Tag: onions

  • Sicilian Swordfish Steaks

    Sicilian Swordfish Steaks

        Sicily gets into your blood This week I’m taking a little trip down (my) memory lane with this swordfish steak dish. I love this recipe for baking the fish with a coating of breadcrumbs, almonds and parsley! It was difficult to take a good photo of it, but I hope you can get…

  • Potato And Cheese Tartiflette From The French Alps

    Potato And Cheese Tartiflette From The French Alps

        What is tartiflette? Just say the word “Tartiflette” aloud a minute (unless you’re in the office and should be working): before you even know what’s in it, the name of this dish sounds very enticing!  I’m waiting for some parents to decide to call their new-born girl “Tartiflette” very soon!  Tartiflette is, in…

  • Caramelized Onion Frittata

    Caramelized Onion Frittata

        The frittata recipe that only mother-in-laws know This recipe is a favourite of my mother-in-law, who learnt it from her mother-in-law. Who knows….maybe it’s a secret recipe passed down only by mother-in-laws.  In which case, I shouldn’t be sharing it with you and will probably be struck by lightening as soon as I…

  • Caponata: Eggplant Surprise From Sicily

    Caponata: Eggplant Surprise From Sicily

        All the good foods in Sicily Ahhhhhh…..Sicily, I miss you already, and I’ve only been home a day.  The food, the people, the food, the scenery, the food……..oh, and did I mention that the food was good?! I was amazed to find all sorts of specialties that I’d never even heard of, and…

  • Sausages Braised in Tomato

    Sausages Braised in Tomato

        What to do when you have too many sausages On Easter Monday we had hoards of friends descending on our garden for an annual Easter Egg Hunt (with chocolate eggs, of course!  None of those namby-pamby decorated boiled eggs that have been sitting in the sun for an hour!) and pot-luck lunch.  As…