Julia Busuttil Nishimura's roast pumpkin and goat's curd galette.

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Julia Busuttil Nishimura's recipes

Melbourne-based cook and cookbook author Julia Busuttil Nishimura's recipes use simple ingredients and seasonal produce, and are influenced by her Maltese upbringing and time living in Italy.

29 recipes

Two-layer chocolate swirl pavlova sandwiched with creme fraiche.

Fruit desserts

Chocolate swirl pavlova with raspberries and creme fraiche

1-2 hrs
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

Miso-marinated pork cutlets with buttery corn. — EASY

Barbecue

Miso pork cutlets with buttered sesame corn

30 mins - 1 hr
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

Serve this chicken karaage with Japanese mayo and lemon wedges.

Poultry

Japanese fried chicken with quick cucumber pickles

30 mins - 1 hr
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

Mango stars in this summer dessert. — EASY

Fruit desserts

Coconut and mango tapioca with ginger syrup

30 mins - 1 hr
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

Serve the prawns on a platter for guests to help themselves to. — EASY

Seafood

Poached king prawns with creme fraiche

< 30 mins
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

Baked fish with saffron butter, lemon and green olive salsa. — EASY

Seafood

Baked fish with saffron butter and green olive salsa

30 mins - 1 hr
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

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Think of this spring vegetable minestra as a cross between soup and risotto.

Soup

Spring vegetable minestra

30 mins - 1 hr
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

Italian-style stuffed cabbage in tomato sauce.

Casseroles & braises

Italian stuffed cabbage rolls

1-2 hrs
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

Serve this apple cake with double cream.

Cake

Warm apple, brown butter and almond cake

1-2 hrs
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

This rustic galette is a great way to repurpose leftover roast pumpkin.

Savoury pies & tarts

Roast pumpkin and goat's curd galette

1-2 hrs
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

Bonet alla Piemontese: think creme caramel, but with cocoa, rum, coffee and crushed amaretti.

Pudding

Julia Busuttil Nishimura's Bonet alla Piemontese

1-2 hrs
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

Creamy pasta with sausage. — EASY

Pasta dish

Pasta alla Norcina (creamy pasta with sausage)

< 30 mins
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

Roasted capsicums served with creamy stracciatella cheese, grilled bread and anchovies.

Roast

Roasted peppers with mozzarella, basil and capers

1-2 hrs
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

Seafood all'acqua pazza (cooked in "crazy water"). — EASY

Seafood

Julia Busuttil Nishimura's seafood all'acqua pazza

< 30 mins
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

Pasta salad with peperonata, tuna and buffalo mozzarella.

Salad

Peperonata, tuna, mozzarella and crispy caper pasta salad

30 mins - 1 hr
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

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Lamb kofta with freekeh salad and harissa yoghurt.

Salad

Julia Busuttil Nishimura's lamb kofta with freekeh salad and harissa yoghurt

30 mins - 1 hr
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

Make your own furikake seasoning (or buy it ready-made).

Salad

Leftover roast chicken soba salad with sesame dressing and homemade furikake

< 30 mins
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

Roman-style gnocchi with sausage ragu.

Pasta dish

Potato gnocchi with sausage ragu

1-2 hrs
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

Sage leaves fried in a light batter. — EASY

Fresh herbs

Fried sage leaves

< 30 mins
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

Fennel alla parmigiana. — EASY

Fennel

Fennel alla parmigiana

30 mins - 1 hr
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

A cream bun is possibly the most Roman breakfast there is.

Cupcakes & muffins

Maritozzi (Roman-style cream buns)

2 hrs +
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

Pantry spaghetti with 'poor man's cheese' (crispy breadcrumbs).

Pasta dish

Julia Busuttil Nishimura's pantry spaghetti

< 30 mins
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

Yeast-free apple and ricotta frittelle.

Sweet pies & tarts

Julia Busuttil Nishimura's apple and ricotta frittelle

< 30 mins
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

Chicken and corn baguettes, wrapped and packed for a picnic. — EASY

Quick & easy

Barbecue chicken baguette

< 30 mins
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

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Spring tabbouleh with peas, asparagus and broad beans.

Salad

Green tabbouleh

30 mins - 1 hr
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

Watermelon and strawberry salad, pictured with my iced tea. — EASY

Fruit desserts

Watermelon and strawberry salad

< 30 mins
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

Picnic-friendly raspberry frangipane tart.

Sweet pies & tarts

Raspberry frangipane tart

2 hrs +
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

Iced tea with lemon, mint and cucumber. — EASY

Drinks

Iced tea

2 hrs +
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

The spiced custard can be served warm or cold.

Fruit desserts

Julia Busuttil Nishimura's panettone with grilled peaches and spiced creme anglaise

< 30 mins
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

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