Christmas

Enjoy Christmas with Western Star

Traffic light vegetables

A great side dish for kids. Cut zucchini, carrot and red capsicum into thin sticks or rounds (snow peas are great too), then sauté in butter and garlic until tender and fragrant. 

Runny white sauce?

If your white sauce isn’t thick enough, you can whisk in a little cornflour and water paste or begin again by making another roux and whisking in the runny white sauce in place of the milk. 

Best ever green beans!

Melt a knob of butter in a fry pan until foamy, toss in your steamed green beans and slivered almonds until almonds are just golden. Delicious! 

Reheating Hollandaise or Béarnaise sauce?

Never microwave! These are fragile emulsions and will split. Reheat by gently whisking over a double boiler on low heat. If the emulsion begins to split, try whisking in a spoonful of warm water, never add more butter. 

Grilling mushrooms?

Trying mixing horseradish with grainy mustard, parsley and softened butter and dolloping over the flat mushrooms before grilling. Also great with steak. 

Cooking pasta?

Toss a knob of butter through pasta or couscous before serving for a glossy sheen and delicious buttery flavour! 

Fussy Eaters?

Stir a squeeze of honey and dab of butter into steamed carrots, the kids are guaranteed to eat these veggies.