What’s not to love – fruit is colourful, juicy, great-tasting and good for you! Sweet or sour, as the star attraction or support act in savoury dishes or desserts, here are some of my favourite fruit recipes.
How To Peel A Peach Master Kitchen Basics & Explore New Cuisines & Ingredients with My Online Cooking Classes Peaches are one of summer’s great gifts, delicious just as they are, sliced into salads and in desserts; but first we need to get rid of that fuzzy skin. A vegetable peeler is handy for peeling […]
Poached Quinces Master Kitchen Basics & Explore New Cuisines & Ingredients with My Online Cooking Classes Quinces are a wonderful old-fashioned winter fruit. Unlike their sweet cousins – apples and pears – they’re virtually inedible raw. They come into their own when they’re slow-cooked, turning a beautiful rosy colour. The longer they’re cooked, the deeper […]
Lebanese Lemonade Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Lebanese cooking class! Homemade lemonade is a delicious treat and very popular in Lebanon, where – especially in summer – it’s a typical way to welcome guests. Lebanese lemonade is also called Batrouni lemonade after the resort town of Batroun in northern Lebanon, famous for its […]
How To Segment Citrus Master Kitchen Basics & Explore New Cuisines & Ingredients with My Online Cooking Classes Learning how to segment citrus fruit to create neat pieces gives dishes a professional finish. And they’re easy to create once you know how to segment citrus fruit. The same method is used to segment oranges, lemons, […]
Piadina, Stracciatella, Figs & Balsamic Vinegar Learn to Make Piadina in Romagna on my Small Group Italian Food & Wine Tour In Emilia-Romagna, the flatbread Piadina Romagnola (plural: Piadine Romagnole) is often served with the local cream cheese called squacquerone. In Australia, I like to use creamy stracciatella from Vannella Cheese – it has a […]
Es Degan(Es Kelapa Muda) Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Indonesian cooking class! This iced sweet treat of coconut water, sugar syrup and young coconut flesh is one of Indonesia’s most popular drinks. Es degan is the Javanese name, while elsewhere in Indonesia it’s called es kelapa muda (literally iced young coconut). Traditionally it’s […]
Sop Buah Like Sop Buah? You’ll love my online Indonesian cooking class! This refreshing Indonesian fruit soup is especially popular on hot days. When it’s in season I like to make dragon fruit the star of my sop buah because it’s so colourful, but use any tropical fruits you like including mango, papaya, watermelon, lychees, […]
Top 5 Prosecco Cocktails Prosecco (also known as glera) is a grape traditionally grown in Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia in north-eastern Italy, where it’s made into a light, creamy sparkling white wine also called Prosecco. Visit the hills of Valdobbiadene on my small-group food & wine tour of Venice & Veneto. The best Prosecco is […]
Caribbean Rum Cocktails Due to the post-colonial proliferation of sugarcane plantations, rum is one of the Caribbean’s most important exports – and one of its favourite cocktail ingredients! Like These Cocktails? You’ll love my online Caribbean cooking class inspired by Paul Carmichael! I’ve given suggestions for white or dark rum in some recipes below, but […]
Armando’s Panettone with Berries Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Italian cooking class featuring the food of Southern Italy! Armando’s panettone with berries is a delicious dessert made with Italy’s traditional Christmas cake, panettone. Panettone is a popular gift among Italians and my friend Armando Percuoco created it to use up all the leftover […]