Slow-roasted lamb with potatoes,lemon,garlic and oregano.

Recipe collection

Karen Martini's recipes

Melbourne chef Karen Martini's recipes appear regularly in Good Weekend magazine.

100 recipes
This noodle salad is a summer staple in Karen Martini's household.
EASY

Chilled buckwheat noodles with grilled prawns and miso dressing

  • <30 mins
  • Karen Martini
A Greek spin on spaghetti and meatballs.

Keftedakia me hilopites (Greek meatballs)

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Grilled asparagus and halloumi salad.
EASY

Grilled asparagus,halloumi,pine nut and pomegranate salad

  • <30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Karen Martini's Japanese-style fried chicken.

Chicken karaage with sweet chilli sauce

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Japanese fritters with yuzu dressing.
EASY

Prawn,potato,corn and seaweed fritters

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
This salmon topped with tahini sauce,walnuts,mint and pomegranate is great warm or cold.
EASY

Side of salmon with walnuts,tahini,mint and pomegranate molasses

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
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William Meppem – Thu,29. September 2022 12:54 PMBaked fish with saffron butter,lemon and green olives9124.jpg***EMBARGOED FOR GOOD WEEKEND NOVEMBER 26/22 ISSUE*** Karen Martini recipe: Fried whole fish with spicy Thai tomato relish Photography by William Meppem (photographer on contract,no restrictions)

Karen Martini's fried whole fish with spicy Thai tomato relish

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Serve the sausage rolls with tomato chutney.
EASY

Lamb,beef and vegetable sausage rolls

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Spring arancini with molten cheese centres.

Arancini with peas,spinach,mint and smoked scamorza

  • 2 hrs +
  • Karen Martini
Spooky soup:Slow-roasted pumpkin soup with ginger and curry powder.
EASY

Roast pumpkin soup

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Spring lamb and lentil soup served with toasted mountain bread,yoghurt and sriracha.

Spiced spring lamb shank and lentil soup

  • 2 hrs +
  • Karen Martini
Baked ocean trout with spiced rice and a coriander and citrus salsa.

Baked ocean trout with spiced rice pilaf

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Serve this slow-roasted lamb with greens,thick yoghurt and bread.

Karen Martini's slow-roasted,spiced lamb shoulder

  • 2 hrs +
  • Karen Martini
Kingfish crudo with a zippy yuzu dressing.
EASY

Kingfish with yuzu dressing

  • <30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Karen Martini takes midweek chicken in a Middle Eastern direction.
EASY

Chicken with pomegranate molasses

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
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Karen Martini's inauthentic bolognese ragu.

Karen Martini's ragu alla bolognese

  • 2 hrs +
  • Karen Martini
Roast pumpkin and cous cous salad.
EASY

Spiced pumpkin,date,almond and moghrabieh (pearl cous cous) salad

  • <30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Crispy confit duck salad with gin-pickled watermelon.

Spiced duck salad with pickled watermelon

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Fried brown rice with wood ear fungus and cashews.
EASY

Fried rice with mushrooms and cashews

  • <30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Double noodle stir-fry with marinated pork belly.
EASY

Stir-fried pork belly with thread vermicelli and udon noodles

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Beetroot red velvet muffins with lime cream cheese icing.

Gluten-fee red velvet and barberry muffins with cream cheese icing

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Risotto with crumbled and fried sausages.

Risotto with pork and fennel sausage and burrata

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Karen Martini's buttermilk bang bang prawns.

Karen Martini's buttermilk bang bang prawns

  • <30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Karen Martini's vegan-friendly winter salad.
EASY

Winter vegan salad

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
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Ramyeon noodles with spicy broth,chilli beef and soft-boiled egg.
EASY

Korean noodles with spicy broth

  • <30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Sticky honey soy chicken.
EASY

Honey,soy and ginger drumettes

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Roasted celeriac,parsnip and fennel with cream,parmesan and anise.
EASY

Karen Martini's roasted celeriac,parsnips and fennel

  • <30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Karen Martini's American-style pork ribs with slaw.

American-style pork ribs with apple and wombok slaw

  • 2 hrs +
  • Karen Martini
Miso-marinated pork with quick-pickled cucumber and sesame kimchi.
EASY

Miso-marinated pork with quick pickled cucumber

  • 2 hrs +
  • Karen Martini
Serve this rustic lamb roast with feta,salad and bread.

Karen Martini's Greek-style lamb roast

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Slow-cooked pork shoulder and celeriac with braised chickpeas and silverbeet.

Karen Martini's slow-cooked pulled pork shoulder

  • 2 hrs +
  • Karen Martini
Mediterranean-inspired pot-roasted chicken.
EASY

Pot roasted chicken with tomatoes and olives

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Gutting,cleaning and skinning the squid yourself always yields a more tender,tastier outcome,says Karen Martini.

Grilled calamari with lemon puree

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Baked fish with potatoes and peas - all it needs is a side salad.
EASY

Baked blue-eye trevalla with potatoes,peas and lemon and caper sauce

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
***EMBARGOED FOR GOOD WEEKEND,APRIL 30/22 ISSUE*** Karen Martini recipe:Maccheroni alla chittara with fresh tomato sauce Photograph by William Meppem (photographer on contract,no restrictions)

Maccheroni alla chitarra with fresh tomato sauce,anchovies,ricotta and mint

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Chilled silken tofu dressed with ginger and crispy chilli sauce.
EASY

Karen Martini's chilled silken tofu

  • <30 mins
  • Karen Martini