{"id":6584,"date":"2021-04-29T10:36:42","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T22:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.myfoodbag.co.nz\/?p=6584"},"modified":"2023-08-09T12:45:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T00:45:08","slug":"my-local-kitchen-stacey-morrison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/2021\/04\/29\/my-local-kitchen-stacey-morrison\/","title":{"rendered":"My Local Kitchen: Traditional h\u0101ng\u012b with a twist with Stacey Morrison"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

TV and radio presenter Stacey Morrison joined us in the My Food Bag<\/a> Development Kitchen to share her special recipe inspired by traditional M\u0101ori h\u0101ng\u012b. She chats to us about the inspiration behind the dish and her food memories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stacey Morrison with her H\u0101ng\u012b Parcels<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Tell us, what’s your inspiration behind the h\u0101ng\u012b recipe? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I love h\u0101ng\u012b, it\u2019s a lovely treat, and when we were making our TV show\u00a0Wh\u0101nau Living<\/em>, Alison Leonard came in with a slow cooker h\u0101ng\u012b recipe that I thought was really clever. My slow cooker is one I bought before I had three kids though and wasn\u2019t as big as I would have liked, so I adapted the recipe for the oven and put in some personal favourites and touches to the recipe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For instance, pre-frying the chicken so it retains that outer layer of flavour when it\u2019s fully cooked, adding m\u0101nuka salt and smoky spice flavours which I must say really make it so delicious! Seems I\u2019m a big fan of oil and spices, and my husband really rates it too.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What does a traditional h\u0101ngi mean to you?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A special event or hui, big scale and kinship of people working together. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tell us about your favourite part of h\u0101ngi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think the anticipation of knowing it\u2019s coming! How genius our ancestors were to come up with this way of cooking, and how a h\u0101ng\u012b fundraiser always goes well for school events too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My Local Kitchen<\/a> is about celebrating local food stories and iconic Kiwi dishes from our childhoods. Do you have a good yarn for us about growing up with h\u0101ngi or your first memory of it?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The banter around putting down a h\u0101ng\u012b is always really entertaining, and crews from the marae kitchen to the h\u0101ng\u012b pit always come up with the best one liners! In Rotorua there are also steam boxes which use the geothermal steam and boiling water to cook the meal, which add another delicious flavour profile. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wish I could find a classic photo I remember of my Kuia gathering watercress with me as a toddler, I was held on her back by a woollen blanket she would wrap around herself, so it became a backpack \u2013 no straps or flash design needed.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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