Jeremy Baker

Hōkio beach rainbow 🌈

Long weekend reading collection. Connected and contrasting themes - history, philosophy, cross-cultural exchange, reflection, and ancient thought.

Last marmalade of the season

Hokio Lime Marmalade Recipe

Ingredients:

1 kg of home-grown / organic limes (I use the sweet, yellow-skinned variety that we grow at Hōkio Beach) 2 kg of sugar 4 cups of hot water

Recipe

  • Slice the 1kg limes with a mandolin, and chop roughly; reserve the juice created.
  • Place chopped limes in a large casserole dish with the 4 cups of water and bring to the boil; then add the reserve lime juice. (If you want you can add extra squeezed juice of 2–3 limes for extra tartness at this point).
  • Add 2kg of sugar, stir in, and hard boil for 5–10 minutes - ensure you reach 104C (the sugar set point)
  • Pour the hot liquid into pre-sterilised preserving jars, seal and allow to cool. You will need around twelve 250ml jars.

You can adjust all the quantities - e.g. 500g of limes; 1kg of sugar; 2 cups of hot water; 6+ jars - as needed.

Hōkio Lime Marmalade.

Hōkio figs with Gorgonzola dolce and thyme honey.

Hōkio fresh fig festival

Sand Serif

Hōkio beach weekend antics

Merry Xmas and lots of love 🥰 from all of us at Hōkio beach ! 🎄❤️🎄

Collage of Christmas scenes. Lots of children and gifts.

Runner 🏃‍♂️

Picture of me after a run at Hōkio

Beach walk, Hōkio #hokio #hokiobeach

Selfie of me on Hōkio beach.

Key Lime Pie - from Hōkio limes. #limes #pie #keylimepie #billhastings #family #familydinner

Key Lime Pie with fresh green lime zest. A box of limes.A slice of Key Lime pie.

Morning rain, morning light. #hōkio #hokiobeach #rain #light #morning #mōrena

Collage of views from the deck at Hōkio beach showing rain, clouds but also morning light in hues of pink, gold and blue throughout.

Collage of views from the deck at Hōkio beach showing rain, clouds but also morning light in hues of pink, gold and blue throughout.

Today’s harvest. #limes #feijoas #onefig

Basket of limes, feijoas and a solitary fig.

Figs, Figs, Feijoas and Limes. The bounty of Hōkio.

Cut red figs, a collection of figs, feijoas and limes

Poached feijoas #feijoas #poached #preserves

jars of poached feijoas

Ottolenghi birthday feast

Ottolenghi birthday feast at Hōkio prepared by Andrew and Alec #hōkio #hokiobeach #feast #birthday #friends #dinner #delicious

Dishes: • Tomatoes with sumac onions and pine nuts • Brussel sprouts with burnt butter and black garlic • Sweet potato in tomato, lime and cardamom sauce • Lime and coconut potato gratin • Curried carrot mash with brown butter

Collage of Ottolenghi dishes

Chill’n in the garden #hōkio #hokiobeach #garden #chill #chilling #palms #weekend #tunes

pillows on the deck under the dappled light of palm trees

Fabulous Day Party at the White Barn with Hamish and Alastair, a quick visit to see Mum and Dad at Eketāhuna, and dinner on the deck with Bill and Simon at Hōkio. ❤️💙💚 #DayParty #WhiteBarn #Carterton #Wairarapa #Eketāhuna #EkeCountryCottage #Tararua #Hōkio #HōkioBeach #Horowhenua

collage showing garden party, white barn with green plantings, country cottage and dinner on a beach house deck

Blissful time at Hōkio.

Bougiest chickens - got their own holiday home… #chickens #hokio #wellington #holiday #HolidayHome #VisitingForTheWeekend

Two chickens outside their 'holiday coup' underneath olive trees

Delicious tomato salad, crispy potato and beans. #summer #dinner #family #beach #hokio

Hot and sunny at Hōkio (30C), after the rain #Hōkio #hokiobeach #sun #summer #heat #AfterTheRain #horowhenua

Sunny subtropical garden with decking and stairs

Mōrena from Hōkio! #hōkio #hokiobeach #horowhenua #morena #AtaMārie

morning sunset