Nuts are rich in nutrients, flavour and texture – and so versatile! Here are some of my favourite sweet and savoury nut recipes.
Guinea Fowl Bisteeya Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Middle Eastern cooking class inspired by Michael Rantissi! Variously written as bisteeya, bastilla, bestela, bastila, pastilla or pastila, this Moroccan pie has many variations but is traditionally an elaborately spiced preparation of pigeon, egg, almonds and warqa pastry, which is similar to Greek fillo pastry. […]
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 […]
Baked Vegetarian Kibbeh Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Lebanese cooking class! I love the classic torpedo-shaped kibbeh that often appear as part of Lebanese meze, but baked kibbeh (bil sanieh means ‘in the pan’) is much quicker to make and more popular as a family meal. Lakteen means ‘trick’ in Arabic and the […]
Swiss Vermicelles Discover more delicious Swiss specialties on my small group Swiss food & wine tour! One of the easiest Swiss desserts is chestnut puree on crisp meringue topped with whipped cream; it’s also popular in France, where it’s called Mont Blanc (or la torche aux marrons in Alsace). A potato ricer, typically used to […]
Hazelnut & Butterscotch Pull-aparts Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Italian cooking class featuring Australian Classics! Hazelnut and butterscotch pull-aparts is one of the quickest and easiest sweet treats to make, yet looks fabulous and tastes delicious. That’s my kind of cooking! Best of all, you can use this technique to make any flavour […]
Walnut & Cinnamon Coffee Cake Like this recipe?Find More Germanic Recipes Here! I’m not much of a baker, but this moist walnut and cinnamon coffee cake, with a scrumptious crunchy streusel topping, is foolproof and so delicious that it’s become my go-to when I need a homemade sweet treat to take to a friend’s house. […]
Date & Walnut Roll Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Australian cooking class inspired by Matt Moran! If I’m baking, it has to be super-easy, like this delicious date and walnut roll that I don’t even need to get the electric mixer out for. I remember my Aunty Dorothy making these when I was […]
Nanna’s Caramel Walnut Slice Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Australian cooking class inspired by Matt Moran! I came across a caramel walnut slice recipe in my grandmother’s handwriting. It was on a piece of paper tucked into an old exercise book where she’d written out her favourite recipes and stored others clipped from […]
Orange & Almond Impossible Pie Like this recipe? You’ll love my online cooking class featuring the food of America’s Deep South! Impossible pie is so named because all the ingredients are mixed together in one bowl and then ‘miraculously’ separate into three layers in the oven, giving a soft pie base, a creamy custard filling […]
Pesto Tagliatelle Join one of my food & wine tours to Italy to discover more Italian regional specialties! How often do you buy a bunch of basil, use a dozen leaves or so in a sauce or salad then wonder what to do with the rest? The answer’s easy: make pesto, the famous bright green […]
