Focaccia Join my food & wine tour to Italy to discover more Italian regional specialties! I love authentic focaccia made with a generous amount of olive oil and had such fun working on focaccia recipes inspired by Lucio Galletto for my Ligurian online cooking class. Lucio uses more water and oil in his recipe than […]
Pane Carasau with Rosemary Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Italian cooking class featuring the food of Sardinia! I love Sardinia’s crisp flatbread, called carta di musica or, in dialect, pane carasau – especially the way chef Giovanni Pilu serves it at Pilu at Freshwater. He brushes it with olive oil, sprinkles it with […]
Pita Chips Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Lebanese cooking class! With this not-even-really-a-recipe, you’ll never buy pita chips (also called pitta crisps) again, nor will you ever waste a piece of leftover Lebanese bread! Pitta chips are perfect with any dips including hummus, tzatziki, babaganoush and labneh. They’re also great crumbled over salads, alongside […]
Gnocchi Fritti with Salumi Join my Small Group Food & Wine Tours to Emilia-Romagna, Home of Gnocchi Fritti Gnocchi fritti are crisp puffs of deep-fried dough served with salumi all over Emilia-Romagna, they’re also popular in neighbouring Lombardy where they’re called chisolini. If you (or your guests) don’t eat salumi, they’re excellent with smoked salmon […]
Hot Cross Buns Like this recipe? You’ll love my online British cooking class! We always had hot cross buns on Good Friday when I was growing up and never on any other day. They were a special treat marking the beginning of the Easter long weekend and a traditional hot cross bun recipe is still […]
Pull Apart Chive Rolls Like Pull Apart Chive Rolls? You’ll love my online Australian cooking class inspired by Matt Moran! These pull apart chive rolls are simply a scone dough rolled up with a savoury filling. So, as with any scones, the trick is not to handle the dough any more than necessary (see video […]
Hazelnut & Butterscotch Pull-aparts Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Italian cooking class featuring Australian Classics! Hazelnut and butterscotch pull-aparts is one of the quickest and easiest sweet treats to make, yet looks fabulous and tastes delicious. That’s my kind of cooking! Best of all, you can use this technique to make any flavour […]
Classic Tarte Flambée (Flammekueche with Speck) Like this recipe? You’ll love my online French cooking class Inspired by Damien Pignolet! Tarte flambée is a traditional flatbread from Alsace. In the Alsatian language it’s called flammekueche – literally ‘flame cake’ – as it was traditionally cooked in a very hot wood-fired oven, like a pizza (and […]
Buttermilk Scones Join me in Scotland – the home of scones – on my Scottish ‘Seafood & Spirits’ Tour! People dropping by unexpectedly? All you need is self-raising flour, milk and 30 minutes to whip up a batch of scones (see FAQ below if you only have plain flour). If you have buttermilk (thanks Pepe) […]
Pissaladière Like Pissaladière? You’ll love my online French cooking class featuring the food of Provence! Pissaladière is a classic dish from the city of Nice and is often referred to as Niçoise pizza. Its thin bread base is similar to focaccia and the sweetness of the caramelised onions contrasts beautifully with the salty anchovies and […]