They may be a support act, but great side dishes can transform a meal. Breads, salads, rice, potatoes and veggies, some can even be transformed into the main attraction with a little inspiration. Here are my favourite side dish recipes.
Grilled Corn with Ajilimójili Butter Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Caribbean cooking class! Ajilimójili is a garlicky Puerto Rican sauce traditionally served with grilled seafood, meat or vegetables – the name literally means ‘garlic sauce’. I’ve turned it into deliciously spicy ajilimójili butter to slather onto grilled corn. This recipe makes plenty of […]
Salad with Bottarga & Persian Fetta Like bottarga? You’ll love my online Sardinian cooking class! Bottarga – salted, dried mullet roe – is the most popular seasoning in Sardinia. It’s grated over pasta, sliced as an antipasto, shaved over salad and beaten into butter to melt over steak (see video below). This simple salad with […]
Spinach with Lemon (Spinaci al Limone) Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Traditional Italian cooking class! I love Italian spinaci al limone, a classic side dish of silken green spinach leaves seasoned simply with olive oil, garlic, salt and lemon juice. It’s a great accompaniment to just about anything, or even a delicious quick […]
Insalata Rossa (Radicchio Salad) Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Traditional Italian cooking class! Insalata verde, literally ‘green salad’, is the most common Italian salad description. I like the variation of insalata rossa, or red salad, using my favourite lettuce, radicchio, with red onion and a touch of parsley for contrast. This radicchio salad […]
Sweet Mustard & Dill Sauce Master Kitchen Basics & Explore New Cuisines & Ingredients with My Online Cooking Classes This classic Scandinavian sauce is called hovmästarsås in Swedish. Sweet mustard & dill sauce is traditionally served with gravlax and smoked salmon, and is great with any seafood, as a salad dressing or even a dipping […]
Scarole di Natale Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Southern Italian cooking class! I was introduced to this dish many years ago by the Nonna of a family I stayed with in Campania. They were from the north, but Nonna Filomena had learned to cook this local dish and was keen to share it […]
Rosemary Focaccia Join my food & wine tour to Italy to discover more Italian regional specialties! Authentic focaccia is made with a generous amount of olive oil (see video below). Plenty of oil ensures your focaccia is moist and rich. Once you’ve mastered a basic focaccia recipe you can start having fun with toppings. Most […]
Onion Focaccia Join my food & wine tour to Italy to discover more Italian regional specialties! Ligurian restaurateur Lucio Galletto makes the most delicious focaccia I’ve tasted (see video below), so my recipe is inspired by his and uses plenty of delicate Ligurian-style olive oil. Lucio calls focaccia ‘Liguria’s answer to pizza’ and I see […]
Olive Focaccia Join my food & wine tour to Italy to discover more Italian regional specialties! My focaccia recipe is inspired by Ligurian restaurateur Lucio Galletto, who uses more water and oil in his recipe than most I’ve seen (see video below). Liguria is famous for the tiny, tasty Taggiasche olives that make the most […]
Burghul with Vermicelli Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Middle Eastern cooking class! Rice with vermicelli is a popular Lebanese side dish and I also love this version using burghul that’s packaged with fine vermicelli noodles already through it (Duru brand from Turkey, available at Middle Eastern grocers). You could also toast some vermicelli […]
