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With Australia Day fast approaching and the weather hotting up into the mid to high 30’s, I thought a few ideas for easy food to feed the family or a group of hungry friends might be just what the butcher ordered!! Australia Day is traditionally celebrated with lamb, so let’s have a look at a few options for both finger food for the stand up party goers as well as some recipes requiring the use of a fork! Finger Food Lamb sausage rolls with harissa yogurt Lamb, capsicum and onion skewers Beer-barbecued lamb ribs Sausage and onion jam rolls Lamb…
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For those of you who love your roast pork, achieving the crispiest, most mouth-watering crackling can be a bit illusive. Do not fear! Follow my easy steps and you’ll have a cracking crackling for Christmas this year! Dry the rind – THE most important thing to remember is to get as much of the moisture out of the pork rind as possible. The dryer your rind is, the better your crackling will be. Once you’ve removed your pork from it’s packaging, pat it dry with some paper towel. Another trick to getting the rind super dry is to dry it…
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It’s a lovely time of year. The weather is warm, the days are longer and Christmas is in the air. It’s a time for family and friends to come together, reflect on the year that’s been and appreciate everything we have in our lives. Christmas Day itself is meant to be enjoyed with loved ones. It is a celebration of the birth of Christ, of new beginnings. It is not meant to be stressful. In this short blog, I would like to give you a few tips that as a butcher, a husband and a father, should see your day…
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Sustainable agriculture is the future. Some say it’s the revolution agriculture needs to make in order for future generations to thrive. With our ever-expanding human population, we have to have a plan in place that replenishes the land from which our food comes from and leave it in a better state than in which we found it. With the multitude of health issues highly processed and convenience foods have bought to much of the Australian population, there is a movement happening whereby people are wanting to know where their food is coming from, the conditions under which livestock have been…
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Di Censo Butchers have been operating in Tunstall Square, Doncaster East for the past 32 years. As well as making it their mission to source only the best locally and ethically raised produce, Alf and Rose Di Censo also see it as their responsibility to educate consumers about the difference between ethically raised, outdoor bred, free-range and organic livestock versus animals who have spent their very short lives being intensively farmed. They respect the animal and how it has been raised and this respect is carried through to when it arrives in store and is divided into primal cuts for sale. Di…
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