Mediterranean

Mediterranean ingredients or influences

  • My sort of traditional Pizza Margherita

    thedizzydieter

    Cooking is individual to the cook – we all follow recipes from other people but as we learn we start to develop our own methods and techniques for doing things and our own ideas about flavour combinations and what tastes good and that’s when you become a fully fledged chef.…

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  • Melting Mozzarella Meatball Pasta

    thedizzydieter

    Pasta and meatballs always, for me at least, conjures up the picture from Lady and the Tramp where they are sharing a romantic moment over a plate of pasta. I prefer to enjoy mine from the comfort of my sofa than in a back alley behind a restaurant surrounded by…

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  • Pancetta and Avocado Salad with croutons

    thedizzydieter

    As the summer approaches every year, I seem to spend most of my time daydreaming about salad. Not about chowing down on a lettuce but of ways to make it tastier and more interesting because I need to eat more of it. It’s a tough job but there are ways…

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  • Salsa Verde (Green Sauce)

    thedizzydieter

    There are so many different versions of salsa verde served up across the Mediterranean with variations of ingredients with Spanish versions including green tomatoes! I wanted to make something in the realms of an Italian salsa verde but without the anchovies – years of working in a pizza restaurant and…

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  • Best Dressed New Potatoes

    thedizzydieter

    Okay, now I know what you’re thinking. New potatoes, butter and herbs is not a new concept – what are you playing at? To be honest with you, 10 years ago I wouldn’t have been able to successfully boil some new potatoes – I might have been able to knock…

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  • Dizzy Tuna Salad Niçoise

    thedizzydieter

    I like to do a bit of research with recipes that are not mine and are more traditional – find out how they came about, variations and other historical bits. I feel like you should know about the original and traditional recipes before you think about starting to try messing…

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