Tag: tomato

  • 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..

  • Ricotta Salata with Tomatoes, Onion and Basil

    Ricotta Salata with Tomatoes, Onion and Basil

    Who’s sick of the tasteless tomatoes selling at the shops right now?  Even in the peak of summer, green, yellow, orange or red, they just don’t seem to have any flavour.  Farmers markets are definitely the go until our tomatoes are ready later in the summer.  When they are, this salad makes the most of the…

  • Em’s Famous Guacamole

    Em’s Famous Guacamole

    My lil’ sis loves this guacamole and it gets a run pretty often, disappearing in the flash of an eye.  Lizzie, this one’s for you, so you don’t have to wait for me to make it.  

  • Ricotta and Parmesan Dumplings with Tomato and Basil Sauce

    Ricotta and Parmesan Dumplings with Tomato and Basil Sauce

    I never got the hang of potato gnocchi.  The couple of times I’ve made it, it’s turned out heavy and tough.  I think it’s a case of too much flour, anyway, I gave it away for this lighter, simpler ricotta version (taken from the Two Greedy Italians), which I’ve made many times.