Cheese adds flavour, texture and aroma to dishes, whether it’s salty feta crumbled into a salad, oozy melting Swiss gruyere in a sandwich, or ricotta baked into a simple dessert. From making simple fresh cheese to dishes using a vast range of European, Asian and Australian cheeses, here are some of my favourite cheese recipes.
Tuna Crudo with Stracciatella & Pistachio Pesto Who says seafood & cheese don’t mix? Discover more delicious seafood & cheese recipes! Vannella Cheese creative director, Anthony Silvio, and I put our heads together to bust the myth that seafood and cheese don’t mix. We discovered delicious traditional recipes combining seafood and cheese, and created a […]
Scallops with ‘Nduja Butter & Scamorza Who says seafood & cheese don’t mix? Discover more delicious seafood & cheese recipes! Vannella Cheese creative director, Anthony Silvio, and I put our heads together to bust the myth that seafood and cheese don’t mix. We discovered delicious traditional recipes combining seafood and cheese, and created a few […]
Salad with Bottarga & Persian Fetta Like bottarga? You’ll love my online Sardinian cooking class! Bottarga – salted, dried mullet roe – is the most popular seasoning in Sardinia. It’s grated over pasta, sliced as an antipasto, shaved over salad and beaten into butter to melt over steak (see video below). This simple salad with […]
Trout & Persian Fetta Rolls Like smoked trout? Discover more easy recipes using preserved & smoked seafood! The lavash used for these tasty little smoked trout & Persian fetta rolls is flat, rectangular Middle Eastern bread popular for making wraps. It’s also called mountain bread; don’t confuse it with crisp lavosh crackers, which won’t work […]
Smoked Salmon Crostini Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Traditional Italian cooking class! These smoked salmon crostini are simple, versatile and delicious: top crisp croutons with a creamy, herby spread add a piece of smoked fish and enjoy! I use chives and dill because they’re usually in the herb patch, but you could use […]
Pistachio-Crusted Salmon Like this recipe? Join me on a Southern Italian food & wine tour to discover more regional specialties! This delicious pistachio-crusted salmon is inspired by a dish served at the annual Sagra del Pistacchio di Bronte in Sicily and introduced to me by Lucio Galletto. Bronte is renowned for its pistachios which are […]
Riso, Patate e Cozze (Tiella Barese) Like this recipe? Join me on a Southern Italian food & wine tour to discover more regional specialties! One of Puglia’s most popular dishes – riso, patate e cozze (or ‘ris, patan e strazz’ in dialect) originated around Bari in the 16th century during the Spanish rule in southern […]
Potato & Scamorza Tart with Smoked Trout Like this recipe? Discover more delicious Italian dishes on my small-group Italian food & wine tours. This deliciously versatile potato & scamorza tart can be vegetarian, but potatoes and smoked fish are such natural partners that I like to add hot-smoked rainbow trout. Scamorza is an aged mozzarella, […]
Mandarin Tiramisu Like Italian food? Join me on a small-group food & wine tour to Italy soon! I’m a traditionalist and – especially when it comes to Italian food – a purist. But I’m also pragmatic. So when I came across a bag of freeze-dried mandarins in the pantry I decided to create mandarin tiramisu, […]
Baked Stuffed Zucchini Flowers Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Ligurian cooking class! Colourful zucchini flowers are one of my favourite vegetables – especially baked with an aromatic cheesy stuffing. The creamy spreadable marinated cheese known as ‘Persian fetta’ has very little to do with Greek feta or Persia, but it is delicious and […]
