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Vietnamese style fried fish with tamarind dipping sauce, rice & slaw
Fried silver whiting in a makrut lime batter, served with a kohlrabi and sugar snap pea slaw and a tamarind dipping sauce.One of the best ways to eat fish. Give it to me fried with a whole lot of punchy aromatics, some rice and a fresh slaw and sauce and I’m in heaven.
Roast Potato and Green Bean Salad
A spicy spring salad with roasted potatoes, green beans, a romesco sauce and salsa verde.
Pork & Fennel Bianco Ragu Two Ways over Two Days
This recipe is inspired by two Italian recipes Maiale al Latte- Pork in Milk and Finnochio con Latte al Forno- Fennel baked in Milk, but I’ve blended the two and created an easy ‘one pot throw it all in and slow cook it’ version.
Japanese Chicken Curry with Rice (Kare Raisu, カレーライス)
A comforting Japanese golden curry, easy enough to make for a weeknight meal or make a big batch to freeze and have across a few meals and months.
Beef Short Ribs, Three Way over Three Days
This is one of my ‘cook smarter not harder’ recipes because truthfully, it’s how I’m cooking these days as a mum with a baby but also as I get lazy/cosy over winter.
Raspberry Mille Feuille
A triple decker dream with layers of puff pastry, custard and topped with fresh raspberries. You can make the components the day before or ahead of time and simply assemble just before serving.
Vietnamese Ginger Chicken- Gà Kho Gừng
A fast yet flavourful Vietnamese homestyle dish where chicken thigh is braised in a caramel sauce with lots of ginger.
Stuffed Roasted Capsicums
This under $20 dish is mince stuffed capsicums served with jasmine rice, fresh cucumber slices and dressed with my Vietnamese dipping sauce. An easy but delicious weeknight dish.
The Perfect Grilled Cheese Toastie
How to perfect a cheese toastie as well as what I’ve put in mine for a spicy kick using up what I normally have lying around in my fridge and pantry.
Vietnamese Grilled Squid Salad-Gỏi Mực Nướng
A great starter for a summer lunch, it comes together quite quickly and is served with puffed black sesame rice crackers and enjoyed together.
Vietnamese Grilled Beef in Betel Leaf Skewers - Bò Nướng Lá Lốt
Thinly sliced and marinated beef is delicately wrapped in a betel leaf resembling the shape of a cigar, placed onto skewers and then grilled over flames until the leaves get charry, the skewers are glistening, juicy and fragrant.
Capellini con Granchio
A fresh, simple and delicate summery pasta with spanner crab, baby asparagus, parsley, chilli, lemon and angel hair pasta.
Prawn Linguine
The key to packing flavour into this simple 15 minute pasta is in using the prawn heads and rendering them in some good quality olive oil which creates a fragrant prawn oil and becomes the base of the sauce.
Orecchiette with Sausage & Broccolini
5 ingredients and a 15 minute pasta that’s flavourful and perfect for a weeknight meal.
Temaki Sushi Spread
Temaki is a really simple and interactive way to enjoy sushi because once everything is on the table, everyone can just roll their own temaki with a layer of rice on a nori sheet, add their own fillings and then roll into a quick cone shape and enjoy!
MOST LOVED RECIPES
Herb Focaccia
My most popular recipe, this Herb Focaccia recipe is my ultimate go-to! It's simple, delicious and you can customise it whichever way you like.
Pasta Alla Vodka
An American Italian style pasta made famous by New York institutions like Carbone. The tomato paste makes it savoury and flavourful, the vodka acts as a solvent and brings out the flavours the cream makes it rich and rounded and the chilli oil takes it to another level. It is truly one of those perfect sauces where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
Bún Thịt Nướng
One of my favourite Vietnamese recipes, that I grew up eating. ‘Bún’ means vermicelli noodles and ’thịt nướng’ translates to grilled meat, so it simply means ‘Grilled Meat Noodles’. It's one of those perfect meals to make during the week, especially as it gets warmer!
Pizza Dough
After making pizzas from scratch at home for the last year I've been trying so many different recipes and tweaking each ingredients ratio every time and I think I've finally perfected it! This is as close as I can get to a Neapolitan style pizza, which is my favourite.
Pork & Prawn Dumplings
A super quick and easy Chinese dumpling recipe for you try. It’s a classic pork dumpling, but you can add aromatics and condiments of your choice. So go on, have some fun in the kitchen and make some dumplings your own way!
Lamb Ragu Pappardelle
If you ever travel to Tuscany they do a lot of ragu served with pappardelle, which is a wider fettuccine-style pasta. The lamb ragu recipe is a four hour slow cook so it’s great to start cooking in the morning and serve as a warming Sunday night meal with family or friends.