Main · Season 18

Juniper Roo

Name: Juniper Roo
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 1 tbsp grapeseed oil; 500g kangaroo tail bones; 500g beef stock bones; 1 celery stick, roughly chopped; 1 carrot, roughly chopped; 1 onion, roughly chopped; 2 cloves garlic, crushed; 2 sprigs thyme; 1 bay leaf; 20 dried juniper berries, crushed; 10 native dried pepperberries, crushed; 3 large strips grapefruit peel; ½ cup fresh or frozen blackberries; 3 tbsp honey; ¼ cup verjuice; ½ cup gin; 300ml dry red wine; 1 litre beef stock; 50g cold unsalted butter, diced; 1 small beetroot, washed; ½ cup white wine vinegar; ¼ cup sugar; ¼ cup water; ¼ cup gin; 10 juniper berries, crushed; 1 tsp salt; 600g creme gold potatoes, peeled and diced; salt, for cooking water; 200g unsalted butter, melted; 100ml thickened cream

Pat McGarry

Contestant · 07 Jul 2026

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Serves

Components

Ingredients

Season

Ingredients

Juniper Jus

1 tbspgrapeseed oil

500gkangaroo tail bones

500gbeef stock bones

1celery stick, roughly chopped

1carrot, roughly chopped

1onion, roughly chopped

2 clovesgarlic, crushed

2 sprigsthyme

1bay leaf

20dried juniper berries, crushed

10native dried pepperberries, crushed

3 large stripsgrapefruit peel

½ cupfresh or frozen blackberries

3 tbsphoney

¼ cupverjuice

½ cupgin

300mldry red wine

1 litrebeef stock

50gcold unsalted butter, diced

Gin & Juniper Pickled Beetroot

1small beetroot, washed

½ cupwhite wine vinegar

¼ cupsugar

¼ cupwater

¼ cupgin

10juniper berries, crushed

1 tspsalt

Pomme Purée

600gcreme gold potatoes, peeled and diced

salt, for cooking water

200gunsalted butter, melted

100mlthickened cream

salt, to taste

Spring Onion Oil

1 bunchspring onions, green tops only

300mlgrapeseed oil

Spring Onion Mayonnaise

1egg

1 tbspDijon mustard

salt and pepper, to taste

200mlSpring Onion Oil

white vinegar, to taste

Juniper & Blackberry Glaze

3 tbspsugar

3 tbspwater

2 tbspwhite vinegar

10–12juniper berries, cracked

½ cupfresh or frozen blackberries

50gunsalted butter

5juniper berries, crushed

Kangaroo and Asparagus

1kangaroo fillet, room temperature

grapeseed oil, for cooking

salt, to taste

4–5asparagus spears

Garnish

20gmacadamias, toasted and roughly chopped

Micro basil leaves, to serve

Method

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Juniper BerriesKangarooGinPotatoMain

Recipe by Pat McGarry, Season 18. Originally published by Network 10 on 07 Jul 2026.

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