Dates

Cornflake cookies recipe - Preheat oven to 170°C, and line oven trays with baking paper. Beat butter and sugars in an electric mixer until pale and fluffy (3-4 minutes).

Pineapple, date and liquorice parcels recipe - Preheat oven to 180C. Place four 30cm squares of baking paper on a work surface. Top each with another square, then divide pineapple among sheets.

This deconstructed mushroom, onion and fennel omelette is made to be a side for braised lamb shoulder.

Salted maple almond balls- Simmer maple syrup in a saucepan over medium-high heat until caramelised. Remove from heat and stir in coconut oil.

Leave small pockets of the crunchy museli and pecan crumble so the maple pear sauce can trickle over.

Recipe for whiskey pies from Le Bon Ton restaurant in Melbourne.

Brigitte Hafner recipe for date and preserved lemon chutney.