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Sophie Zalokar

    Baking Savoury Main Dishes Meals Platters Recipes Spring Summer

    Akoya, Oyster Mushroom, Leek and Celeriac Tart

    November 22, 2021

    This celebration-style delicious tart came together from a few threads – a memory of an oyster tart from long ago, a friend selling oyster mushroom kits to raise money for a charity, knowing and loving the oyster mushrooms produced by Southern Forests Fungi and a relatively recent introduction to Akoya; the Leeuwin Coast pearlescent oyster variety cultivated and harvested from Mistaken Island in Albany. The flavours and textures bounce with a traditional French spring in its step. Perfect for a…

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  • Autumn Baking Savoury Gluten Free Platters Recipes Spring Winter

    Hasselback Bravo Apples,
    Chorizo, Red Wine Onion and Toasted Pine Nuts

    This delicious savoury dish highlights Bravo’s meaty, dense texture and intensifies the spicy, wine-like flavours when cooked with the skin on. A perfect small tapas-style dish befitting of this unique boutique apple. Ingredients (Serves…

    November 16, 2021
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    Baking Sweet Recipes

    Blueberry, Ginger, Honey and Buckwheat Muffins

    Late summer Southern Forests fresh blueberries are an absolute treat and a classic blueberry muffin is hard to better.…

    October 5, 2021
  • Australia Journal Travel

    Motorcycle Travel Diary – June 2021

    When I think back to June, this month’s travel in a 20 month journey around Australia provided the most concentrated diversity of natural and cultivated landscapes and culture experiences. Following the Savannah Way tourism…

    September 26, 2021
  • Main Dishes Meals Recipes Spring Summer

    Grilled Snapper with Chermoula

    Chermoula is a North African paste that’s used as a marinade for seafood, chicken and lamb but is also wonderful for vegetables such as eggplant, zucchini & capsicums. It’s best used on the day…

    September 7, 2021
  • Australia Journal Travel

    Motorcycle Travel Diary – May 2021

    It now seems so long ago, but May 2021 was a month of enormous distances traveled, diversity of landscapes and the feel of an entirely different climate. It began in the dry Red Centre…

    July 28, 2021
  • Australia Journal Travel

    Motorcycle Travel Diary – March & April 2021 [Vol. 2]

    Whether you’re prone to spiritual leanings or not, there’s not much that prepares you for Central Australia. It’s Biblical! When I started the selection process for this blog post, I realised that the gap…

