Grilled Corn with Ajilimójili Butter
Grilled Corn with Ajilimójili Butter Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Caribbean cooking class! Ajilimójili is a garlicky Puerto Rican sauce traditionally served with grilled seafood, meat or vegetables – the name literally means ‘garlic sauce’. I’ve turned it into deliciously spicy ajilimójili butter to slather onto grilled corn. This recipe makes plenty of […]
Tuna Crudo with Stracciatella & Pistachio Pesto
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 […]
Smoked Salmon Crostini
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 […]
Pan-fried John Dory with Sage
Pan-fried John Dory with Sage Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Traditional Italian cooking class! This pan-fried john dory recipe has a cross-cultural heritage. It’s a pescatarian-friendly take on the Roman veal dish saltimbocca alla Romana inspired by classic French à la meunière. La meunière is the miller’s wife, and à la meunière is […]
Insalata Rossa (Radicchio Salad)
Insalata Rossa (Radicchio Salad) Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Traditional Italian cooking class! Insalata verde, literally ‘green salad’, is the most common Italian salad description. I like the variation of insalata rossa, or red salad, using my favourite lettuce, radicchio, with red onion and a touch of parsley for contrast. This radicchio salad […]
Potato & Scamorza Tart with Smoked Trout
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, […]
Sweet Mustard & Dill Sauce
Sweet Mustard & Dill Sauce Master Kitchen Basics & Explore New Cuisines & Ingredients with My Online Cooking Classes This classic Scandinavian sauce is called hovmästarsås in Swedish. Sweet mustard & dill sauce is traditionally served with gravlax and smoked salmon, and is great with any seafood, as a salad dressing or even a dipping […]
Gravlax
Gravlax Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Australian cooking class! ‘Gravad-lax’ means ‘buried salmon’ and refers to the ancient practice of wrapping salted fish in bark and burying it in the cold Scandinavian soil to preserve it through winter. While gravlax is normally prepared using a whole side of salmon, I have made it […]
Rosemary Focaccia
Rosemary Focaccia Join my food & wine tour to Italy to discover more Italian regional specialties! Authentic focaccia is made with a generous amount of olive oil (see video below). Plenty of oil ensures your focaccia is moist and rich. Once you’ve mastered a basic focaccia recipe you can start having fun with toppings. Most […]
Italian Salsa Verde
Italian Salsa Verde Join my food & wine tour to Italy to discover more Italian regional specialties! Salsa verde literally means ‘green sauce’ and variations of it are popular in different cuisines around the world. Italian salsa verde, based on parsley, is delicious drizzled over just about everything – prawns, poultry and vegetables (see video […]