Crash Test Kitchen

* Go to the Bangers and mash recipe Our cooking method for sausages adds extra flavour to the sometimes ho-hum “bangers and mash” by creating a chunky onion and tomato gravy out of the pan juices. Along with the obligatory mashed potato, this dish really does need some greens as well – green beans or broccoli, plunged into boiling water for just a few minutes. Perfect. This is a reasonably quick…

* Go to the Pavlova recipe We’ve moved back to Australia and thought the first effort in our dowdy but spacious new kitchen should be pavlova. This is an Australian, New Zealand and, oddly, Norwegian dessert favourite that we prepare using a simple recipe that has a few special touches. A pavlova is basically a giant meringue, but rather than being crunchy or chewy right through it’s meant to be…