Almond Bread Biscotti
A traditional treat and perfect with coffee. This is a typical Italian ‘biscotti’ recipe which actually means it's baked twice. They...
Pasta alla Carbonara
A classic Italian tradition and iconic dish using spaghetti but spaghettoni, fettuccine, rigatoni and other larger short pasta types. An...
Lemon Twist Biscuits
These gorgeous lemon twist biscuits are perfect to dunk in coffee, on any biscuit platter, any occasion, even for breakfast and can also...
Articles - Food, Travel and MasterChef
Melbourne My Style - Article by Melinda Sullivan - 17 July 2021 Craving comfort food during winter and another Melbourne lockdown? Master...
ICCI Melbourne - 2022 Cocktail and Launch Event
The Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Melbourne (ICCI) celebrated a successful Cocktail Launch Event and I was honoured to be...
Focaccine - mini focaccia (without yeast)
Focaccine...mini focaccia created without yeast and either baked in the oven or padella (pan). It’s a quick dough to create and bake and...
Focaccine Ripiene al Forno - Baked/filled mini focaccia
Focaccine...baked mini focaccia filled with melted, oozing provola cheese then topped with extra virgin olive oil, rosemary & salt which...
Segmento Melbourne Italian Festa - 18 April 2021
We danced, ate, drank and soaked up all things Italian at the Melbourne Italian Festa event and it was perfect weather to enjoy the full...
Baked Zucchini Chips - Bastoncini di Zucchine al Forno
Fried or baked potato chips are my weakness and especially served with sour cream and chilli sauce. But these baked zucchini chips are...
Potato Pizza
Many in my family would remember this gorgeous thin potato pizza an aunty used to make. It was one of my absolute favourite plain pizza's...
Cheese and rosemary scones topped with mascarpone and my homemade spiced tomato relish
Scone Ingredients - makes approx 12. 400g Self Raising flour 60g butter, chopped and cold Pinch salt 2 tbsp fresh rosemary, finely...
Easy No Knead Bread
This recipe is so easy and absolutely no-knead..well a tiny bit of kneading but really no effort at all. It produces a gorgeous crunch...
Melbourne Italian Festa - 17 November 2019
I absolutely loved my breakfast brioche demonstration at the Melbourne Italian Festa and Italian Chamber of Commerce event! Another great...
Chocolate and Chickpea Cake
This has been one of my recipes many people have created and messaged me with their amazing food photos. I love it! Free from butter, oil...
1 Night in Abruzzo Dinner - 29 August 2019
An amazing dinner event ‘1 Night in Abruzzo’ was held at Nonna's Cucina Restaurant celebrating all things Italian. I was honoured to be...