This easy panzanella salad recipe makes the delicious Tuscan style bread and tomato salad that tastes of summer in Italy. A bread salad with onions and cucumbers before tomatoes arrived in Italy, it makes use of stale bread, the hallmark of povera cucina, the no-waste cooking of the countryside. A traditional recipe, it’s versatile – … Read more
This easy seafood pie recipe makes rustic seafood pies in a creamy spring vegetable sauce with flaky puff pastry lids. The rustic look belies the velvety sauce within, made with fresh spring vegetables such as asparagus, zucchini and peas, fragrant herbs such as dill and flat leaf parsley, and chunky pieces of salmon, sweet prawns … Read more
This traditional pork carnitas recipe makes the mouthwatering Mexican slow-cooked pulled pork that’s fantastic on tacos, tostadas, tortas, burritos, and more. Carnitas means ‘little meats’ and the pork is slow-braised until so juicy and tender it easily falls apart. The heat is then increased to get crispy bits of pork for delicious contrasts of texture … Read more
This chicken parmigiana recipe makes a delicious chicken parma in the Italian Australian style that appeared in the 1950s and became a popular mid-week pub counter meal special in the 1980s. Our homemade chicken parmy recipe makes succulent chicken breast fillets with a crunchy breadcrumb coating, topped with a rich tomato sauce and melted parmesan … Read more
This classic ribollita soup recipe makes the Tuscan bean, kale and bread soup, invented to use up leftovers, including stale bread. ‘Ribollita’ means ‘re-boiled’ in Italian and traditionally this hearty vegetarian broth was made with leftover soup, such as minestrone or white bean soup that was re-boiled with old bread. Comforting and warming, it’s perfect … Read more