Recipes using the Parisi family’s great fresh produce!
Middle Eastern Zucchini Soup Like this zucchini soup recipe? You’ll love my online Middle Eastern cooking class inspired by Michael Rantissi! I love soup at any time of year – and fresh green veggie soups are so quick and easy. This isn’t a traditional Middle Eastern dish, just the way I like to make zucchini […]
Orange Pots de Crème Like this recipe? You’ll love my online French cooking class Inspired by Damien Pignolet! Pots de crème (also called custard pots in English) are a simple classic French dessert. These little pots of baked custard can be flavoured with almost anything. My recipe is inspired by one from Stephanie Alexander’s Cooks […]
Orange & Almond Impossible Pie Like this recipe? You’ll love my online cooking class featuring the food of America’s Deep South! Impossible pie is so named because all the ingredients are mixed together in one bowl and then ‘miraculously’ separate into three layers in the oven, giving a soft pie base, a creamy custard filling […]
Strawberries in Cointreau Like this recipe? You’ll love my online French cooking class Inspired by Damien Pignolet! So simple, it’s hardly a recipe at all, strawberries in Cointreau is my go-to dish when I want a super-quick delicious finish to a meal. It’s perfect for a night in for two, and just as easily multiplied […]
Strawberries Romanoff Like this recipe? You’ll love my online cooking class Inspired by Janni Kyritsis! I’ve seen this simple dessert credited to Carême and Escoffier (under the name Strawberries Americaine-style) though it seems to have become famous at Romanoff’s, a popular Beverly Hills restaurant in the 1940s and 50s. It was a favourite of mine […]
Lemon Delicious Pudding Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Australian cooking class inspired by Matt Moran! Lemon delicious pudding is a self-saucing pudding, one of those easy desserts that magically separates into a sponge top with a warm sauce underneath. This Aussie classic is tangy and a little goes a long way, especially when […]
Spinach & Ricotta Cannelloni Discover more Italian regional specialties on one of my small-group food & wine tours to Italy Spinach and ricotta cannelloni is an easy dish that can be prepared a few hours ahead of time, then just put in the oven at the last minute – perfect for casual entertaining. I use […]
Crepes Suzette Like this recipe? You’ll love my online French cooking class Inspired by Damien Pignolet! For a touch of indulgence, try the classic – but very easy – French dessert crêpes Suzette. Microplane graters have virtually replaced old-fashioned citrus zesters, but I prefer long thin strips of orange zest in my crêpes Suzette sauce […]
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 Best crumble ever in a Scottish East Coast fishing village! Discover Scotland’s best eats & drinks on my ‘Seafood & Spirits’ Tour! Fruit crumble may just 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 […]