Akudjura
(ground bush tomato) (Kosher and
Halal)
Flavour
- Sweet savoury taste of tamarillo/caramel and similar to concentrated
sun-dried tomatoes.
Colour and Appearance - Light brown free-flowing powder.
Typical Use - Sprinkle as a seasoning for soups, vegetables, salads,
cheeses or pastries. Akudjura is the seasoning used in the Sydney
Salad. Salt or cheddar cheese enhances the flavour by balancing any
bitterness.
Helpful hints - Use at 3 to 5% dry addition rate. Try it in biscuits
or even ice-cream for something really different.
Storage and Packaging Size - Store Dry, 1kg zip lock bag.
See also bush tomato chutney
Bush
Tomato (Kosher and Halal)
Flavour
- Strong tamarillo/caramel character. The darker berries tend to be
more bitter.
Colour and Appearance - Approx. 10-13mm in diameter, red/brown and
round with a texture similar to dried raisins.
Typical Use - Chop coarsely for focaccia, antipasto, chutneys, sauces
etc. Available in a ready to use prepared form as Bush tomatoes in
oil.
Helpful Hints - If product eg chutney or sauce is too bitter, use
less bush tomato and/or add salt.
Storage and Packaging Size - Dry, 250g, 1kg. Approx. 1,300 fruits
per kg.
See also akudjura,
bush tomato chutney
Davidson's
Plum (Kosher and Halal)
Flavour
- Very sour plum flavour.
Colour and Appearance - Brilliant burgundy colour. Fruits vary in
size from grape to large plum sized.
Typical Use - Sweetened, can be a good substitute for quandong in
sauces, dressings, desserts. Ideal for sweet and sour sauces.
Helpful Hints - In dressings with oil, Davidson's plums turn a bright
pink. Use as a substitute for tamarind in satay sauces or for that
delicious tang.
Storage and Packaging Size - Frozen, 1kg
Illawarra
Plums (Kosher and Halal)
Flavour
- Plum-like in flavour with a little less sweetness and a pleasant
yet subtle resinous quality which is enhanced with cooking.
Colour and Appearance - Deep purple, seedless, and the size of a large
grape.
Typical Use - Compliments chilli and garlic as well as sweet uses.
Use in sauces, preserves, muffins, cheesecakes and fruit compotes.
Helpful Hints - Use stainless steel utensils not aluminium to prevent
bitterness. Blend fruit before cooking or if serving cooked, add lemon
juice or vinegar to diced fruit.
Storage and Packaging Size - Frozen, 1kg (approx. 340 fruits/kg)
See also Illawarra plum sauce
Kakadu
Plums (Kosher and Halal)
Flavour
- Subtle apricot.
Colour and Appearance - Pale green olive sized fruit with a stone
that clings to the fruit flesh as in a mango.
Typical Use - The name and reputation of this product is a selling
point so use raw fruit strips or pickle whole in sweet vinegar and
use as a garnish.
Helpful Hints - World's highest fruit source of vitamin C. Slice the
flesh off the seed while frozen or cook the fruit and strain the juice.
Storage and packaging size - Frozen, 1kg (approx. 420 fruits/kg)
See also Spreadable Kakadu plum
Lemon
Aspen Fruit (Kosher and Halal)
Flavour
- Tart citrus flavour like a blend of grapefruit and lime with a unique
aromatic character.
Colour and Appearance - Pale yellow fruit about 20-25mm in diameter
with small black seeds encased in husks as in apples.
Typical Use - For a garnish, soak in sugar syrup or sweet vinegar.
Helpful Hints - Best cored or use the juice product (see below) for
flavour rather than attempting to infuse flavour from the whole fruits.
Do not use with any other citrus.
Storage and packaging size - Frozen, 1kg zip lock bags (approx. 260
fruits/kg)
See also lemon aspen syrup
Flavour
- Tart citrus flavour like a blend of grapefruit and lime with a unique
aromatic character.
Colour and Appearance - Pale yellow in colour, pasteurised and packed
frozen. Once thawed, store chilled.
