On the first day of Pizza, Back 2 Basics Traditions gives you, a delicious Margherita Pizza. According to Discover Italy, the Margherita Pizza was created by a pizzamaker from Naples in honor of Queen Margherita in 1889. True or not (and this BBC Food investigation would tend to the
You may remember our adventure into the Cartizze hills in the Valdobbiadene region of northern Italy where we were fortunate to stumble upon the finest organic Prosecco being produced at the Pdc vineyard by winemaker Pietro De Conti (you can read about it here). Reminiscing about a northern summer spent wandering vineyards and sipping on…
Inspired by the Guns N’ Roses single, Sweet Child o’ Mine (read here) we searched old recipe books for delicious grapefruit cake ideas. And we certainly did find 2 classic citrus cake recipes for you! This is our second recipe we uncovered (check out our first sumptuous cake recipe – Grapefruit & Almond Cake with…
It was the year 1988 when an American rock band called Guns N’ Roses, released their only US number-one single, Sweet Child o’ Mine. I always think of this song at this time of year when the grapefruit season is upon us… I think it is the song lyrics that does it. Maybe, your are…
It has been fantastic to receive lots of positive feedback about our recipes, especially when it has inspired you to create delicious meals with local in-season produce. This recipe, Capsico & Melanzane Ripiene (Stuffed Capsicums and Eggplants) was inspired by Bianca, one of our readers, who asked what she could do with end of season…
Why let an abundance of delicious in-season foods go to waste during times of plenty when there are many simple ways to conserve them? Here at Back 2 Basics Traditions we are fascinated with the many different methods of food preservation. From sun drying, to smoking, to curing, pickling, and making jams. Yes, those brilliantly…
It wasn’t too long ago that Ricotta was an obscure and relatively unknown culinary delight in Australia. It was seldom stocked on supermarket shelves and could only be found in small local continental stores or the kitchens of Italian immigrants. Today it is common in all major supermarket chains and sold under different marketing descriptions…
This Thursday is Australia Day or should we say Lamb Day (and who said that we are not politically correct!). Every year we are bombarded with ads telling us to eat lamb on Australia Day… an association now likely more popular than ‘throw another shrimp on the barbie’. However, this year the creatives over at the…