Comfort food
- Recipe collection
- Winter warmer
Five marvellous meatball recipes to cook this weekend
Let the good times roll with these meaty crowd-pleasers.
Roast pumpkin orzo ‘risotto’ with brown butter and sage
A creamy roast-pumpkin pasta that’s cooked like a risotto.
- 1-2 hrs
- Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Cheesy roasted-garlic bread
Cut this crusty, cheesy, garlic bread into thick slabs.
- 1-2 hrs
- Danielle Alvarez
Mouthwatering oven-baked meatballs in a rich tomato sauce
Serve these simply but lovingly made meatballs alongside cheesy garlic bread.
- 1-2 hrs
- Danielle Alvarez
Adam Liaw’s golden syrup dumplings
Dumplings poached in golden syrup and served with lashings of cream? What’s not to love!
- 30 mins - 1 hr
- Adam Liaw
Bored of sushi rolls? This alternative is healthier, fresher, cheaper and gaining popularity
Japan’s “soul food” is creeping onto Sydney cafe menus. And these rice balls have a few bonuses that our beloved handrolls don’t.
- Emma Breheny and Bianca Hrovat
Love sushi rolls? Try onigiri, the lunchtime upgrade that’s sweeping Melbourne
Japan’s “soul food” is creeping onto cafe menus and into convenience store fridges in Melbourne — and these rice balls have a few bonuses that our beloved handrolls don’t.
- Emma Breheny
Adam Liaw’s Yorkshire puddings
Originally made as a single large pudding, I prefer individual Yorkshire puddings made in a muffin tin for no other reason than that’s what I grew up with.
- 30 mins - 1 hr
- Adam Liaw
Chip butties to Chiko rolls: Your retro favourites are back on the menu (and here’s where to find them)
Cringeworthy dishes and old faves your mum used to make are on top in the world of food right now. And apparently it’s perfectly natural to crave it.
- Emma Breheny
Vegan mapo tofu with shiitake mushrooms and crispy chilli oil
Danielle Alvarez takes the big-flavoured classic Chinese dish and makes it vegan-friendly.
- 30 mins - 1 hr
- Danielle Alvarez