Bush Food Ingredients List
Our ingredients are sourced from indigenous growers and wild harvesters as well as non-indigenous growers and wild harvesters from all around Australia. Our aim is to work together harmoniously to achieve a common good. Our prices are set upon the receipt of each shipment. We aim to fill orders in a timely manner subject to availability.
- ANISEED MYRTLE - Flakes or powder - Aniseed Myrtle has strong aniseed scented leaves for flavouring desserts, sweet sauces & preserves. Great with fish or pork, steamed rice, seafood, chocolate, biscuits, icecream or tea.
- BUNYA NUT - Air dried raw Bunya Nuts ground into a fine flour
- BURDEKIN PLUM taste ranges from mild, sweet-tart to tart.
- BUSH TOMATO - crushed and whole - Bush Tomato is a strong sun dried tomato with a caramel/ tamarillo flavour and aroma.
- CINNAMON MYRTLE - Flakes or powder - has a spicy cinnamon-like aroma & flavour.
- DAVIDSONS PLUM - Frozen whole fruit or powder - Davidsons Plum (sour plum) makes an excellent jam. The powder adds a tang to icecream, sorbet, biscuits, muffins and cakes
- DESERT LIME - Powder or Chips - Desert Lime is small with an intense, piquant flavour. Its use is as diverse as in dukkahs, dressings, desserts and on seafood
- DESERT OAK - raw or roasted and ground - a coffee-like aroma and peanut butterish like taste
- FINGER LIME - Powder - an exquisite rainforest fruit. Its salty bitterness marries well with seafood.
- GERALDTON WAX - Flakes - adds a citrusy flavour (think Kaffir Lime) to your beverages and meals.
- GREEN TREE ANTS: Freeze dried (frozen - special order only)
- GUMBI GUMBI - Whole leaf - a bitter tasting thin leaf generally drunk as a tea.
- Illawarra Plum is hugely beneficial to the gastrointestinal tract and makes excellent jams and sauces
- JILUNGIN Leaf a digestive tonic and to aid relaxation and deep sleep
- KAKADU PLUM - Powder - Kakadu Plum is used in gourmet jams, sauces, juices, ice-cream, cosmetics, flavours and pharmaceuticals. Traditionally used as an antiseptic and a soothing balm for aching limbs. Claims to have the highest Vitamin C content in the World.
- KURRAJONG roasted seeds can be eaten, ground as a coffee substitute
- LEMON ASPEN - Powder - Lemon Aspen adds a uniquely Australian lemon flavour 'boost' in your cooking, such as in dips like hummus and baba ghanoush or in baking such as cheesecakes or citrus tarts.
- LEMON MYRTLE - Flakes or powder - Lemon Myrtle has a fresh fragrance of creamy lemon and lime which complements so many culinary delights, from fish and chicken to ice cream or sorbet
- LEMON SCENTED GUM - long and slender leaves have an amazing, strong lemon fragrance when crushed.
- LEMON SCENTED TEA TREE Eucalyptus and lemon aroma
- MACADAMIA NUT - dry roasted and raw - creamy, slightly sweet and finishes with a slightly salty taste
- MANUKA LEAF unique, slightly bitter taste
- MUNTRIES used anywhere that you would use apples or sultanas
- NATIVE BASIL - Powder or flakes - Native Basil is a fragrant mix of basil, mint and sage flavours. Use in any dish where sweet basil would be used, especially any Mediterranean tomato based dish
- NATIVE BLOOD LIME - Powder or Chips - Native Blood Lime is a cross between an acid mandarin and a red finger lime. Used in chutneys, jams, marmalades, savoury sauces, citrus based desserts, cocktails , seasonings, dukkah mixes and adds zing to seafood
- NATIVE CURRANT Flavour is best when mixed with sugar to remove the acidity.
- NATIVE LEMON GRASS - dried strands - Native Lemon Grass is said to have a calming and soothing effect on digestion and stress. Also used to treat muscle cramps, scabies, skin sores, headaches, fever & respiratory tract infections.
