The posts feature recipes that we have gathered and created during our travels, including recipes from The Dish and Weekend Eggs posts.
This easy bacon mushroom pasta recipe makes an incredibly delicious and comforting pasta that’s sprinkled with grated Parmigiano Reggiano and fresh parsley. We’ve made this pasta with bucatini, but you could use a thick spaghetti, linguini, fettuccini, or even penne, and while the basis for this light pasta is extra virgin olive oil, you could … Read more
This classic basil pesto pasta with potatoes and green beans recipe makes the traditional potato, green bean and basil pesto pasta from Liguria in Northern Italy, which we first tried in Genoa some years ago – except instead of trofie, the pasta traditionally served with pesto, I’ve used fusilli or corkscrew pasta. I love the … Read more
Our recipe for grilled carrots on dill yoghurt with dukkah and fresh aromatic herbs makes a Middle Eastern style side dish loaded with texture, flavour and fragrance that’s fantastic with grilled meats and garlicky chicken. Use baby carrots or carrot batons, grill the carrots or pan-fry them, serve the carrots on dill yoghurt or labneh, … Read more
My speedy sardine pasta recipe with caper gremolata and crunchy pangrattato makes another fast pasta with canned fish. This quick and easy spaghetti with tinned sardines, gremolata with capers, and a simple traditional pangrattato of crunchy breadcrumbs is a pasta dish that’s loaded with texture, flavour and fragrance. Best of all, it comes together in … Read more
This Italian gremolata recipe makes a fragrant zesty Italian condiment that’s versatile, comes together quickly, and is fantastic stirred into soups, sprinkled onto pasta or spooned onto grilled meats, seafood and vegetables. A classic gremolata is made with fresh parsley, lemon zest and garlic, but you can get creative with different herbs and spices, while … Read more