Ah the main event – what everyone has been waiting for! Whether you’re looking for something quick and easy to feed the family or a grand banquet to impress friends and family, we’ve got something for all situations.
Got a sure-fire winner of a main course you’d like everyone to try out? Head over to our Submit Your Favourite Recipe page and let us know – if it looks good to us you just might see it feature below!
Tender corned silverside simmered with malt vinegar and brown sugar, with the mustard sauce. Serves 6 in about 3 hours, or all day in the slow cooker.
Chilli con carne with real depth from a long simmer, cocoa and cumin. Serves 6 in about 2 hours, and an honest answer on whether beans belong in it.
Fish pie with the fish added raw so it never overcooks, and a sauce thick enough to hold. Serves 6 in about an hour, using hoki, snapper or terakihi.
Real chicken soup built on a broth from a whole chicken, clear and full flavoured. Serves 6 in about 2 hours, and why you must not let it boil hard.
Tomato soup with real depth, from tinned tomatoes in winter or roasted fresh in summer. Serves 4 in about 50 minutes, and how to fix the acidity.
Beef cheeks braised for three hours until they collapse under a fork, in a red wine sauce. Serves 4, and the trimming step that most recipes leave out.
Beef stroganoff in 30 minutes with tender steak and a sour cream sauce that does not split. Serves 4, and the cut of beef that makes the difference.
Thai green curry with a properly cracked coconut cream and the sweet, salty, sour balance right. Serves 4 in 30 minutes, using what NZ shops stock.
Cottage pie with a filling thick enough to hold the mash up and a crisp forked top. Serves 6 in about 1 hour 20, plus the shepherds pie difference.
Lamb shanks slow cooked in red wine and rosemary until the meat falls off the bone, with a sauce reduced properly. Serves 4, 8 hours in the cooker.
