Recipes & Tips — home cooking

Rose adds the most intoxicating smell and flavour to any harissa, the floral overtones help soften the chilies and give it a romantic floral allure.  Rose harissa tastes wonderful on just about everything from roasted veggies and eggs, to meat and cheese.      Here is a simple one bowl quick rose harissa. If you want to cheat, you can also add some dried rose petals and a little rose water to any supermarket harissa you have on hand.   Tablespoon dried rose petals  1/4 teaspoon caraway seeds, ground in a spice grinder 1 tablespoon pure chilie powder, such as ancho...

Chocolate Cake. Just the words make us happy! But it has to be a great chocolate cake, right? If we are going to indulge it has to worth it.Welp, good news everyone, the gals at Secret Kiwi Kitchen worked for months and months perfecting our decadent Chocolate cake mix.It’s crumb is light, it’s flavour is rich, and well…chocolatey!It’s a no fail cake every single time.So many people have told us that they haven’t ever been able to make a celebration cake themselves before, and after trying our mixes are so proud of their achievement and are stoked when they walk...

Father's Day is just around the corner and we have the perfect treat for Dad! Chocolate Stout Brownies- these are super moist and dense and are reminiscent of a sticky date pudding. Adding beer into your baking adds a wonderful depth of flavour, these brownies are an awesome combination of rich and fudgy and are simply irresistible. Dad or just about anyone will be thrilled with the results. Ingredients: 1 egg 1 cup Moa Stout ( the rest is for the chef!) 1/4 cup oil or butter 1 SKK Brownie Mix Heat oven to 180 c. Mix all ingredients together in a bowl. Line a...

Nothing says romance like roses and dessert. This dessert is indeed a romantic stunner and a perfect Autumn dessert. We have rolled up Braeburn apples to create lovely little roses and baked them on top of our blondie mix. Apples, white chocolate, cinnamon, brown sugar: truly a combo made in heaven!  3-5 apples, we used Braeburn apple to make red roses apple juice/water- enough to fill bottom of small pan or pot lemon juice cinnamon, cardamon, nutmeg, ginger allspice (any or all) light coloured fruit jelly of choice- apple, ginger, apricot, marmalade jar of salted caramel spread  Secret Kiwi Kitchen Blondie Mix Prepare Secret...