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Recipes

Julia Busuttil Nishimura's lemon and fennel lasagne.

This lemony vegetarian lasagne with white sauce is ‘revelatory’

This vegetarian lasagne, cooked “in bianco” and spiked with lemon and plenty of cheese, is inspired by a trip to Tuscany.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Chocolate, hojicha and pecan cookies.
EASY

If you like matcha, these extra-toasty choc chip cookies will be your cup of tea

A different powdered Japanese green tea gives these biscuits a mellow, nutty backbone.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh
Garlic-butter and white-wine prawns over wilted spinach.
EASY

Garlic-butter and white-wine prawns over wilted spinach

One pan, 10 minutes and a delicious dinner that everyone will love is on the table.

  • < 30 mins
  • Danielle Alvarez
Julia Busuttil Nishimura's pumpkin and feta filo pie.

Roasted pumpkin and feta filo pie

Inspired by the Greek pie kolokithopita, this vegetarian bake is an incredibly delicious way to ease into winter.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Danielle Alvarez's brothy ramen noodles with spicy-mince stir-fry.
EASY

Warming, slurpable, adaptable: Brothy ramen noodles with spicy-mince stir-fry

This riff on Japanese tantanmen or Sichuan dan dan mian comes together in less than 30 minutes.

  • < 30 mins
  • Danielle Alvarez
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Polpette di sarde - Sicilian sardine meatballs.
EASY

Polpette di sarde (Sicilian sardine meatballs)

With ready-filleted sardines widely available, these meatballs are an easy midweek option.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Helen Goh's apple, raisin and armagnac croustade.

Helen Goh’s ‘crumpled and generous’ apple pie is crunchy like autumn leaves underfoot

This rustic, brandy-spiked dessert is inspired by the apple pastries of south-west France.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Danielle Alvarez's beef short rib ragu with pappardelle.
EASY

Danielle Alvarez’s beef and tomato ragu with pappardelle is pure autumn comfort

An ultra-comforting dish to keep on standby for when you just need a hug in a bowl.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Danielle Alvarez
Coconut and sour-cherry flapjacks.
EASY

Make a batch of chewy coconut and sour cherry flapjacks for lunchbox snacks

I like to make this chewy, seeded slice at the beginning of the week for afternoon snacks and lunchboxes.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Helen Goh's chocolate, fig and marsala cake.

Helen Goh’s rich yet surprisingly light chocolate cake is your new gluten-free dessert

This is just the dessert to bring out after a long lunch, with dried figs lending bursts of crunch.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh