TiramisuTiramisu's history is relatively recent - most sources cite its origin in the 1970s to Treviso.
Soups
Lemon chicken & rice soup
Clever ideas for the midweek rush
Seupa Vapellenentse cabbage & cheese soup
This is a peasant-style Tuscan soup.
Quick smart with preserved tomatoes
Italian tomato products are affordable, top-quality and with a great intensity of flavour. They are pantry essentials for most cooks.
Mussel & zucchini soup
Late-summer zucchini can be a bit bland, but here the mussels and chilli give it a kick along and seem to accentuate its sweetness.
Hot and sour fish soup
The amount of tamarind you'll need for a pleasant sour flavour will depend on what brand you are using - I used the Indian Tamicon brand which is very thick and dark.
Prawn gazpacho
Ray McVinnie provides inspiration for simple summer meals.
Spiced cucumber gazpacho with banana prawns
Jo Pearson prepards a simple yet impressive three-course dinner for six
Spring vegetable chowder
This hearty soup is bursting with spring flavours. It also freezes very well, if you'd like to have a taste of spring out of season.
Parsnip, chicken & white bean soup
Inventive ideas for winter vegetables
Oxtail & vegetable soup with herb dumplings
Oxtail requires long, slow cooking, but the wonderful flavour is worth the effort.
Chicken soup
This simple soup comes together in a flash and is full of wonderfully clean and delicious flavours.
Vegetable garden soup
This is simply a vegetable puree with a few delicious additions before serving. This soup can be made in advance then reheated.
Jerusalem artichoke soup
Simple yet impressive meal ideas for six from Jo Pearson
Roast capsicum, tomato & split pea soup with harissa yoghurt
Harissa is a fiery Middle Eastern spice paste that can be added to soups, sauces and dips.
Pork meatball broth
A recipe idea from Ray McVinnie's Quick Smart - haloumi, chillies, fennel & asian greens
Mushroom & tofu Soup
A recipe idea from Ray McVinnie's Quick Smart - haloumi, chillies, fennel & asian greens
Sweetcorn, kumara & chorizo chowder
The sunny sweetness of corn is one of the great delights of summer cooking. While chowders are usually made with potato, I find kumara, especially the sweet white-skinned, golden-fleshed Toka Toka variety, can give the flavour a boost
Vietnamese-style soup
A recipe idea from Ray McVinnie's Quick Smart - meals with flavour
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