Meet the team: Amelia, Head Office

The Essential Ingredient is passionate about cooking and food, and so are the members of our team.

When you visit an Essential Ingredient store, you’re getting help and advice from people …

Spring awakening

It may take a few weeks until it really feels like it, and it might not even technically …

What are your knives made of?

Choosing a knife is a personal experience for a chef or cook.

Whether you already have a brand preference or not, knife selection often means interpreting a wide variety of differences.

We’ve already discussed choosing the right knife types, but what about materials?

Blades and handles are commonly made from a …

Recipe: Peter Kuruvita’s Sri Lankan Love Cake

Sri Lankan cuisine is as rich in tradition as it is in flavour. This sweet treat is much a part of the Sri Lankan food landscape as curry, and after you try it just once, you’ll know why. It’ll be love at first taste.

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Ingredients

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Mushroom Oil: Creating your own secret ingredient

The Essential Ingredient’s range of dried mushrooms are perfect for many dishes; sauces, risottos, stuffing, pickles, omelettes, stews, or anywhere fresh mushrooms are used.

They’re also perfect for creating your own secret ingredient: Mushroom oil.

Simply choose your favourite dried mushroom variety- the Essential Ingredient’s core range …

Kidding around: the goat meat revolution

For food lovers and cooking enthusiasts alike, working with unfamiliar or lesser-used ingredients is the thrilling base of invention. When it comes to goat and kid meat, which has long been a staple of many international cuisines, goat is an Australian food revolution waiting to happen.

Australians love to …

Your new favourite: Chocolate-coated Brandy Truffle Stuffed Figs

The Essential Ingredient scours the globe to find the best food and cooking products, importing them exclusively into Australia.

Our latest discovery, Rabitos Royale Chocolate-coated Brandy Truffle Stuffed Figs, will set your tastebuds alight.

The small village of Almoharin, tucked into the Extremadura region of Spain, is famous for its figs. The …