It’s great to toss together a quick and tasty meal from what’s on hand. And it’s so easy with a well-stocked pantry, fridge and freezer and a little inspiration. Here are some of my favourite pantry recipes.
How To Make Orecchiette Pasta Like this recipe? Join my small-group Southern Italian food & wine tour to discover more traditional dishes! Orecchiette, meaning ‘little ears, is made using the same southern Italian pasta dough as cavatelli and foglie d’ulivo. It’s easiest to shape orecchiette if the dough is a little drier than for these […]
How To Make Foglie d’Ulivo Pasta Like this recipe? Join my small-group Southern Italian food & wine tour to discover more traditional dishes! Foglie d’ulivo are a very rustic southern Italian pasta named for the olive leaves their shape resembles. They will be somewhat irregular, just like olive leaves, so don’t try to make them […]
How To Make Cavatelli Pasta Like this recipe? Join my small-group Southern Italian food & wine tour to discover more traditional dishes! Cavatelli means ‘little hollows’ (related to the English word ‘cave’), a reference to its shell-like shape with hollows that are perfect for holding pasta sauce. Cavatelli appears all over southern Italy with all […]
Southern Italian Pasta Dough Like this recipe? Join my small-group Southern Italian food & wine tour and learn more delicious recipes with Mamma Marinella! When we talk about fresh pasta we’re often in northern Italy, where flour from soft wheat (farina di grano tenero) is combined with egg and the dough is usually rolled into […]
Middle Eastern Lamb Ribs Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Lebanese cooking class! Recipe inspiration comes from all sorts of places – sometimes it’s something you’ve eaten, sometimes it’s a new ingredient you come across. So when I saw lamb ribs at my butcher, I decided to give them a try. They’re meaty and […]
Janni’s Orzo with Green Onion Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Greek cooking class inspired by Janni Kyritsis! Orzo is the Italian word for barley and also the name Greeks often use for the small, grain-shaped pasta that Italians call risoni (meaning rice). So I guess one man’s rice is another man’s barley. Orzo […]
Pasta Fredda with Smoked Trout Join my small-group food & wine tours to Italy to discover more traditional Italian specialties! My Italian friends would insist that pasta fredda, also called ‘summer pasta’, is not a pasta salad (not even a warm pasta salad) but a delicious dish of freshly cooked pasta tossed with a sauce […]
Café de Paris Butter (Beurre Café de Paris) Join my small-group Swiss food & wine tour to discover more classic Swiss recipes! Café de Paris butter was created in the 1930s in Geneva and made famous there in the early ‘40s at the Café de Paris, where it’s still served today. Although it appears on […]
Chäschueche (Swiss Cheese Tart) Like this recipe? Discover More Delicious Swiss Dishes on My Small-Group Food & Wine Tour of Switzerland! Chäschueche literally means ‘cheese cake’ in Swiss German, which might make you think we’re preparing dessert. But ‘cheese tart’ would be a better translation, as Chäschueche is savoury, more like a quiche. You can […]
Chäschüechli (Swiss Cheese Tartlets) Like this recipe? Learn To Make Chäschüechli With Andie & Me On A Swiss Food & Wine Tour! Chäschüechli literally means ‘little cheese cakes’ in Swiss German, which conjures up images of dessert. These Swiss cheese tartlets are savoury however, more like quiche, and one of my favourite Swiss snacks. They’re […]