Quick & easy

Beef

Beef soboro don

Soboro don is pure comfort food and a real crowd-pleaser in my house. Soboro in Japanese means to crumble; here it refers to a protein – fish, meat, eggs or tofu – that’s cooked down to a crumbly texture. I’ve chosen beef mince, but chicken mince is a great alternative. While the traditional don (or bento) would commonly be served with scrambled eggs, I like the simplicity of half a soft-boiled egg. This sweet and salty dish loves the company of blanched vegetables, such as sugar snap peas or green beans. Serve with a leafy green of your choice: mizuna is nice, or shiso for extra flavour.

< 30 mins
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

Baking

Adam Liaw’s cheat’s banoffee millefeuille

Millefeuille means “thousand leaves” and, while this cheat’s version only has one layer of pastry, the multiple layers within a good-quality puff pastry still give a layered texture.

30 mins - 1 hr
Adam Liaw

Shellfish

Adam Liaw’s coconut prawn noodle soup

This simple noodle soup looks labour intensive, but it’s ready in less than half an hour – and if you use pre-made stock you can cut that time in half.

< 30 mins
Adam Liaw

RecipeTin Eats’ Greek spetsofai with sausages. — EASY

One-pot

RecipeTin Eats’ Greek spetsofai (sausage stew)

This hearty Greek dish is traditionally served piled atop crusty bread. But it’s also delicious over a mound of small pasta or rice.

30 mins - 1 hr
RecipeTin Eats

Stir the goat’s cheese through the risoni and crumble some on top, too.

Recipe collection
Meal prep

14 nutritious Mediterranean-inspired meals to make in minutes

From an easy risoni with creamy goat’s cheese to Adam Liaw’s tomato spaghetti marinara, this week is all about speedy dinners that take inspiration from Italy, Greece, Spain and beyond.

Pictured clockwise from top left: Chefs Jerry Mai, Karen Martini, Ben Greeno and Junda Khoo with their dressed-up cooked chooks.

Aussie icons

Four of Australia’s best chefs take the supermarket chook challenge

Top chefs bedazzle a bachelor’s handbag, creating a recipe using just five ingredients plus pantry staples.

July 28, 2023
Dani Valent

Cookbook extracts

This sexy and spicy rigatoni for one is your new fail-safe Friday night dinner

Think of this as your classic New York/Italian classic pasta alla vodka with extra kick: celery seeds, a healthy dash of Worcestershire sauce, and as much hot sauce as you can take.

July 27, 2023
Eleanor Steafel

Fish

Adam Liaw’s Fijian ceviche (Kokoda)

Kokoda is one of the more popular dishes in Fiji. As with a ceviche, the fish is dressed in vinegar or citrus juice but the acidity is balanced by the creaminess of coconut.