Pia's Table

A classic Italian tradition and iconic dish using spaghetti but spaghettoni, fettuccine, rigatoni and other larger short pasta types. An important rule is definitely no cream is added, the creaminess is from eggs, cheese and even a touch of pasta water. The only acceptable variation is either guanciale to pancetta and pecorino romano to parmigiano, or 50:50 cheese mix. Let’s create this epic dish. Serves approx. 4 people INGREDIENTS: 200g guanciale or pancetta: remove rind, d

Fried or baked potato chips are my weakness and especially served with sour cream and chilli sauce. But these baked zucchini chips are just as delicious and you can definitely say they’re a little healthier! Serve them with my usual sour cream and chilli sauce, even mayonnaise or how I’ve pictured here with my feta, kalamata olive and oregano dip. You can add any spice flavours you desire to the bread crumb mix, either simple salt & pepper, Italian, Greek, Australian native i

Many in my family would remember this gorgeous thin potato pizza an aunty used to make. It was one of my absolute favourite plain pizza's growing up and we all loved. The dough is very similar to making gnocchi but with self raising flour and without eggs. Oven baked with olive oil, salt and plenty of cracked pepper. I could definitely eat a whole potato pizza myself but I do share....sometimes! Ingredients: 500g potatoes, boiled/peeled/mashed through a ricer 100g SR Flour, a

Scone Ingredients - makes approx 12. 400g Self Raising flour 60g butter, chopped and cold Pinch salt 2 tbsp fresh rosemary, finely chopped 100g grated parmigiano and/or pecorino cheese, plus extra to top scones 350ml Milk, plus extra to brush/glaze top of scones Spiced Tomato Relish Ingredients - makes approx 1 cup. 1 tin/400g cherry tomatoes 1 small red onion, chopped 100g caster sugar 100ml red wine vinegar 1 tsp salt 1 tsp black pepper 1 tsp mustard owder 1 tsp curry powde

A successful dinner event 'A Night with Pia & Monica' at the That's Amore Cheese! Monica Mignone and I loved creating a menu together...

An amazing dinner event ‘1 Night in Abruzzo’ was held at Nonna's Cucina Restaurant celebrating all things Italian. I was honoured to be...

This is a gorgeous vegetarian recipe from my parents Abruzzo region in Italy, if you love cheese, bread and delicious sugo then this is a perfect dish to try! This comforting dish is basically fried bread, egg and cheese balls in luscious tomato sugo. You can also add other herbs in the pallotte mixture but I like the simplicity of parsley. Let’s start cooking and let me know if you try it! Makes approx. 16-20 Ingredients: Pallotte 250g 1-2 day old bread, crusts removed 2 e