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.
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 […]
Potato & Scamorza Tart with Smoked Eel Like this recipe? Discover more delicious Italian dishes on my small-group Italian food & wine tours. This delicious potato and scamorza tart can be vegetarian, but – as with the potato and Fontina tart that inspired it – I often add some smoked fish like hot-smoked eel or […]
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 […]
Primo Sale Cheese (Ricotta-Style) Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Italian cooking class inspired by Giovanni Pilu! Primo sale is a fresh Italian cheese – sometimes resembling ricotta or cottage cheese, sometimes aged for a few weeks. It’s traditionally made from sheep’s milk though some versions today use cow’s milk or a mixture of […]
Pesto alla Genovese Join one of my food & wine tours to Italy to discover more Italian regional specialties! Although pesto means ‘to pound’, the classic Ligurian pesto alla Genovese, from the port city of Genoa, is traditionally made by crushing – rather than pounding – the ingredients in a marble mortar using a wooden […]
How To Make Paneer (Indian Cottage Cheese) Like Cheese Making? Discover How Easy It Is To Make Ricotta-Style Cheese. If you’ve never made cheese before you’ll be delighted by how easy it is to make traditional Indian cottage cheese, paneer, from just milk and lemon juice. Paneer simply means ‘cheese’ in Hindi as it’s the […]
Chicory Gratin Discover more delicious Swiss dishes on my small group food & wine tour of Switzerland! In northern Europe, notably Switzerland, the greens of chard, chicory and curly endive are often discarded, as it’s the crisp stems that are prized. There’s no need to waste either part of these tasty, healthy vegetables. Use the […]
Labneh Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Lebanese cooking class! This popular Lebanese dip is sometimes referred to as a cheese, but it’s really just strained yoghurt (sometimes called hung yoghurt). It takes a day or so to make, but next-to-no hands-on time. Apart from yoghurt and salt, all you need is some muslin […]