Category: Meat

  • Bar Idda’s Purpetti Dolce (Sicilian Meatballs)

    Bar Idda’s Purpetti Dolce (Sicilian Meatballs)

    If you like in Melbourne and make some time to visit Bar Idda in Brunswick for gorgeous Sicilian inspired fare.  The food is to die for!  Here’s a recipe they they give away their secrets to.  I’m not really much of a meatball eater, but these are something else..

  • Leftover Turkey Pasta

    Leftover Turkey Pasta

    A face only a mother could love…  It’s the same post-Christmas each year – a heap of leftover ham, turkey, cranberry sauce, etc etc.  Great if you want to avoid cooking for a few days, or if you’re up for it, turn it into something else.  Today I borrowed some ideas from a gnocchi recipe in…

  • Roast Lamb with Whipped Feta and Mustard Dressing and Parsley and Red Onion Salad

    Roast Lamb with Whipped Feta and Mustard Dressing and Parsley and Red Onion Salad

    A bit of a mouthful of a title.. However, this is a great dish to spice up the usual lamb roast for summertime.  The dressing is delectable and the salad, refreshing and light.  The sumac adds a lovely lemony flavour and mixed with the fresh lemon is delicious.

  • Israeli Cutlets (Schnitzel)

    Israeli Cutlets (Schnitzel)

    In keeping with the Israeli theme and something to go perfectly with the Israeli salad, this spiced up schnitzel recipe from The Nosher gives new life to an old favourite.  I use chicken but the recipe suggests turkey breast, which you don’t see often here in Oz, but which could be rather festive this time…

  • Ants Climbing Trees

    Ants Climbing Trees

    This dish probably rates the highest on our family repeats list, it’s so simple and tasty.  The name comes from the cooked pieces of pork mince looking like ants climbing the noodle ‘branches’.  This is a Jill Dupleix recipe, but you’ll find a heap of different versions on the net.