Whether you are cooking the Italian Chicken Cacciatore or the French Chicken Chasseur, it is the same slowly braised sauce and luscious tender chicken with the vegetables that make this a great nutri-dense, LCHF dish. Regional variations of Chicken Cacciatore or hunter’s wife’s chicken are made throughout Italy, and while most are cooked with [...]
Serves 4 – 6 This is a marvellous dish for a party, although it is sometimes hard to serve and cut through the aubergine slices and the melted mozzarella is always very drippy. So, for a more attractive presentation, I often make individual pots and serve them with some wok-tossed green vegetables on the side. [...]
This is a very intense and flavoursome, tomato sauce which suits many dishes; it is marvellous simply served with zucchini noodles and cheese, try it! Serves 8 Ingredients 1 red capsicum roasted; remove seeds and skin; finely chop 100mls or 7 tbsp olive oil 2 onions, finely chopped 2 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed 2 [...]
Panforte, also called Siena cake, is a delicious Italian Christmas fruit, nut, chocolate, dense, chewy, candy-like cake, which hails from Siena, Tuscany. It is very much a favourite of mine and I make it every Christmas. Stored well it can last for months, but it is usually eaten well before that! It makes a wonderful [...]
These treasures have a crisp, sugar dusted exterior, with a chewy, lemony-marzipan centre. Traditionally they are made with almonds, honey and lemons for that quintessential Italian citrus goodness. They go perfectly in dessert trio with a vanilla bean pannacotta and a chilled glass, of the other island specialty, limoncello. Makes 30-35 macaroons 2 egg whites, [...]
The International Wine and Food Society, Melbourne Branch, recently hosted a Masterclass in risotto cooking, presented by Beverly Sutherland Smith. The first dish was this ‘basic risotto’ as taught at the Swiss Hotel School in Lausanne in Switzerland’. The method of cookery is quite liberating as it requires very little stirring and, consequently, is very easy [...]
