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Kūmara Ginger Crunch Cheesecake | Recipe

Celebrate Matariki | For your Festive Table

Kūmara cheesecake with a ginger-crunch twist? Pure nostalgia in every bite. Move over pumpkin pie: kūmara pie is in the whare.
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Try this flatto peach, tomato & feta salad while the unique flat peach grown in Central Otago is still in season.
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Cream-Filled Donuts with Fruit Compote | Recipe

Buying school lunches in the 80s was a real treat. A cream donut back then only came with mock cream and a spoonful of jam, but it was enough to make me love them for life. This recipe requires a bit of kneading (or you can use a stand mixer with a dough hook).
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A classic kiwi staple for Christmas, try this delicious Pavlova recipe pulled from Kai: Food stories and recipes from my family table.
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Honey-Roasted Yams with Feta Whip | Recipe

Yams were a staple in our whānau growing up. These weird-looking morsels with crevices that we’d have to scrub the dirt out of have a flavour that I still can’t quite put my finger on. My grandad would grow them year after year, and we would always roast them, the delicious flesh bursting out of the skin when you bit into one.
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