a lemon and place the lemon halves in the cavity. Pop into a very hot 230°C preheated oven for 20 minutes then lower the temperature to 205-C for an extra 50 minutes, basting occasionally. And that’s it, a gloriously golden glazed, herby, lemony showpiece to serve with steamed baby potatoes from Morrow’s Farm, chopped tomatoes courtesy of Coopers Shoot tomatos and a Salad Hut rocket salad. After all that richness, serve thin wedges of cooling watermelon from Everest Farm – and finish, naturally, with Pure Melt chocolate hearts. Flowers from Glenyce Creighton, Jumping Red Ant or Summit Organics and Ahana candles complete the romance!
Valentine’s Day feast Victoria Cosford If cooking for someone is an act of love, then what better time to do so than Valentine’s Day? More so if you extend that love to the provenance of your ingredients, to the farmers and producers at the farmers’ market, where, in addition, your choices will be unbeatably fresh, local, and seasonal. You want to go to a bit of trouble, though nothing excessive – and the above suggested menu is a lovely compromise. Bay Smokehouse, Scratch Patisserie, Crabbes Creek Woodfired, Iona Herbs, Coopers Shoot Tomatoes, Everest Farm, Glenyce Creighton, Jumping Red Ant and Summit Organics are at New Brighton Farmers Market every Tuesday
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from 8 to 11am and at Mullumbimby Farmers Market every Friday from 7 to 11am; Misty Creek Farm, Morrow’s Farm, Salad Hut, Ahana Candles and Pure Melt are at Mullumbimby Farmers Market every Friday from 7 to 11am.
Legend Pizza has been offering up delicious pizza, crafted using locallysourced ingredients, for well over 30 years in Byron Bay. Now fully licensed, they have a fantastic dine-in experience to add to their takeaway and delivery options. Sitting out in the front courtyard watching the world go by and enjoying a delicious pizza served up on wooden pizza paddles, with one of their locally brewed beverages, is a joy. Chillout to tunes and sample some of the Northern Rivers’ finest beers from Wandana, Stone & Wood and Spangled Drongo. Enjoy your wine by the glass, or share a bottle with friends during their happy hour from 4pm to 6pm daily. As the years have gone by, many memories were created in the old venue on Jonson Street. Turning up for 2am slices, for snacks in between nightclubs, are just one of the many memories that a lot of us have. But with a changing town and environment, Legend’s has also made changes. They no longer have the late-night operating hours, but the food has stayed true to its roots with the same suppliers and ingredients. A huge selection of different sauces and condiments are free for
restaurant customers and a selection of hot sauces available that go all the way up to 1.3 million Scoville Heat Units – that is HOT! Head in to make some new Legendary memories in their newish home on Marvell Street.
From Monday to Wednesday they also have large pizzas from their basics range for just $15. Legend Pizza: 2/3 Marvell St Byron Bay, open from 3pm till late, 7 days. legendpizza.com.au or 66 855 700
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