    July 7, 2021
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I'm Sophie. This site is a growing collection of delicious recipes that celebrates seasonality, provenance and precious moments in time. It's also a travel blog with a series of posts from my adventure motorcycling around Australia. Here's my story and how this all came about.
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Yesterday was a warm & wonderful day demonstrating Yesterday was a warm & wonderful day demonstrating apple and marron recipes using the delicious fruit grown by Sam Licciardello of @orchard1sixty and marron by Jeff Proctor of @wa_marron at the @donnybrookfoodandwine Brilliantly organised by Jo O’Dea with generous kitchen support by @park.donnybrook Congratulations to the Donnybrook Community for putting on this terrific event celebrating the food & wine of this beautiful region #donnybrook #donnybrookfoodandwinefestival #orchard1sixty #wamarron #parkdonnybrook
Creating a new home in an existing space has allow Creating a new home in an existing space has allowed me to pull out some soft pastel work from years ago I’d packed away and forgotten about. The joy of working with this soft powdery medium on a two dimensional surface is akin to the softest of doughs. Hands in muck. Always a sublime joy. While chipping away at engineering life’s next working chapter, the chalk’s beginning to call again. ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ #stilllife #bokchoy #softpastels #softpastelart #softpasteldrawing
I’ve had a long and very rewarding collaborative I’ve had a long and very rewarding collaborative association with the Southern Forests Food Council over the years. From support for my book Food of the Southern Forests, events at Foragers, being the Agritourism Coordinator for 18 months and recipe development work to highlight and promote the extraordinary fresh produce from this abundantly rich region. As avocado season is in full-swing for the many growers in the Southern Forests and it’s ramping up to ‘bring a plate’ season, I thought I’d share this super easy, healthy and delicious dip recipe for Avocado Hummus again. Unlike straight guacamole, the avocado stays bright green. Use as an alternative to butter on sandwiches or spread on a platter and top with shredded iceberg lettuce, barbecued prawns, lime wedges, coriander and a drizzle of your favourite chilli sauce or relish. Recipe link in my bio or: www.sophiezalokar.com/recipes/avocado-hummus/ ˙ 📸 @craigkinderfood ˙ @genuinelysouthernforests @australianavocados @buywesteatbest ˙ ˙ #genuinelysouthernforests #genuinelysouthernforestsavocados #australianavocados #goodmoodfood #avocadohummus #hummus #guacomole #avocadosinseason
This celebration-style delicious tart came togethe This celebration-style delicious tart came together from a few threads - a memory of an oyster tart from long ago, a friend selling oyster mushroom kits to raise money for a charity, knowing and loving the oyster mushrooms produced by Southern Forest Fungi and a relatively recent introduction to Akoya; the Leeuwin Coast pearlescent oyster variety cultivated and harvested from Mistaken Island in Albany. The flavours and textures bounce with a traditional French spring in its step. Perfect for a special glass of Champagne to toast the festive season ahead or a flinty West Australian Riesling for summer nights on the balcony or in the garden. Recipe link in my bio or: https://www.sophiezalokar.com ˙ Grow your own mushroom kits @bff_wa_charity ˙ Oyster mushrooms @southernforestfungi Available from @napoli_mercato ˙Akoya @leeuwincoast Available from @sealaneswa ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ #akoya #leeuwincoast #harvestroad #sealaneswa #oystermushrooms #southernforestfungi #bffwacharity #napolimercato
A quick heads-up. I’ll be back in the @abcperth A quick heads-up. I’ll be back in the @abcperth radio studio again tomorrow morning around 7:45am AWST for a Perth Foodies chat with Stan Shaw. Talking about my current favourite Bravo apple @bravoapples and a recipe amongst others I’ll be demonstrating at the Donnybrook Food & Wine Festival on the 27th November. A perfect small tapas-style dish befitting of this unique boutique West Australian apple. Recipe link in bio & below. Donnybrook Food & Wine Festival info @donnybrookfoodandwine ˙ 📸Craig Kinder @craigkinderfood ˙ Hasselback Bravo Apples, Chorizo, Red Wine Onions & Toasted Pine nuts (Serves 4 as a tapas / small dish) 2 Bravo apples ¼ cup water 1 small red onion, peeled & thinly sliced 1 tbsp olive oil 100 g chorizo sausage, finely diced ½ cup red wine 1 tsp fresh rosemary, finely chopped 1 tbsp pine nuts, toasted few small sprigs fresh rosemary, to garnish freshly cracked black pepper ˙ Preheat oven to 180˚C. Leaving the skin on, use an apple corer to core the apple and then cut in halves lengthwise. Make 2 cm deep cuts close together over the skin side of the Bravo apple halves. With the skin side up, place in a buttered baking dish, pour in the water and cover with aluminum foil. Bake for 10 minutes. Fry the red onion in the olive oil until softened and then stir through the chorizo and rosemary. Continue to fry on medium heat until the chorizo has browned. Pour in the red wine and the Bravo apple juices from the baking dish and simmer 3 – 5 minutes until reduced and syrupy. Spoon the chorizo mix on top of the Bravo apples and return to the oven to bake a further 10 minutes. Serve garnished with fresh rosemary sprigs, the toasted pine nuts and freshly cracked black pepper. ˙ #bravoapple #donnybrookfoodandwine #abcperth #instagood #instafood #hasselback #chorizo #rosemary #pinenuts
Had a brilliant time yesterday visiting Fiona & Li Had a brilliant time yesterday visiting Fiona & Liam Mann at their Eradu farm learning about their gorgeous @block.275 cold pressed Canola oil. Not only delicious with a unique nutty flavour but contrary to myths & misinformation, a healthy cooking oil. Traceability, integrity & inspiring. Another West Australian producer hero story & product so worth seeking out. #block.275 #canola #coldpressedcanolaoil #geraldton
Great to meet up with familiar and new producers a Great to meet up with familiar and new producers at the @buywesteatbest Meet the Buyer event today at Crown. A bit of a revelation moment tasting @block.275 Cold Pressed Canola Oil. I know… I was dubious too but my my, the flavour: nutty, floral, gorgeous golden colour, fully traceable, GM-free & high 212˚C smoke point. Also loved @merregranola_wa @ecobread @funkcider @sweeterbanana @futariwagyu and old friends @genuinelysouthernforests @wapotatoes_ @gascoynefood Brilliant opportunity to connect and see how diverse the food identity of Western Australia continues to grow, adapt, innovate and respond to the pressing global need for localisation. ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ #buywesteatbest #meetthebuyer #block.275 #merregranola #ecobread #funkcider #sweeterbanana #futariwagyu #genuinelysouthernforests #wapotatoes #gascoynefood
@artsourcewa open studios. Love your work @susanro @artsourcewa open studios. Love your work @susanrouxart @taylor_denning #artsource #fremantle
A very quick overnighter back to where it all bega A very quick overnighter back to where it all began @genuinelysouthernforests included a quick visit to @willarragold One of this regions so many extraordinary young primary producers pushing forward with regenerative practices. Incomparable flavour as a result. Love your work! #passionfruit #willaragold #genuinelysouthernforests #manjimup
Abundant mixed horticultural displays in the Flavo Abundant mixed horticultural displays in the Flavours of Gingin marquee today at the Gingin festival. 2021 marks 150 years since the town site of Gingin was gazetted in 1871. Gingin is one of WA’s oldest towns and its history is rich with stories of pioneers, stockmen and women, Aboriginal culture and many more memories of times gone by. #gingin #flavoursofgingin #supprtlocal
Arriving back mid-September has also meant settlin Arriving back mid-September has also meant settling back into Spring eating. Noticing there’s a good supply of blueberries around at the moment reminded me of this ‘healthy’ sweet muffin treat from my Pemberton days. The flavour combination of blueberries, ginger, honey and buckwheat not only pops with deliciousness but is easy to make – wet ingredients in one bowl, dry ingredients in another, combine, spoon into muffin moulds and bake. Full recipe can be found via the link in my bio or https://www.sophiezalokar.com/cook/blueberry-ginger-honey-buckwheat-muffins/ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ #bluberrymuffin #blueberries #buckwheat #honey #ginger #muffinrecipe #buywesteatbest #seasonal #healthy #springfood
Admittedly it's been some time since I last upload Admittedly it's been some time since I last uploaded a blog post while quarantining in Halls Creek. Since bursting out of that strange little isolating bubble within one of WA's most isolated towns it's been a non-stop ride packed full of wonderful new experiences in places visited before and not. As I resettle back into life based in Fremantle there’s now time to recap, reflect on those final few months of travel and catch up. To check out June's adventures click on the link in my bio. July and August will follow soon. ˚ ˚ ˚ ˚ ˚ ˚ ˚ #bmwgssafari2021 #adventuretravel #gsgirl #bmwgs1200 #bmwmotorad #makelifearide #womenadvriders #motolife #kakadu #mataranka #litchfieldnationalpark #mossmangorge #cooktown #undaralavatubes #karumbapoint #cahillscrossing #animaltrackstour #darwin
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