Florentine Butter Chicken with Burst Cherry Tomatoes, Basil & Mozzarella
This is a great midweek meal full of flavor. It's crispy buttery chicken that's pan-fried until golden. It's served along side tomatoes that have been kissed with a bit of heat, some thyme, and a little bit of chile flakes and it's all served up with some fresh buffalo mozarella and linguini to finish. […]
Irish Apple Crumble Cake
Apple crumble is one of my most favourite desserts of all time, I remember making it growing up and to this day still swoon at the smell of it coming out of the oven. This Irish apple crumble cake is nice little twist on the classic with a moist apple cake interior and a […]
Scallop Gratin with Pumpkin
Coquilles St. Jacques is a type of broiled scallop gratin. It’s a rich, buttery and creamy scallops dish. Sometimes you’ll find it baked, sometimes broiled, but it is ALWAYS decadent. In fact, it’s so buttery and creamy, that it might– just possibly– be a little too decadent. This autumn take on the rich and […]
Bucatini Pasta with Amatriciana Sauce
The key to this recipe for me is the pasta cut. Originating from Amatrice in the of Lazio region of Italy. A couple of ingredients and simple to make. If you can not find Guanciale or Pancetta you can sub a piece of thick-cut bacon.
Udon with Chicken and Garlicky Peanut Dressing
This dressing is creamy, savory, and perfectly balanced. Put it on udon noodles—or just drink it. The garlicky-peanut dressing on this cold noodle salad recipe is insane (in a very good way).
Pesto alla Genovese
Good-quality cheese is essential for rich, full-flavored pesto. Seek out true Italian Parmesan, as well as pecorino Sardo, a sheep's milk cheese from Sardinia. If you can't find pecorino Sardo, don't use pecorino romano, which is too strong; instead, opt for Manchego, a Spanish sheep's milk cheese. Roughly chopping the basil by hand before adding […]
Pan Seared Scallops with Bacon Fennel Cream Sauce
This recipe for pan seared scallops with bacon fennel cream sauce makes an ideal dinner party idea that doesn’t take much time at all. If you prep all your ingredients beforehand and have them at the ready beside the stove, the cooking time should really be about 15 minutes. The creamy fennel flavoured sauce […]
Campanelle Pasta with Sweet Corn, Tomatoes, and Basil
The ingredients in this summery pasta dish are few, so fresh corn and ripe tomatoes are key. To create a creamy sauce without cream, we grate the corn kernels from the cobs. To reinforce the corn flavor, we boil the cobs in the water that is later used to cook the pasta. Using a minimal […]
Curried Ground Shrimp and Noodles
This recipe for spicy, citrusy noodles is a much-loved menu staple at Pêche restaurant in New Orleans. Chef Donald Link is such a fan of their weeknight ease, he’s even known to make them at home, sometimes subbing Massaman curry paste for the curry powder.
Cosmopolitan
The legendary Cosmopolitan is a simple cocktail with a big history. It reached its height of popularity in the 1990s, when the HBO show “Sex and the City” was at its peak. The pink-hued Martini was a favorite of the characters on the show. According to Gary Regan, the original Cosmopolitan was created by […]
Spicy Chicken Stir-Fry With Celery and Peanuts
This one-skillet recipe is fast and furious—ideal for those nights when you have 10 minutes to stand at the stove, tops. The cooking technique is in the tradition of Chinese stir-fry, in which proteins and vegetables are chopped small so that they cook quickly over high heat, then bound together with a cornstarch-thickened sauce. If […]
Mushroom Carbonara
Mushrooms take the place of the traditional cured pork in this vegetarian carbonara recipe—but fear not, the dish does not lack depth of flavor! A deep browning on the mushrooms, coupled with garlic and shallots, brings the humble button mushroom to a higher place. This pasta is rich, creamy and packed with flavor.
Chopped Carrot Salad with Fennel, Orange, and Hazelnuts
Finely chopping carrots in the food processor, instead of grating them by hand, produced a delicately crunchy, light-textured base for our carrot salad. The food processor broke down the carrots in seconds, and we saved even more time by not peeling the carrots; scrubbing them was sufficient, and the skins contributed a subtle but […]
Raspberry-Ricotta Cake
There’s nothing like a moist, fluffy, berry-streaked cake to make any weeknight (or, um, weekday morning) feel special. This is an easy, no-fuss way to make a great dessert. It's more of a European-style cake, with a denser texture and restrained sweetness. It’s got a super approachable ingredient list and with little effort you end […]
Creamy Steak Fettuccine
There is without a doubt nothing finer than a perfectly cooked steak. Slicing it into perfect slithers it’s almost impossible not to sneak the odd chunk away for “testing”. Naughty! The silky, creamy pasta with the perfect tang of tomatoes and aroma of garlic makes this into the most luxurious mid-week dinner you’ll ever eat.
Pita and Chickpea Salad with Yogurt and Mint (Fatteh)
This dish is known as fatteh in the Levant, where it often is eaten for breakfast. It’s a way to turn stale pita bread into a hearty meal. We, however, start with fresh pita, brush it with butter, crisp it in the oven, then break it into shards before topping the pieces with warmed […]