I love Christmas for me its all about food. Each year we get together with friends and family to eat, not so much swapping of presents just recipes and where did you get that from. We love to eat and so do our friends and family we are very lucky.
Claire from Claire K Creations has organised a bunch of us bloggy folk to do secret Santa this year, it’s a fab idea, I have sent out my goodies to three lucky people and in return I will get three Christmas packages in the post. I am looking forward to seeing what I receive.
I made homegrown bread and butter pickles which you can get the recipe HERE and dukka. I have never made dukka before and my hubby keeps asking me to get more and since most of the time when I go to buy some I can’t justify spending $10 on a tiny jar of the stuff. I thought it best to start experimenting and make my own version. At Christmas time we have a lot of platters of food, not so much a sit down meal but lashings of cheese, cured meats, pickles, chutneys and this year olive oil and homemade dukka. I wanted to give a gift that could easily be put out on the table and eaten up over Christmas, mind you those pickles may not last very long.
- ¾ cup (100g) Hazelnuts
- ¾ cup (100g) Pistachios
- ½ cup (80g) Almonds
- 3//4 cup sesame seeds
- ⅓ cup coriander seeds
- ¼ cup cumin seeds
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
- Toast the nuts either in a frypan over a medium heat or in the oven. Toast the seeds with the salt and pepper till fragrant.
- Combine the nuts and seeds and spices into a blender and blitz in short bursts until the desired consistency is achieved for the dukka. I like mine a little rough.
Two of my pressies came last week. One was a gift box of three incredible goodies, choco – walnut balls, caramel and the cutest sugar biscuits. The other which I am really looking forward to trying is the chilli lime crumb. Being pregnant I have just rediscovered my love of watermelon and apparently I should dunk some in the crumb – sounds delicious, will be on the christmas table this year.
For more other great ideas for Christmas gifts that you can send in the post pop over to Claire K Creations and check out what others have made.
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Oooo, bread and butter pickles! And homemade dukkah! You’re absolutely right about buying dukkah. The stuff in stores can be very pricey. Would love to try your dukkah receipe this Christmas.
Your treats look fabulous, both what you received and what you sent. It was such a fun thing to be involved in!
Oh the bread and butter pickles were SOOOOOO yum!! polished the whole jar in one sitting. Oops! I’m yet to try the dukkah but looking at that list of ingredients I can only imagine how delicious its going to taste! Thanks so much!! xx
I love dukkah, especially with chewy sourdough, your recipe sounds lovely Liz. That chilli lime rub sounds amazing, enjoy 🙂
I LOVE your bread and butter pickles and you know what? Put some of that gorgeous dukkah in a bit of sour cream and it’s a lovely dip. 🙂 Thank you and Merry Christmas!
This looks wonderful Lizzie! I made dukkah as a gift last year and it was a hit. So delicious!
what a fabulous idea – how lovely to get such wonderful goodies from lovely people all around the country.
and wow, who knew dukkah was so easy! i don’t know much about dukkah – beyond eating it 🙂
Wonderful gift ideas! I love the dukka recipe – and now that I see how simple it is, I’m never buying it again!!
Such a cool idea!
I have been sprinkling the dukkah on everything ever since it arrived – love it! Yet to crack into the pickles but very excited about them too. Have a wonderful holiday season!
I love homemade dukkha, it’s such a treat. I also love the sound of the bread and butter pickles, I’m hoping to get a bumper crop of cukes this year so I’ve pinned the recipe in the hopes of making some.
I hope you have a lovely Christmas, Lizzie.