Smoked Eel San Choy Bau
Smoked Eel San Choy Bau Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Chinese cooking class! Use my smoked eel san choy bau recipe as inspiration for all sorts of san choy bau, wok-tossed chopped prawns or squid make great variations, as do chicken, quail or pork. To get neat lettuce cups remove outer lettuce leaves […]
Baked Ocean Trout with Mushrooms
Baked Ocean Trout with Mushrooms Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Northern Italian cooking class inspired by Alessandro Pavoni! This recipe is inspired by my friend Alessandro Pavoni, and the time we spent together in northern Italy researching for A Lombardian Cookbook. Catching freshwater fish (like trout) and foraging for mushrooms are both popular […]
Baked Salmon with Fennel & Orange
Baked Salmon with Fennel & Orange Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Italian cooking class featuring the food of Liguria! Fennel, oranges and oregano are delicious flavourings for almost any seafood and I especially like them with a thick piece of crisp-skinned salmon. If you don’t like eating salmon skin, still cook the fish […]
Seafood Pot Pie
Seafood Pot Pies Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Australian cooking class inspired by Matt Moran! I love pot pies as there’s no pastry base to fiddle around blind baking, just a flaky golden pastry lid. You can bake them in a ramekin, ovenproof bowl or soufflé dish and fill them with virtually anything […]
Cucumber, Fetta & Tomato Salad
Cucumber, Fetta & Tomato Salad Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Greek cooking class Inspired by Janni Kyritsis! I love the salty tang of fetta-style cheeses, especially combined with cooling cucumber. Traditional Greek Feta is made from sheep milk, sometimes with a little goat milk added. It has PDO status, meaning only cheese produced […]
Swiss Cucumber Salad
Swiss Cucumber Salad Discover more delicious Swiss dishes on my small group food & wine tour of Switzerland! This easy Swiss cucumber salad is a refreshing side dish for almost any main course. The yoghurt dressing adds a touch of acid which cuts through the richness of creamy or fried dishes. A good natural pot-set […]
Swiss Kohlrabi & Herb Salad
Swiss Kohlrabi & Herb Salad Discover more delicious Swiss dishes on my small group food & wine tour of Switzerland! The Swiss love creamy salad dressings, often using yoghurt to supply both the creaminess and a little tang. Finely sliced root vegetables such as kohlrabi or celeriac are often served this way. As celeriac are […]
Provençal Omelette (Ratatouille Omelette)
Provençale Omelette Like this recipe? You’ll love my online French cooking class featuring the food of Provence! Provençal omelettes tend to be open-faced rather than the folded omelettes found elsewhere in France. They’re also often hearty with stronger flavours typical of Provençal cuisine – and they’re a great way to use up leftovers such as […]
Orangettes
Orangettes Like this recipe? You’ll love my online French cooking class featuring the food of Provence! I started making chocolate-dipped candied orange peel for dinner parties in the 1980s without realizing they had a connection to France. Candied citrus rind isn’t a new thing and I’m sure many people have had the idea of taking […]
Mushroom Duxelles
Mushroom Duxelles Like this recipe? You’ll love my online British cooking class! https://youtu.be/bUOTJnzcSF0 Duxelles is a classic French preparation of finely chopped mushroom and onion cooked down in butter with herbs (usually thyme or parsley), black pepper and salt, sometimes with a dash of cream, Sherry or Madeira. It’s used in a range of English […]