Typical Use - Use to flavour soft desserts, dressings and sauces,
sprinkle over oysters or pizza, use as a marinade with honey and soy.
Use at 2% (2ml/100ml) addition rate.
Helpful Hints - DO NOT use with any other citrus.
Storage and packaging size - Frozen, 200ml, 1 litre.
See also lemon aspen syrup
Flavour
- Granny Smith apple flavour with a subtle spicy finish.
Colour and Appearance - Green to red and pea-sized.
Typical Use - Use whole or extended with blended apples in muffins,
fruit pies, puddings. Sauté with onions or mushrooms.
Helpful Hints - Once thawed, Munthari still presents well and can
be used as a garnish. Will stay whole even with prolonged cooking.
Storage and Packaging Size - Frozen, 1kg zip lock bags (approx. 2700
fruits/kg)
Flavour
- Mildly tart apricot and peach flavour.
Colour and Appearance - Bright red fruit, available either whole or
as halves.
Typical Use - Sauces (meat or dessert), garnish. Helpful Hints - Do
not over-cook. Simmer gently in sauce or apple juice. Enhance with
orange juice. Do not over-sweeten. The seed kernels are only safe
to eat if well roasted to a milk chocolate brown. This inactivates
a compound which is otherwise unsafe to eat.
Storage and Packaging Size - Frozen, 1kg zip lock bags (approx. 560
halves or 300 whole fruits/kg)
Flavour
- Cinnamon and clove flavour.
Colour and Appearance - Pink/red, pear shape approx. 10-15mm in length.
Typical Uses - stir-frying, sauces, muffins, cakes and preserves.
Also available in syrup as a glacéed fruit.
Helpful Hints - Will lose pink colour on cooking but will generally
regain it on standing. Do not over-cook. Also available glaceed.
Storage and Packaging Size - Frozen, 1kg zip lock bags (approx. 2000
fruits/kg)
Flavour
- Slightly bitter and very tart lime flavour.
Colour and appearance - Approx. 20-30mm in diameter, round and light
green or yellow.
Typical Uses - Marmalades, meat jams, sauces and bitter-sweet desserts.
Salt preserved or char-grilled fruit slices.
Helpful Hints - Fine slice fruit and cook down in a minimum of water.
Salt lightly to balance bitterness. Sweeten to taste.
Storage and Packaging Size - Frozen, 1kg zip lock bags (approx. 37
/ kg).
See also Rainforest lime splash and
wild limes small
Flavour
- Slightly bitter and very tart lime flavour.
Colour and Appearance - Approx. 10-15mm in diameter, round, green,
thin skin.
Typical Uses - Use whole as a garnish for mains or desserts. Helpful
Hints - Cook briefly to keep limes whole or cook in a weak sugar syrup.
Salt lightly to balance any bitterness.
Storage and Packaging Size - Frozen, 100g punnets or 1kg zip lock
bags (approx. 210 fruits / kg)
See also Rainforest lime splash and
wild limes large
Flavour
- Tart raspberry and rhubarb taste.
Colour and appearance - Bright red and flower shaped with a length
of about 25-40mm.
Typical Uses - sauces, pie fillings, pastries, ice-cream, sorbets,
syrups and as a garnish.
Helpful Hints - Soak in sugar syrup to reduce tartness and use as
garnish. Also available as Spreadable Rosella.
Storage and Packaging Size - Frozen, 1kg zip lock bags (approx. 210
fruits per kg)
See also Spreadable Rosella fruit
Herbs,
spices and vegetables
Flavour
- delicious wild lime flavour.
Colour and Appearance - Lemon.
Typical Uses - Use at the grill when cooking any red or white meat,
this splash seasoning makes use of juices on the meat and the wild
lime flavour cooks on to enhance the natural character of the meat.
Helpful Hints - Splash over the grill or add into sauces - especially
tasty with chicken..
Storage and Packaging Sizes - Refrigerate after opening, Dry, 1 litre
bottle, 2kg bag.
See also wild limes.
