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One of the benefits of Tasmanian Mountain Pepper Berries is its aromatic spiciness, making it far more versatile than conventional pepper.   It is an excellent ingredient for savoury, sweet, and salad meals.   A few of my favourite pepper recipes follow here:
The Salad

Time:
10 mins

Serves: 2

 Ingredients:
4 lettuce leaves, 1/2 cucumber, 1 tomato, 1 carrot, some cheese, 2 shallots, 1 cup pasta

Options:
- crackers, crispbread, or damper
- kidney beans, bunya nuts, or macadamia nuts
- sea celery, fennel, or dandelion leaves
- capsicum, or bush tomato
- fruit garnish: sultanas, olives, or ruby saltbush
 

 Method:
Boil pasta until al dente, drain off 90% of water.
Grind some Tasmanian Mountain Pepper into the saucepan, and stir in.
Add chopped items to the pasta: carrot, shallots, tomato and cheese; cover for 5 mins.
Make a small bed of lettuce in each bowl, and add pasta salad.
Garnish with crumbled cheese and chopped cucumber.   Serve warm.
The Omelette

Time:
10 mins

Serves: 2

 Ingredients:
4 eggs, 1/2 cup milk, 1/3 cup plain flour, pinch of salt, 1 tomato, 1/2 zucchini, 2 shallots, dash of oil

Options:
- sea salt
- capsicum, or bush tomato
- sea celery, warrigal greens, or parsley
- macadamia or candlenut oil
- garnish: wattle seeds, dried lemon myrtle leaves, or desert quandong seeds
 

 Method:
Break eggs into a mixing bowl with milk, and sift in flour.
Add the chopped vegies to the mixture: tomato, zucchini, and shallots.
Add a pinch of salt, and grind some Tasmanian Mountain Pepper into the bowl.
Pour a small amount of oil into a heated fry-pan, and then half the egg mixture.
Lightly brown both sides of the omelette.   Make a second one.
Garnish with parsley, and serve warm.
The Sultana Loaf

Time:
40 mins

Makes: 10 thick slices

 Ingredients:
1 cup plain flour, 1/2 cup milk, 1/2 Tbsp. butter, 1 cup sultanas, 1/3 cup sugar

Options:
- wattle seeds, macadamia nuts
- dried apple-berry, billygoat plum, finger lime, illawarra plum, muntries
- honey, manna or lerp, acacia gum, grevillea nectar

 Method:
Sift flour into a mixing bowl, rub in butter.
Add milk, sultanas, sugar, and some ground Tasmanian Mountain Pepper.   Stir.
Grease a loaf tin, and spoon in loaf mixture.
Cook in a preheated oven at 200 degrees Celsius for 30 minutes or until tapping produces a dull, hollow sound.