New Zealand recipes
15 New Zealand recipes for a home kitchen, from 5 minutes. Have some of the ingredients already? Match them to what you have.
Dinner
120 min
New Zealand · dinner
Mince and cheese pie
New Zealand's favorite bakery pie: peppery beef mince gravy topped with melted cheddar under a flaky lid.
150 min
New Zealand · dinner
Pork and pūhā boil-up
Māori comfort pot of pork bones simmered with pūhā (or watercress), potatoes, kūmara and dough boys.
240 min
New Zealand · dinner
Oven hāngī
Home-oven take on the Māori earth oven: pork, chicken, kūmara, pumpkin and stuffing steamed in cabbage leaves and foil.
Lunch & snacks
5 min
New Zealand · lunch
Kiwi onion dip
The iconic two-ingredient party dip of reduced cream and onion soup mix, sharpened with lemon juice, with ripple chips.
15 min
New Zealand · lunch
Whitebait fritters
Kiwi delicacy of tiny whitebait bound in just enough egg, pan-fried and served on buttered white bread with lemon.
25 min
New Zealand · lunch
Green-lipped mussel fritters
Chopped green-lipped mussels in a light herby batter, pan-fried and served with lemon and aioli.
30 min
New Zealand · lunch
Southland cheese rolls
'Southland sushi': white bread spread with a cheesy evaporated-milk and onion soup filling, rolled and toasted with butter.
Baking & sweets
20 min
New Zealand · baking
Lolly cake
No-bake Kiwi log of malt biscuit crumbs, condensed milk and chewy fruit lollies, rolled in coconut and sliced.
30 min
New Zealand · baking
Hokey pokey ice cream
New Zealand's favorite: vanilla ice cream loaded with crunchy golden honeycomb toffee.
35 min
New Zealand · baking
Afghan biscuits
Crunchy chocolate cornflake biscuits topped with chocolate icing and a walnut half.
40 min
New Zealand · baking
Ginger crunch
Classic Kiwi slice: crisp ginger shortbread base under a thick, fudgy ginger-golden syrup icing.
40 min
New Zealand · baking
Melting moments
Tender custard-powder butter cookies sandwiched with lemon buttercream.
45 min
New Zealand · baking
Parāoa parai (Māori fry bread)
Golden, fluffy fried bread served with butter and golden syrup or alongside a boil-up.
50 min
New Zealand · baking
Louise slice
Shortcake base spread with raspberry jam under a chewy coconut meringue.
360 min
New Zealand · baking
Rēwena bread
Māori potato sourdough raised with a fermented potato bug (starter), tangy and soft with a crusty top.
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