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Julia Busuttil Nishimura

Julia Busuttil Nishimura

Julia Busuttil Nishimura

Julia Busuttil Nishimura is a Melbourne-based cookbook author, Good Weekend columnist and host of Good Food Kitchen.

EASY

Sausage and fontina baked rigatoni

Recruit sausages as meatballs for this rich, comforting and easy dinner.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s niku udon (beef udon noodle soup).

Niku udon (Japanese beef noodle soup)

The shiitake dashi base can be made from scratch, or use my shortcut if you’re tight on time.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Chicken scaloppine with capers, lemon, rosemary and polenta.
EASY

Easy, speedy and a little bit fancy: Chicken scaloppine with capers, lemon and rosemary

This Italian-style thinly sliced chicken dish takes a few minutes to cook.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s lime and coconut sheet cake.
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Lime and triple coconut sheet cake

This tropical traybake will brighten the dreariest winter’s day.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Crepes with hazelnut chocolate spread and bananas.
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Crepes with bananas and home-made hazelnut chocolate spread

Julia Busuttil Nishimura tops the weekend brunch favourite with velvety choc-nut spread and fresh fruit.

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
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Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s white bean, cavalo nero and parmesan soup.
EASY

This hearty white beans and greens soup gives you a whack of midweek nutrition

Keep a stash of cheese rinds in the freezer ready to add flavour to this simple Italian soup.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
The optional addition of browned butter and sage results in a nutty flavour.

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
Marinated minute steaks with sesame daikon salad and steamed rice.
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Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s speedy Japanese-style steak dinner with daikon and rice

Marinated minute steak served with steamed rice and a quick salad makes for a pretty easy weeknight meal.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Cilbir with Ramazan pidesi (Turkish eggs with flatbread).

‘One of my all-time favourites’: Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s punchy Turkish-style brunch

Treat Mum to cilbir – poached eggs on a bed of garlic yoghurt smothered with chilli-infused melted butter – this Sunday.

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s Turkish-style flatbread.

Ramazan pidesi (Turkish-style flatbread)

This Turkish bread is perfect for dipping into cilbir for a punchy brunch.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura