Mid winter arrives in New Zealand in mid June and for those of us who have migrated south from the northern hemisphere, it can feel a little bleak without all the tinsel and fairy lights that we're accustomed to leading up to the winter holidays in December, so we often have a Mid Winter Festival at this time of year with all the trimmings.
This is a heartwarming recipe to curl up with in front of a log fire on those chilly winter evenings.