Rainforest
rub
Flavour
- An aromatic citrus mixture with dried lemon aspen fruit with top
notes of lemon myrtle and a base mix of (vegetarian) chicken stock
and macadamia nut pieces
Colour and Appearance - Pale yellow colour with milled spices, herbs
and nut pieces.
Typical uses - Try this seasoning on chicken, pork or even red meats
either as a finishing touch, a dry marinade, added to meat stock,
demi, mornay or as a topping for vegetables.
Helpful hints - Store in a cool place for longer life.
Packaging - 225g shakers.
Red
Desert seasoning
Flavour
- An Australian Cajun seasoning powered with mountain pepper and native
pepperberries.
Colour and Appearance - Orange - red seasoning with milled spices,
herbs and grains.
Typical uses - Try this seasoning on chicken, pork or red meats either
as a finishing touch, a dry marinade, added to meat stock, demi, mornay
or as a grilled topping for those blackened meat dishes.
Helpful hints - The flavours are best expressed on heating.
Packaging - 225g shakers.
Wildfire
spice
Flavour - An interesting spice blend with a lemony twist and
complementary herb notes.
Colour and Appearance - Herb and paprika mix.
Typical uses - Use at the BBQ or grill an any meats or vegetables.
Helpful hints - The flavours are best expressed on warm foodstuffs.
Packaging - 225g shakers.
Alpine
pepper
Flavour
- A mixed pepper blend with mountain pepper and pepperberry mixed
with forest anise, inland groundwater salt, sumac and conventional
pepper.
Colour and Appearance - Herb and pepper mix.
Typical uses - Use at the BBQ or grill an any meats or vegetables.
Helpful hints - The flavours are best expressed on warm foodstuffs.
Packaging - 160g shakers.
Aniseed
Myrtle (Kosher and Halal)
Flavour
- Subtle Pernod-like aniseed flavour with a sweet aftertaste.
Colour and Appearance - A fine light green powder which can still
provide texture in biscuits and cakes.
Typical Uses - Use with white meats as a sprinkle, mixed in stuffing
or part of a stock seasoning.
Add to desserts (eg. ice cream), cream cheese or bread.
Helpful Hints - Extremely versatile flavouring. Oils are volatile
and can dissipate with heat so best added as a post-preparation seasoning
or cold-formulated. Use at around 0.5% (5g/kg) addition.
Storage - Cool and dark
Packaging - 100g PET jars, 1kg bags
Flavour
- Strong passionfruit, berry characters with back notes of cumin and
carroway
Colour and appearance - A free-flowing green powder
Typical Use - A natural fruit flavour enhancer. Idea for berry, tropical
or stone fruits. Use in ice cream, sauces, dressings or fruit compotes.
Helpful Hints - Use at around 0.5% (5g/1kg) for primary flavour and
0.1% or less for fruit enhancement
Storage - Cool and dark
Packaging - 100g PET jars, 1kg bag
Flavour
- A distinctive and smooth lemon grass, lemon and lime oil flavour.
Colour and Appearance - A free-flowing green powder.
Typical Use - Add to breads, pancakes, scones, muffins, butter cakes,
cheesecakes or breads. Mix into hot cooked rice, over fish or chicken.
Helpful Hints - Extremely versatile flavouring. Oils are volatile
and can dissipate with heat so best added as a post-preparation seasoning
or cold-formulated. Use at around 0.5% (5g/kg)
Storage - Cool and dark
Packaging - 100g PET jars, 1kg bags
See also lemon myrtle oil, lemon
myrtle linguini
Flavour
- Bushy character with a hot zing somewhere between pepper and chilli.
Colour and appearance - A free-flowing light green powder.
Typical Use - Seasoning as for conventional pepper or as a flavouring
in breads, butter, sauces or even desserts.
Helpful Hints - Cook in to impart woody character. Heat removes the
zing which can be re-introduced with an additional finishing seasoning.
Use at around 0.5% (5g/1kg)
Storage - Cool and dark
Packaging - 100g PET jars, 1kg bags
See Mountain pepper BBQ sauce,
pepperberries ground and frozen
Flavour
- Peppermint flavour with woody eucalyptus note.
Colour and appearance - A free-flowing light green powder.
