There are two items I always have in my fridge and they are prosciutto and parmesan cheese. These classic Italian items are so versatile they can be used to bring a meal together in minutes or lift an ordinary dish into another dimension. And while I merrily use both prosciutto and parmesan in salads, pastas, […]
How to Make Gluten-Free Pasta with Truffle Butter Sauce
August 9, 2013 By 43 Comments
A few weeks ago I attended a cooking course on how to make gluten-free pasta and gnocchi. Gabriele Taddeucci who is Italian and a coeliac and the head-chef of Balla, ran the course and has allowed me to share his recipes. Gabriele has two different recipes for making pasta by either hand or machine. I […]
How to Make Gluten-Free Gnocchi
August 4, 2013 By 46 Comments
A few weeks ago I attended a course by Gabriele Taddeucci on how to make gluten-free gnocchi. He kindly and generously allowed me to share his recipes with you. A close-up view! I do have to let you know that I’m no expert in making beautiful, light-as-a-pillow gnocchi. I have horror memories of once ambitiously […]
Gluten-Free Pasta and Gnocchi
July 27, 2013 By 38 Comments
I’m absolutely not stalking Gabriele Taddeucci but I’m sure you’re all suspecting that I am. It’s just that when I was at his restaurant, Balla, he let me know that he was running a hands-on course in how to make GF pasta and GF gnocchi. As I have previously mentioned, about 10 years ago Gabriele […]
Balla at The Star
July 13, 2013 By 47 Comments
After our dastardly dining experience at an Italian Restaurant in Mittagong I was desperately yearning for some authentic Italian food that would give me that feeling of being transported to the very heart of Italy for a moment of time I would forever remember. By an unbelievable stroke of good fortune, I was invited to […]
Sausage and Leek Pasta and…the Licenced Driver
July 2, 2013 By 46 Comments
It was only a matter of time but yes, Miss Arabella now has her driver’s licence. She was eligible to hit the roads some 18 months ago but just like Alfie’s belated birthday party, somehow there was just a lot of inertia about actually sitting the test. About a year ago she asked me to […]
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