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The filling is built in a small bowl: drained tinned tuna, finely-chopped onion, parsley, capers, harissa, salt. A square of malsouka (or two stacked sheets of filo) is laid flat. Half the filling is spread on one half of the sheet; an egg is cracked into a small well on top; the other half folds over. The seam is pinched; the brik slides into hot oil for 90 seconds, out crisp and golden, yolk still soft.
These striking ravioli unite fresh crab meat with silken mascarpone, sharpened by fresh lemon and parsley, all enveloped in a bold chilli-infused pasta. The combination of delicate seafood with the subtle heat of dried chillies creates sophisticated complexity, while lemon butter provides the perfect light sauce. This is restaurant-quality food made at home.
The Sunday brunch icon, and the dish people learn hollandaise for. You build the sauce first, whisking egg yolks with water and lemon over a bain-marie until they ribbon, then drizzling in warm clarified butter while you whisk steady and even until the bowl holds something glossy and thick. The hollandaise will wait for you in a warm spot while you poach the eggs - vinegar in barely-simmering water, a gentle whirlpool, three minutes for a runny yolk - and toast the muffins, and warm the ham. Then everything stacks at speed: muffin, ham, egg, hollandaise spooned generously over, a scatter of chives. You eat immediately, because every component is at its best within a minute of plating and falls off a cliff after five. Looks fancy on a tablecloth; rewards twenty focused minutes of work.
"Pad see ew" translates literally as "stir-fried with soy sauce", and that soy is the heart of the dish: dark, sweet and clinging to wide rice noodles charred at the edges in a hot wok. Broccolini stands in for traditional Chinese broccoli (kai lan), the prawns are given a brief garlic-soy marinade, and an egg is folded through right at the end. A sharp homemade chilli vinegar at the table is the traditional Thai counterweight to all that sweet soy.
Fresh egg noodles tossed in a glossy, sweet-savoury sauce of kecap manis, soy, ketchup, sesame oil and shrimp paste, with pork, prawns, cabbage and bean sprouts. The dish is finished with thin egg ribbons and a scatter of spring onion. Quick to cook once the components are prepped, but rewards a properly hot wok and a sauce mixed in advance.
This is Italian elegance designed for romantic dinners. Fresh prawns, cooked at precisely the right moment to preserve their tender sweetness, meet a luxurious brandy-cream sauce enriched with toasted walnuts and brightened by balsamic vinegar and cherry tomatoes. The sauce is silky, the flavor sophisticated, the preparation surprisingly quick. Restaurant quality achieved at home.