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.
Rhubarb Fool Dessert Like this recipe? You’ll love my online British cooking class! Fools are classic old-school British desserts that cooks could knock up quickly from what was on hand: cream, fruit (fresh or stewed) and sugar. Berries, especially gooseberries, are traditional – and strawberry, raspberry, damson plum and rhubarb fools are also popular. Food […]
Marmalade Pudding Like Marmalade? Join my small-group ‘Seafood & Spirits’ Tour To Scotland – The Home of Marmalade. Steamed jam pudding is an old-fashioned British and Australian classic; a quick and inexpensive dessert made with pantry staples. I make marmalade puddings as I love the way the bitterness of the citrus rind contrasts with the […]
French-style Hazelnut Praline Master Kitchen Basics & Explore New Cuisines & Ingredients With My Online Cooking Classes What exactly ‘praline’ means depends on where you are in the world – for more details see the FAQ below. The praline I’m talking about is French praline in the traditional sense: caramelised sugar mixed with nuts and […]
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’, are 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 […]