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Spaghetti Puttanesca

October 20, 2015 by admin Leave a Comment

anchovy-pasta

I’ve been making pasta for years but only recently learned how to make it much better, thanks to Giorgio Locatelli’s “Made in Italy“.

This spaghetti has 3 1/2 cups of flour, 3 eggs, 2 egg yolks and some salt.

The trick is to knead the dough for 10 minutes after it is all combined, and then rest it for an hour at room temperature under a damp cloth. You end up with a wonderfully supple dough.

The sauce here is uncooked, again Locatelli’s recipe – chopped white anchovies, diced tomato, black olives, capers, basil. Simple and brilliant.

Filed Under: Pasta, Seafood

BBQ Prawns with Thai Salad

December 18, 2014 by admin Leave a Comment

BBQ-prawn-and-thai-mango-salad

The prawns were marinated in lime juice, olive oil, diced chilli, coriander and black pepper, then cooked on the BBQ.

The salad consisted of lettuce leaves, sliced eschallots, diced mango, sliced avocado, chopped coriander and basil leaves, diced chilli.

Topped with a dressing of fish sauce, lime juice and palm sugar, and toasted coconut slivers.

Healthy and delicious.

Filed Under: Asian, BBQ, Seafood

BBQ Sardines in Vine Leaves

November 29, 2014 by admin Leave a Comment

BBQ-vine-sardines

So simple. Incredibly tasty. Fresh sardines marinated with garlic, oregano. olive oil. salt and black pepper.

Wrap in blanched vine leaves. Cook on BBQ for about 3 minutes each side.

Magnificent.

Filed Under: BBQ, Seafood

Pesto Sardine Pizza

April 6, 2014 by admin Leave a Comment

sardine-pizza

Pizza night here tonight. This was the standout.

There are two ways that you can do this.

1. Marinate the sardines in 2 tsp pesto and brush the pizza base with garlic oil.

2. Marinate the sardines in garlic oil and brush the pizza base with pesto.

On this occasion we did the first method.

Ingredients

Garlic oil
Pesto
Buffalo mozarella
5 fresh sardines or 10 fillets
about 20 cherry tomatoes
1/2 red capsicum, roasted and sliced
Grana padano cheese
Baby basil leaves
Squeeze of lemon juice

Cut cherry tomatoes in half. Sprinkle liberally with sea salt. Leave for 20 mins.  Splash with olive oil. Cook at 160C in an oven dish for 30-45 mins.

Brush the pizza base with garlic oil or pesto. Scatted with shredded mozzarella.

Place raw sardines evenly around pizza (they will cook on the pizza).

Place cherry tomatoes in the babes between the sardines. Grate some Grana padano cheese  (or parmesan) on top.

Cook the pizza. We use a pizza stone and cook for about 10 mins at 220-230 C.

Squeeze lemon juice over the top and add baby basil leaves.

Filed Under: Pizza, Seafood

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I now cook on Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia, having moved recently from the Adelaide Hills in South Australia. The region is similar to the Mediterranean, with temperate climate, fertile hills, nearby ocean, wonderful local vegetables, fruit, wine and meat produced locally. Meanwhile our Adelaide Hills garden has cherry, peach, almond, citrus, olive, pomegranate and fig trees which are suffering neglect! Cooking has been a growing passion for me, about connecting culture, creativity, community and spirit.

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