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

These gorgeous lemon twist biscuits are perfect to dunk in coffee, on any biscuit platter, any occasion, even for breakfast and can also be created with any leftover pasta frolla/shortcrust pastry! Makes approx. 20 - 24 biscuits Ingredients: 3 Eggs 1 tsp vanilla 120g caster sugar, plus extra to top 100ml milk 80ml olive oil 1 lemon, zest & juice 450g plain flour, or as needed 3 tsp baking powder 1 egg or milk wash to brush each biscuit Icing: 2 cups icing sugar 1/3 cup lemon

The Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Melbourne (ICCI) celebrated a successful Cocktail Launch Event and I was honoured to be...

Focaccine...mini focaccia created without yeast and either baked in the oven or padella (pan). It’s a quick dough to create and bake and can be easy prepared before a meal. Some even add potato in the dough for another level of deliciousness. The best part is enjoying focaccine filled with mortadella, prosciutto, cheese or even baked topped with rosemary and cherry tomatoes. They're even perfect to accompany a lunch or dinner meal. Even topping with both salt and a touch of c

Focaccine...baked mini focaccia filled with melted, oozing provola cheese then topped with extra virgin olive oil, rosemary & salt which is a temptation you cannot resist. You can vary the cheese filling but so far provola cheese is my favourite. Even adding a touch of cracked pepper in the filling and/or topping is also a great variation. Ingredients: DOUGH: 500g Tipo 00 or plain/bread flour 2 tsp dried yeast 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 250-280 ml luke-warm water, as neede

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

I absolutely loved my breakfast brioche demonstration at the Melbourne Italian Festa and Italian Chamber of Commerce event! Another great...

It's time for carrot cake! There are many recipes out there but you definitely need to find your own delicious version. I've recipe tested quite a few but now I'm finally happy with my own version. In this recipe I had used olive oil instead of butter and also brown sugar instead of caster sugar for a more caramelised taste and spiced with gorgeous cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg. I'm so glad to share it with you. Cake Ingredients: 3 eggs 200ml light extra virgin olive oil 160g

There’s always excitement when planning a trip and this time even more so…my main focus was on food! Our first flight leg was a 14hr...

Melbourne Food and Wine Festival - Charity Demo! What an amazing day with brilliant people in the gorgeous surrounds of Southbank...

Whozcookn Casey cooking demo I was part of a multicultural event ‘Experience Casey’ at Bunjil Place with Whozcookn food community. I...

Ciao Yarra Valley Ciao - Festa di via Verde event! It was the perfect way to celebrate the first day of summer at the Ciao Yarra Valley...

It was perfect weather at the Carlton Italian Festa and was an amazing day! An annual event that I had been attending for many years and...

My daughter and I had ventured to Sydney for our own mini food tour! Arriving in Sydney is similar to the hustle and bustle of Melbourne,...

Whozcookn Food Community invited me to lead an Italian pasta workshop on 16 February 2018 which was absolutely a fun adventure and I...