Recipes where fresh herbs play a starring role
Entrecôte Café de Paris Discover more delicious Swiss dishes on my small group food & wine tour of Switzerland! A compound butter is one of the easiest ways to turn a piece of meat into a meal. It can be as simple as anchovies, garlic or fresh herbs mixed through butter, or as complex as […]
Vichyssoise Like this recipe? You’ll love my online French cooking class Inspired by Damien Pignolet! Vichyssoise is a wonderfully versatile leek and potato soup that’s delicious hot or cold. I use Dutch cream potatoes, but any floury potatoes work well. Wash leeks well to dislodge any soil caught between their layers, and don’t underestimate how […]
Chicken Soup with Fregola Avgolemono-Style Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Sardinian cooking class! Who doesn’t love a good chicken soup – the universal panacea? This version is more of a meal than a soup – and it tastes great! It came about as a way to use up the delicious chicken stock leftover […]
Stuffed Artichokes Join my food & wine tour to Italy to discover more Italian regional specialties! I love artichokes, one of the first spring vegetables to appear in greengrocers. I love them finely shaved raw in a salad, deep-fried Roman-style (carciofi alla Giudia), and preserved on an antipasto plate. But most of all I love […]
Chicken & VegetablePot Pie Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Australian cooking class inspired by Matt Moran! There’s something very comforting about a homemade pie. This chicken and vegetable pot pie, which I’ve been making for over 30 years, is one of my favourites. If you’re short on time you can use a barbecued […]
Gnocchi alla Sorrentina Join my food & wine tour to Southern Italy & dine with me at Ristorante da Ciccio! This deliciously simple dish is so easy even a child can make it (see video below). It’s named for the town of Sorrento on Italy’s Amalfi coast and I first ate it at Ristorante Da […]