- NATIVE JUNIPER a unique mild juniper like flavour
- NATIVE RASPBERRY taste more like white mulberry.
- NATIVE THYME - Flakes - Native Thyme - incredibly intense spicy mint flavour
- PAPERBARK - Paperbark - has been used to cook foods, for shelter and for artwork over many many years.
- PEPPERBERRY - Whole or ground - Pepperberry (Mountain) bleed a soft pink colour into marinades or pickle solutions, pale sauces and yoghurt. Used to flavour sauces, chutneys, meats, cheeses, pate, breads,dampers, pastas
- PEPPERLEAF - Powder - Pepperleaf (Mountain) used to flavour sauces, chutneys, meats,cheeses, pate, breads, dampers, pastas etc.
- PEPPERMINT GUM - Flakes or powder - its minty overtones are excellent in tea, desserts, cakes & savoury dishes. As well as into sauces, pie crusts & stuffings for meat dishes.
- QUANDONG - dried halves or powder - somewhat tart, the flesh is highly nutritious and contains twice the vitamin C of an orange.
- QUANDONG SEED - remove the outer shell to uncover a dark brown rough coat which also needs to be removed so you can get at the oil rich kernel which you then roast to create yummy quandong flour.
- RIBERRY - whole dried - Slightly tart with a cinnamon spicy flavour
- RIVER MINT - Flakes - River Mint is a subtle native herb which has the taste and aroma of spearmint. Use in dressings, mint jelly, tea.
- ROSELLA - Whole dried - Most commonly known for its use in champagne. Use it in sauces, jams, ice cream and pastries.
- SALTBUSH - Flakes - A low sodium alternative and wonderful addition to bread, grills, pasta, salsa.
- SALTBUSH SEED has a soft texture with a salty herb flavour
- SANDALWOOD - Roasted whole - can be added to salads, enjoy chopped up with muesli yoghurt and fruit or as a topping for your desserts.
- SEA PARSLEY - Flakes - adds a fresh ocean taste to soups, dressings, flavoured butter, with seafood, white sauces
- STRAWBERRY GUM - Leaf, Flakes or Powder - used to enhance the flavour of cooked fruit dishes, desserts or spiced jams, icecreams and tea.
- SUNRISE LIME - Powder - A soft citrus flavour that teams well with stone fruit
- WATTLESEED - roasted ground or whole - Wattle seed when roasted and ground is versatile. From baking to thickening of sauces & casseroles, to ice cream. Add a teaspoon to your bread or scone mix!
- WHITE KUNZEA White Kunzea is a fragrant tiny leaf with hints of eucalypt and citrus, makes a great tea, and many uses as an infusion
Our list also includes in house seasoning blends which are also available by the kg:
- Desert Fire Seasoning (Saltbush, Chilli, Sea Salt, Mountain Pepper, Lemon Aspen, Garlic and Ginger.)
- Desert Flakes Seasoning (Saltbush, Sea Salt, Bush Tomato or Native Thyme, Wattleseed, Lemon Myrtle, Mountain Pepper, and garlic.)
- Swagmans Salt (Sea Salt, Native Basil, Sea Parsley or White Kunzea, Native Thyme , Saltbush & Mountain Pepper)
- Wild Pepper and White Kunzea Sea Salt (Sea Salt, Mountain Pepper, White Kunzea & Aussie Pepper)
- Tropical Pepperberry Sea Salt (Sea salt, Mountain pepper, Aussie Pepper and Lemon Aspen)
- Pepperberry Sea salt (Sea salt, Aussie Pepper and Mountain pepper
- Munducklin Curry Powder: combines the ingredients of a good curry with Australian Native Foods.
- Bush Tomato Seasoning (Australian tomato, Sea salt, bush tomato, aniseed myrtle, mountain pepper, paprika, sugar and garlic)
- Mountain Pepper and Rosella (Southern Ocean Sea Salt, Rosella petals and Mountain Pepper)
- Forestberry Seasoning (Strawberry Gum (aka Forestberry), Native Thyme, Mountain Pepper and Southern Ocean Sea Salt)
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