Typical Uses - Desserts and also as a seasoning for white meats.
Helpful Hints - Very strong, suggested use rate is around 0.1% (1g/1kg).
Storage - Cool and dark
Packaging - 100g PET jars, 1kg bags
Flavour
- Very strong savoury taste that is closer to peppermint than garden
mint in flavour.
Colour and Appearance - A fine, free-flowing, dark green powder
Typical Uses - Sauces, pesto, butter, bread, vinegars.
Helpful Hints - Very strong, suggested use rate is around 0.1% (1g/1kg).
Storage and Packaging Size - Cool, 100g PET jar
Flavour
- Similar to a combination of tarragon, thyme and rosemary.
Colour and Appearance - A fine, free-flowing, light green powder.
Typical uses - Soups, stuffings, herb bread, quiches, omelettes and
vegetable seasonings.
Helpful Hints - Suggested use rate is around 0.5% (5g/1kg) as for
traditional thyme. Sometimes called native basil.
Storage and packaging - Cool, 100g PET jar
Flavour
- A bushy flavour with a hot peppery zing from the seeds.
Colour and Appearance - Smaller than a pea and larger than a peppercorn.
Round and deep purple.
Typical Uses - As a flavour or garnish, add to sauces, butter, bread,
pasta, game meats.
Helpful Hints - Bleeds a light burgundy colour into cream sauces.
Contrasts well with sweet corn kernels. Use approx. 6-8 berries per
serve.
Storage and Packaging Sizes - Frozen, 100g, 250g, 1kg zip lock bags
See also Mountain pepper BBQ sauce
Flavour
- A bushy spice with a very hot peppery zing.
Colour and Appearance - Dark free-flowing powder which bleeds burgundy
in sauces esp. cream.
Typical Uses - As an Australian substitute for pepper but with a distinctive
unique flavour.
Helpful Hints - Use sparingly at around 0.1% (1g/kg) or less. Suitable
for table use as for black pepper.
Storage and Packaging Sizes - Cool, 100g PET jars, 1kg zip lock bags.
See also mountain pepper,
Mountain pepper BBQ sauce, and
pepperberries frozen
Seeds
and nuts
Bunya
bunya Nuts (halved) (Kosher and Halal)
Flavour
- Similar to chestnut with a subtle pine overtone.
Colour and Appearance - Starchy white flesh with yellow central stalk.
Woody shell 50mm in length, 25mm wide.
Typical Uses - Slice boiled nut meat and use as a garnish or flavouring.
Re-fry boiled and nuts to make a pastry or use as a flavouring in
desserts, sauces or garnishing.
Helpful Hints - Use shells for smoking meats. To remove meat from
halved nuts simply bring the nuts to a boil in a minimum quantity
of water (just covered).
Storage and Packaging Sizes - Frozen, 1kg zip lock bags (approx. 60
nuts per bag, 120 halves per bag)
Flavour
- Coffee-chocolate-hazelnut.
Colour and Appearance - Dark brown, free-flowing coffee-like roasted
grounds.
Typical Uses - Use as a flavouring for sweet or savoury sauces or
in batter, desserts and baked foods. Use 1 teaspoon of wattle per
cup for Wattleccino® cappuccino.
Helpful Hints - Boil in water to soften grounds and extract flavour
then add both liquid and grounds or either separately.
Storage and Packaging Sizes - Dry, 200g PET jar and 1kg zip lock bag.
See also ANZAC biscuits with wattleseed.
Flavour
- Coffee-chocolate-hazelnut
Colour and Appearance - Dark brown, liquid
Typical Uses - As for Wattleseed, use as a flavouring for sweet or
savoury sauces or in batter, desserts and baked foods. Use at 2-4%
addition. Simply dilute with hot water and top with frothed milk to
make a Wattleccino®.
Helpful Hints - Add to whipped cream to flavour and stabilise the
cream. Add to tahini or peanut butter to stop separation.
Storage and Packaging Sizes - Chilled, 200ml bottles and 1kg jerry
cans
Flavour
Oils
Aniseed
Myrtle Oil (Halal)
