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Karen Martini’s ricotta cannelloni with primavera sauce.

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14 midweek marvels from Karen Martini to cook this week

Fresh takes on family favourites featuring seasonal ingredients and a few special flourishes to take them from familiar to gold-standard.

15 recipes
Welcome spring with Karen Martini's ricotta cannelloni with peas and broad beans.

Monday: Ricotta cannelloni with primavera sauce

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Risotto with crumbled and fried sausages.

... or risotto with pork and fennel sausage, peas and burrata

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Spring arancini with molten cheese centres.

(Bonus recipe: turn leftovers into arancini with smoked scamorza cheese centres)

  • 2 hrs +
  • Karen Martini
Baked chicken polpette by Karen Martini.

Tuesday: Baked chicken polpette with peas, yoghurt and dill

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
A Greek spin on spaghetti and meatballs.

... or keftedakia me hilopites (Greek chicken meatballs)

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Seared scotch fillet with mozzarella, peas and cherry tomatoes.
EASY

Wednesday: Seared scotch fillet with mozzarella, pea and tomato salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
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Italian-ish beef salad with balsamic dressing and ricotta.
EASY

... or maltagliata of beef with balsamic dressing and ricotta

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Baked fish with potatoes and peas - all it needs is a side salad.
EASY

Thursday: Baked blue-eye trevalla with potatoes, peas and lemon and caper sauce

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Roasting tomatoes intensifies the flavour, which pairs perfectly with the black barley.

... or crumbed flake with roasted tomato, black barley and herb salad

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Banh mi-inspired chicken burgers with soft fried eggs, pâté and pickles.

Friday: Chicken banh mi burgers with soft fried eggs and pickles

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Karen Martini’s green chicken masala.
EASY

... or Green chicken masala

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Hands-on feasting: Pork fajitas with pineapple and corn salsa, guacamole and sour cream.

Saturday: Pork fajitas with pineapple and corn salsa and guacamole

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Perfect for entertaining: Braised chopped chicken with soft tortillas.

... or spiced chicken tortillas

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Spring lamb and lentil soup served with toasted mountain bread, yoghurt and sriracha.

Sunday cook-up: Spring lamb shank and lentil soup

  • 2 hrs +
  • Karen Martini
Spring minestrone with rocket and basil pesto.

... or spring minestrone with rocket and basil pesto

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
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