Base recipes are basic cooking recipes, which can be built on and added to with your favourite ingredients and personal touches. To get you started we've got a basic egg pasta recipe and recipes for bread and pizza dough.
snacks and sides | serves 4 - 6
This is my basic recipe for getting perfect rice every time. Have a go at mastering it – you’ll be amazed at the light and fluffy results.
Once you’ve got the hang of that, you can have a go at fla...
starter | serves makes 6 to 8 medium-sized thin pizza bases
This is a fantastic, reliable, everyday pizza dough, which can also be used to make bread. It’s best made with Italian Tipo ‘00’ flour, which is finer ground than normal flour, and it will give your d...
dressings / sauces | serves makes 500ml
I learnt this recipe from my mate and mentor Gennaro Contaldo. It’s a brilliant, basic tomato sauce for using on pizza and it’s also great with pasta or to serve alongside meat or fish – quick, fresh,...