Pink Grapefruit Passionfruit Ice Cream

Pink Grapefruit & Passionfruit Ice Cream Like this recipe?Master more frozen desserts here! This pink grapefruit and passionfruit ice cream is a variation on a sherbet recipe I make with all sorts of different fruits. I like the tang of grapefruit with the sweetness of passionfruit – a combination I came up with to try […]

Lemon Shortbread Cookies

Lemon Shortbread Cookies Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Australian cooking class inspired by Matt Moran! I created these lemon shortbread cookies by accident. I started thinking about classic Aussie melting moments – but I didn’t have any cornflour so substituted rice flour, which gave my cookies more of a shortbread texture. I still […]

Cranachan

Cranachan Like this recipe? You’ll love my online British cooking class! Cranachan, a combination of oats, raspberries, whisky and honey (ideally heather honey, available online), is the most typical Scottish dessert. A bit like a Scottish Eton mess, these days it’s usually made with whipped cream, though traditionally Scotland’s cottage cheese, crowdie, was used, giving […]

Kolokithokeftedes (Greek Zucchini Fritters)

Kolokithokeftedes Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Greek cooking class Inspired by Janni Kyritsis! These fritters (keftedes in Greek) are typically served as part of a mezedes, the array of snacks eaten at the start of a meal or at any time when drinking ouzo. Add some dolmades, spanakopita, Janni Kyritsis’ stuffed red capsicum […]

Raspberry Crème Fraîche Sherbet

Raspberry Lime Sherbet Like this recipe? You’ll love my online French cooking class Inspired by Damien Pignolet! I love the way good basic recipes can be rejigged to suit different occasions and ingredients. I originally made a mango and lime sorbet (more accurately called a sherbet, see FAQ below for details); then when I needed […]

Mango Crème Fraîche Sorbet (Sherbet)

Mango, Lime & Crème Fraîche Sorbet Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Australian cooking class inspired by Matt Moran! This super easy mango crème fraîche sorbet is inspired by Katrina Kanetani’s plum sorbet in the cookbook Pier, and you could substitute plum or any other fresh fruit for the mango. The crème fraîche gives […]

Bresaola Salad

Bresaola, Watercress & Egg Salad Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Middle Eastern cooking class inspired by Michael Rantissi! I fell in love with bresaola when I was researching A Lombardian Cookbook in Italy with Alessandro Pavoni. A specialty of Lombardy, bresaola is salt-cured beef eye round that’s dried in the crisp Alpine air. […]

Grilled Asparagus with Sauce Maltaise

Grilled Asparagus with Sauce Maltaise Like this recipe? You’ll love my online French cooking class featuring the food of Provence! Spring brings so many wonderful ingredients together, including two of my favourites: new season asparagus and blood oranges. And I love combining them in this dish of grilled asparagus with sauce Maltaise. Being one of […]

Deep-fried Zucchini Flowers

Deep-fried Zucchini Flowers Join my food & wine tour to Italy to discover more Italian regional specialties! The best deep-fried zucchini flowers I’ve ever tasted were served at Buon Ricordo. They weren’t filled, just coated in a very light yeasted batter, deep-fried in olive oil and well salted! I used to drive chef-patron Armando Percuoco […]

Apple Crumble

Apple Crumble Like this recipe? You’ll love my online British cooking class! I have more of a savoury than a sweet palate, so I don’t make a lot of desserts. When I do, they have to be super quick and easy like this delicious apple crumble. If you have a sweeter palate you might like […]

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