Pia's Table

A traditional treat and perfect with coffee. This is a typical Italian ‘biscotti’ recipe which actually means it's baked twice. They remind me of comfort, family gatherings and I adore the aroma throughout my home when they’re baking. In this photo I had actually added a pistachio/almond nut mix which was delish. The only challenge is trying to slice them as thin as possible. Also, there’s no such thing as eating too many! INGREDIENTS: 4 egg whites, room temp 120g caster suga

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

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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

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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

This recipe is so easy and absolutely no-knead..well a tiny bit of kneading but really no effort at all. It produces a gorgeous crunch and light soft centre. After you've baking a loaf I can assure you it won't last long and you'll quickly bake another! Ingredients = 1 loaf 500g strong bread flour or plain flour 2 tsp salt 1 tsp active dry yeast* or instant yeast 350ml lukewarm water 1 tbsp olive oil Optional: 1 tsp sugar or touch of honey (* dissolve in small amount of luke

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This has been one of my recipes many people have created and messaged me with their amazing food photos. I love it! Free from butter, oil and it’s gluten-free. A moist, delicious, flourless cake that you would never know it had chickpeas mixed with chocolate! Ingredients: 200g dark chocolate 1 tin chickpeas, drained well 2 tbsp Dutch cocoa powder 4 eggs 150g raw sugar 1 tsp baking powder Icing sugar for dusting Method: Preheat oven 180°C. Grease and line 20-23cm round cake ti

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