Recipes using the Parisi family’s great fresh produce!
Sweet Mustard & Dill Sauce Master Kitchen Basics & Explore New Cuisines & Ingredients with My Online Cooking Classes This classic Scandinavian sauce is called hovmästarsås in Swedish. Sweet mustard & dill sauce is traditionally served with gravlax and smoked salmon, and is great with any seafood, as a salad dressing or even a dipping […]
Gravlax Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Australian cooking class! ‘Gravad-lax’ means ‘buried salmon’ and refers to the ancient practice of wrapping salted fish in bark and burying it in the cold Scandinavian soil to preserve it through winter. While gravlax is normally prepared using a whole side of salmon, I have made it […]
Scarole di Natale Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Southern Italian cooking class! I was introduced to this dish many years ago by the Nonna of a family I stayed with in Campania. They were from the north, but Nonna Filomena had learned to cook this local dish and was keen to share it […]
Onion Focaccia Join my food & wine tour to Italy to discover more Italian regional specialties! Ligurian restaurateur Lucio Galletto makes the most delicious focaccia I’ve tasted (see video below), so my recipe is inspired by his and uses plenty of delicate Ligurian-style olive oil. Lucio calls focaccia ‘Liguria’s answer to pizza’ and I see […]
Ginger & Green Onion Sauce Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Malaysian cooking class! For me this ginger and green onion sauce is what Hainanese chicken rice is all about (see video below). Best of all it’s super easy to make. You’ll need about 8 green onions for this recipe, perhaps 6 if they’re […]
Dessert Cocktails While cocktails are typically served before dinner, I find some are better at the end of the evening. Here’s my version of some classic sweet cocktails that are perfect after, or instead of, dessert. Join me on a Food & Wine Adventure soon! Make your own simple sugar syrup by combining equal quantities […]
Cialledda Fredda (Tomato & Bread Salad) Like this recipe? Join me on an Italian food & wine tour to discover more regional specialties! On my first visit to Basilicata, the staff at my hotel prepared this delicious tomato and bread salad for me one morning after they discovered I was interested in their regional cuisine. […]
Nyonya Vegetable Curry Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Singaporean cooking class! While the classic Nyonya curry is made with chicken and potatoes in a creamy coconut sauce, the same curry paste is just as delicious as the base for a Nyonya vegetable curry. Potatoes are at the heart of any Nyonya curry, then […]
Cacik Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Turkish cooking class inspired by Somer Sivrioğlu! Yoghurt is a great accompaniment to anything fried as the acid cuts through the richness. I especially love it mixed with garlic and cucumber to make cacik (çaçık in Turkish, pronounced jajuk). Cacik is similar to Greek tzatziki except that […]
Thai Green Curry Paste Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Thai cooking class inspired by David Thompson! I’ve learned a thing or two about Thai cooking over the years from chef David Thompson. I’ve watched him cook for many hours and absorbed the mantra that the only way to ensure authentic Thai flavours is […]
