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.
Cheese Scones Like this recipe? You’ll love my online British cooking class! Given scones’ British heritage, I like to use a good crumbly cheddar in my cheese scones; most of it mixed into the dough and a little saved to sprinkle on top. I use Pepe Saya buttermilk for an added tang, but use regular […]
Salade Verte – How To Dress A Green Salad Like this recipe? You’ll love my online French cooking class Inspired by Damien Pignolet! A simple green salad (salade verte in French) is the ideal accompaniment to so many dishes, whether it’s made from just one type of leaf or a mixture of several. It may […]
Benne Wafers (Sesame Cookies) Like this recipe? You’ll love my online cooking class featuring the food of America’s Deep South! Benne (pronounced benny) is the heirloom ancestor to modern day sesame seeds. Morgan McGlone, who worked with renowned Southern chef Sean Brock at Husk in Charleston (South Carolina), tells me that even raw they have […]
Beignets(New Orleans Doughnuts) Like this recipe? You’ll love my online cooking class featuring the food of America’s Deep South! Beignets (pronounced bay-nyay) are close cousins to French boules de Berlin and were brought to New Orleans by the Acadians, French settlers exiled from Canada who relocated to Louisiana in the late 1700s. Beignets are traditionally […]
Focaccia Join my food & wine tour to Italy to discover more Italian regional specialties! I love authentic focaccia made with a generous amount of olive oil and had such fun working on focaccia recipes for our Month on the Italian Riviera inspired by Lucio Galletto. Lucio uses more water and oil in his recipe […]
Portuguese Rice Pudding Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Portuguese cooking class! Rice pudding is one of the most typical Portuguese desserts. It always makes an appearance at celebrations, from birthdays to weddings, and is usually decorated with a relevant motif sprinkled on top in cinnamon; initials or numbers are popular for birthdays, while […]
Bacon from Heaven Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Portuguese cooking class! There seem to be as many recipes for toucinho de céu as there are cooks; my simple version is inspired by the one Edite Vieira gives in her wonderful book The Taste of Portugal. She says that it originated in the Middle […]
Portuguese Sardine Pate Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Portuguese cooking class! Sardines abound in Portuguese waters and are one of the country’s most popular fish, with each person consuming an average of 5kg per year. Lisbon’s annual sardine festival sees the streets filled with parties, parades and makeshift charcoal grilling stations cooking so […]
Chocolate Mousse Like this recipe? You’ll love my online French cooking class Inspired by Damien Pignolet! Chocolate mousse has never gone out of fashion because it simply tastes so good (and is so easy to make). The trick to good mousse is keeping it as light as possible, so when adding the egg white and […]
Barbajada Join my food & wine tour to Italy to discover more Italian regional specialties! Barbajada, traditional Milanese hot chocolate, is the best mocha you’ll ever taste! It was created in the mid-1800s by Domenico Barbaja, a waiter at Café Cambiasi next to Milan’s famous La Scala Theatre. Traditionally it’s made with equal quantities drinking […]
