Cavatelli with cucumber sauce and veal scaloppine

Cavatelli with cucumber sauce and veal scaloppine

There is only one thing that needs to be said here, spaghetti bolognese is one of the most famous dishes in the world. If there’s a guaranteed go-to dinner that will please young and old, this is it

Calzone with silverbeet

Calzone with silverbeet

You sometimes find calzone in pizza shops, although, as a rule, they seem to be on the menu more as an afterthought, and are not that good. Well-made
calzone are delicious.

Calamari filled with sultanas and rice

Calamari filled with sultanas & rice

More often than not, calamari is served in some deep-fried form. In this dish it is stuffed and slowly braised in a rich tomato sauce.

Bread soup with potatoes and rocket

Bread soup with potatoes and rocket

It is worth letting bread go old just to make this soup, a starch-lover’s paradise. And it absolutely cannot be made with ‘white death’, sliced supermarket white bread. However, when made with the right ingredients, the combination of bread and potato with peppery rocket, a hint of chilli and fragrant olive oil, it is a most rewarding dish.

Braised artichokes

Braised artichokes

There is only one thing that needs to be said here, spaghetti bolognese is one of the most famous dishes in the world. If there’s a guaranteed go-to dinner that will please young and old, this is it

Blood orange segments and ox tongue

Blood orange segments and ox tongue

Tongue is not really any different from corned beef in flavour and texture, and is the same as any other meat that comes from an animal with blood and bones.

Biscotti di prato

Biscotti di Prato

As well as flour and eggs, these biscotti contain almonds

Asparagus and rice soup

Asparagus and rice soup

This is a rice soup, rather than a risotto, as it does not need to be stirred. Simply add good chicken stock or a vegetable stock to the chosen base and then add your rice. A rice soup should be silky, healing and totally satisfying, like some of the Vietnamese or other Asian soups that we have become accustomed to.

Rice soup with salame and cabbage

Rice soup with salame and cabbage

There is only one thing that needs to be said here, spaghetti bolognese is one of the most famous dishes in the world. If there’s a guaranteed go-to dinner that will please young and old, this is it

Stuffed chillies

Chillies stuffed with anchovies

There is only one thing that needs to be said here, spaghetti bolognese is one of the most famous dishes in the world. If there’s a guaranteed go-to dinner that will please young and old, this is it