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.

Chocolate swirl pavlova with raspberries and creme fraiche

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Miso-marinated pork cutlets with buttery corn.
EASY

Miso pork cutlets with buttered sesame corn

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Serve this chicken karaage with Japanese mayo and lemon wedges.

Japanese fried chicken with quick cucumber pickles

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Mango stars in this summer dessert.
EASY

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

Poached king prawns with creme fraiche

  • <30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Baked fish with saffron butter,lemon and green olive salsa.
EASY

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.

Spring vegetable minestra

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Italian-style stuffed cabbage in tomato sauce.

Italian stuffed cabbage rolls

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Serve this apple cake with double cream.

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.

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.

Julia Busuttil Nishimura's Bonet alla Piemontese

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Creamy pasta with sausage.
EASY

Pasta alla Norcina (creamy pasta with sausage)

  • <30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Roasted capsicums served with creamy stracciatella cheese,grilled bread and anchovies.

Roasted peppers with mozzarella,basil and capers

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Seafood all'acqua pazza (cooked in"crazy water").
EASY

Julia Busuttil Nishimura's seafood all'acqua pazza

  • <30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Pasta salad with peperonata,tuna and buffalo mozzarella.

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.

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).

Leftover roast chicken soba salad with sesame dressing and homemade furikake

  • <30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Roman-style gnocchi with sausage ragu.

Potato gnocchi with sausage ragu

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Sage leaves fried in a light batter.
EASY

Fried sage leaves

  • <30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Fennel alla parmigiana.
EASY

Fennel alla parmigiana

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
A cream bun is possibly the most Roman breakfast there is.

Maritozzi (Roman-style cream buns)

  • 2 hrs +
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Pantry spaghetti with'poor man's cheese'(crispy breadcrumbs).

Julia Busuttil Nishimura's pantry spaghetti

  • <30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Yeast-free apple and ricotta frittelle.

Julia Busuttil Nishimura's apple and ricotta frittelle

  • <30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Chicken and corn baguettes,wrapped and packed for a picnic.
EASY

Barbecue chicken baguette

  • <30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
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Spring tabbouleh with peas,asparagus and broad beans.

Green tabbouleh

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Watermelon and strawberry salad,pictured with my iced tea.
EASY

Watermelon and strawberry salad

  • <30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Picnic-friendly raspberry frangipane tart.

Raspberry frangipane tart

  • 2 hrs +
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Iced tea with lemon,mint and cucumber.
EASY

Iced tea

  • 2 hrs +
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
The spiced custard can be served warm or cold.

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

  • <30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura