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Australian cuisine is the food and cooking practices of Australia and its inhabitants. Australia has absorbed culinary contributions and adaptations from various cultures around the world, including British , European , Asian and Middle Eastern .
A nut native to Australia, it can be used in desserts, savoury dishes or eaten roasted as a snack. [242] Mānuka honey: Honey derived from the Mānuka tree native to Australia and New Zealand. It has a strong, earthy and slightly bitter flavour. It is commonly touted as a health food throughout the world. [243]
Australian cuisine-related lists (13 P) Australian fusion cuisine (1 C, 1 P) A. Alcohol in Australia (7 C, 25 P) Australian apples (1 C, 8 P)
Australian Chinese cuisine is a style of cooking developed by Australians of Chinese descent, who adapted dishes to satisfy local Anglo-Celtic tastes. Its roots can be traced to indentured Chinese who were brought to work as cooks in country pubs and sheep stations.
Bush tucker, also called bush food, is any food native to Australia and historically eaten by Indigenous Australians, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, but it can also describe any native flora, fauna, or fungi used for culinary or medicinal purposes, regardless of the continent or culture.
In Australia and New Zealand, a meat pie is a hand-sized pie containing diced or minced meat and gravy, sometimes with onion, mushrooms or cheese and is often consumed as a takeaway food snack. This variant of the standard meat pie is considered iconic. [1] It was described by New South Wales Premier Bob Carr in 2003 as Australia's "national dish".
A lamington is an Australian cake made from squares of butter cake or sponge cake coated in an outer layer of chocolate sauce and rolled in desiccated coconut.The thin mixture is absorbed into the outside of the sponge cake and left to set, giving the cake a distinctive texture.
Contemporary Australian cuisine combines British and Indigenous origins with Mediterranean and Asian influences. Australia's abundant natural resources allow access to a large variety of quality meats, and to barbecue beef or lamb in the open air is considered a cherished national tradition.