Recipes using the Parisi family’s great fresh produce!
Chicken Minestrone Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Northern Italian cooking class inspired by Alessandro Pavoni! Literally meaning ‘big soup’, minestrone is a hearty Italian dish half way between a soup and a stew. Vegetable-based, it was traditionally made from leftovers and whatever was in the garden or foraged nearby, so feel free to […]
Nectarine Fruit Crumble Like this recipe? You’ll love my online British cooking class! I think fruit crumble may be the world’s easiest dessert – and one of the yummiest! The only trick to making a great crumble topping is that the butter has to be cold. I still remember the best crumble I ever had, […]
Apple & Almond Pies Like this recipe? You’ll love my online French cooking class featuring the food of Provence! These simple apple and almond pies looks impressive because of the plaited pastry (a trick I learnt years ago from an Australian Women’s Weekly cookbook), but are quick and easy and can be assembled up to […]
Vegetarian Antipasto Join my food & wine tour to Southern Italy to discover more Italian regional specialties! For many years I worked right up to 24 December, but still looked forward to a relaxed Christmas Day with family and friends around our table. Remember it doesn’t have to be complicated to be delicious or impressive. […]
Figs & Prosciutto Visit Producers of Prosciutto di Parma & Balsamic Vinegar on my Small Group Italian Food & Wine Tour! This recipe is so simple it’s hardly a recipe at all. But I know that’s what you like, especially when friends drop by for a drink and you’re busy but still want to put […]
Palmiers with Strawberries & Crème Fraîche Like this recipe? You’ll love my online French cooking class Inspired by Damien Pignolet! These little French pastries are easy, versatile and delicious. The secret to palmiers is to use good butter puff pastry, not one made with margarine or other commercial fats; Carême brand is available in many […]
Asparagus & Goat Cheese Risotto Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Northern Italian cooking class inspired by Alessandro Pavoni! I love asparagus because it’s so easy to prepare, as well as being delicious. And I love combining it with two of my other favourite foods, rice and goat cheese in this simple asparagus risotto; […]
No-bake Cheesecake with Passionfruit Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Australian cooking class inspired by Matt Moran! Desserts often evoke nostalgia and this no-bake cheesecake with passionfruit topping certainly does for me. My father loved cheesecake and I wish I’d made it for him more often, especially this simple version which only takes 15 […]
Swiss Barley Soup (Gerstensuppe) Discover more Swiss regional specialties on my small group food & wine tour of Switzerland! I always cook up a big pot of this delicious barley soup for Swiss National Day (1 August). It’s one of Franz’s favourite childhood memories – a sustaining dish full of vegetables and cured meat, that’s […]
Ratatouille Like this recipe? You’ll love my online French cooking class featuring the food of Provence! This versatile Provençal dish is delicious hot or cold, as a standalone vegetarian meal, or an accompaniment to grilled meat, poultry or seafood. There aren’t any hard and fast rules, it’s a quick, one-pot combination of eggplant, capsicum, onion, […]
