Photography by Mark O’Meara
Ingredients (serves 4)
1 x 440g bought pizza base with tomato paste
5 bocconcini, thickly sliced
80g (1/2 cup) pitted black olives
80g baby rocket leaves
30g (1/3 cup) shaved parmesan
7 thin slices prosciutto, torn in half
Method
Preheat oven to 250°C. Place an oven shelf in the lowest position. Place pizza base on a round pizza tray or [...]
Photography by Scott Hawkins
Ingredients (serves 4)
8 (120g) thin slices prosciutto
8 (80g each) veal scaloppine
12 (120g) cherry bocconcini, drained, patted dry with paper towel
8 bay leaves, soaked in boiling water for 5 minutes
2 tbs olive oil
20g butter
175g baby green beans, trimmed
200g Italian flat (Roman) beans, trimmed, halved length and widthways
1 bunch asparagus, halved widthways, stems halved [...]
Photography by Ben Dearnley
Ingredients (serves 12)
415g (2 3/4 cup) plain flour
100g (1/2 cup) caster sugar
1 tbs finely grated lemon rind
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
Pinch of salt
180g chilled butter, chopped
1 egg
1 egg yolk
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
320g (1 cup) blackberry jam
Pure icing sugar, to dust
Filling
480g (2 cups) fresh ricotta
70g (1/3 cup) caster sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
3 eggs
Method
Combine [...]
Photography by Steve Brown
Ingredients (serves 6)
2 x 400g cans cherry tomatoes* or crushed tomatoes
100g unsalted butter
100g (2/3 cup) plain flour
1L (4 cups) full-fat milk
Good pinch of ground nutmeg
1/2 cup good-quality pesto
300g fresh lasagne sheets
300g fresh buffalo mozzarella* or bocconcini, thinly sliced
200g grated parmesan
8 vine-ripened cherry tomatoes
Method
Preheat the oven to 180°C. Lightly grease a 5cm deep, [...]
1 package active dry yeast
1 1/2 cups warm water (100-115 degrees F)
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs
1 cup evaporated milk
7 cups flour
1/4 cup vegetable shortening
oil for deep frying
confectioner’s sugar for dusting (or burying, depending on taste)
Put the warm water into a large bowl, then sprinkle in the yeast
and a couple teaspoons of the sugar [...]
5 bananas
1 stick butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 cup rum
1/2 cup banana liqueur
Slice the bananas in three slices lengthwise, then cut in halves.
Melt the butter in a skillet or frying pan, add brown sugar (you
may also add 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon if desired) and cook over low heat, [...]
1 can mild jalapenos
8 oz cream cheese
1/4 cup corn meal
2 cups biscuit mix
vegetable oil
Wash, cut in half, and seed jalapenos. Fill both halves with cream
cheese and reassemble into one whole pepper. Mix the 2 cups of
biscuit mix according to directions on the box for biscuits.
Sprinkle surface with corn meal and roll dough to 1/4 inch [...]
12 eggs, hard-boiled, peeled and chilled
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup minced pitted Nicoise olives
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon drained capers
1 tablespoon minced drained oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes
1 anchovy fillet, minced
1/8 tsp Tabasco
1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley
1 bunch watercress
1 pint basket cherry tomatoes
12 Nicoise olives
Paprika or cayenne pepper
Cut eggs lengthwise in half. Place yolks in bowl; mash with [...]
chicken wings
garlic salt
salt
red pepper
1/4 to 1/2 cup butter, melted
hot pepper sauce, to taste
Wash chicken wings. divide at joints. Place jointed chicken wings
on a large cookie sheet sprayed with cooking oil spray. Sprinkle with garlic
salt, salt, and red pepper.
Bake in a 400-degree oven about 1/2-hour or until [...]
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