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.
Coppa di Mascarpone Discover more Italian regional specialties on one of my small-group food & wine tours to Italy This simple dessert was a fixture on Italian restaurant menus in the ‘70s and ‘80s but seems to have fallen from favour now, replaced I suspect by the more complex tiramisu. While tiramisu is an excellent […]
Bruschetta Caprese Join my food & wine tour to Southern Italy & Rome to discover more Italian regional specialties! It’s good to eat with the seasons, but occasionally I want a touch of summer in winter – that’s when I call on a few of my favourite things and create this delicious bruschetta Caprese. Windy […]
Ricotta Walnuts & Honey Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Italian cooking class featuring the food of Sardinia! Ricotta walnuts and honey is a great way to end a meal when you feel like something slightly sweet to nibble on but don’t want dessert. It’s inspired by a recipe in Lucio Galletto’s book Coastline. […]
Potato & Fontina Tart with Smoked Trout Join my small-group food & wine tours to Switzerland and Emilia-Romagna and lunch with me in Valle d’Aosta. This versatile potato and Fontina tart is inspired by the cuisine of Valle d’Aosta – the tiny Italian region tucked into the corner of the Alps where Italy, Switzerland and […]
Bucatini all’Amatriciana Join my food & wine tour to Rome & Southern Italy to discover more Italian regional specialties! I love tomato, cheese and all things quick and easy, so I’m not sure why it took me so long to try my hand at bucatini all’Amatriciana, one of Italy’s classic pasta dishes. Perhaps it’s because […]
Kolokithokeftedes Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Greek cooking class Inspired by Janni Kyritsis! These fritters (keftedes in Greek) are typically served as part of a mezedes, the array of snacks eaten at the start of a meal or at any time when drinking ouzo. Add some dolmades, spanakopita, Janni Kyritsis’ stuffed red capsicum […]
Gorgonzola & Walnut Sauce with Lumache Like this recipe?You’ll love my online Italian cooking class featuring the food of northern Italy! I first had this sauce many years ago in an Italian restaurant in Glebe. I remember writing a letter (no email back then) to the chef asking if he’d share the recipe, but he […]
French Onion Soup Like this recipe? You’ll love my online French cooking class Inspired by Damien Pignolet! Soup, bread, cheese: three of my favourite comfort foods. I love French onion soup because it combines all three! Beef stock is considered the traditional base, but I often use chicken stock or just water. Sometimes I use […]
Ricotta Stuffed Pasta Shells in Taleggio Sauce Discover more Italian regional specialties on one of my small-group food & wine tours to Italy My cooking’s often inspired by what happens to be on hand, like some delicious Vannella ricotta leftover from recipe testing and a huge bunch of chives from a herb patch gone berserk. […]
Truffle & Cheese Toastie Like truffles? Join me for a hands-on truffle hunting food & wine weekend! This black truffle and cheese toastie is quite simply the most decadent toasted sandwich you’ll ever make. Australian black truffles are one of the joys of winter and, although they cost upwards of $2,500/kg, a little goes a […]