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Cookbook extracts

Very short lemon shortbread.

These sigh-worthy lemon shortbread biscuits are perfect with a cup of tea

Delicately short and buttery, with just enough zing from the lemon zest, these treats keep exceptionally well.

  • Tilly Pamment
Baked chickpeas with eggplant.
EASY

These slow-baked chickpeas capture a sunny taste of the Greek Islands

Fudgy baked eggplant and chickpeas combine with a spice-scented tomato sauce in this dish, served on feast days.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Carolina Doriti
Chicken broth from Food You Want to Eat by Thomas Straker.

This is the feel-good chicken soup a British chef serves every week

Fact: chicken broth makes you feel better. This version, made with a richly flavoured stock and juicy chicken pieces, is pure comfort in a bowl.

  • Thomas Straker
Chicken coconut curry.

Shop your pantry to make this cheap and cheerful chicken coconut curry

Plus a belly-warming beef stew and seriously comforting sausage gnocchi dinner that come in at about $3 a serve.

  • Chelsea Goodwin
Spetsofai (Greek sausage, tomato and capsicum stew).

‘All about the sauce’: Pass the bread to swipe through this cosy sausage stew

Melbourne Greek restaurateur Eleftheria Amanatidis shares a treasured family recipe for spetsofai, made with loukaniko sausages.

  • Eleftheria Amanatidis
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Banh xeo from Viet Kieu.

How to make banh xeo (crispy Vietnamese crepes) at home

Chef Thi Le, co-owner of Melbourne restaurant Anchovy, reveals the secret to lacy-edged savoury crepes.

  • Thi Le
Bombay cheese toast.

Give your cheese toast a spicy spin with this easy Indian-inspired recipe

Plus how to make fried chicken bites perfect for serving with chai and chutneys.

  • Mehak Kansal
Meatballs with basil pesto (left); chicken schnitzel, burnt salsa, fennel slaw.

Two beloved dishes, one versatile side: That’s dinner sorted

In a showdown between meatballs and chicken schnitzels, we call a tie. Add greens, and everyone’s a winner.

  • Thomas Straker
With their airtight seals, glass jars keep food fresh the longest. 

These everyday old-fashioned household items will make your food last longer

Hold on to your jam jars and take stock of old tea towels. These eco-savvy hacks will stretch the storage life of your favourite foods.

  • Anna Matilda
Eggs Benedict, made easy.

Speedy eggs Benedict plus four other share-friendly brunch recipes

From corn fritters in tray-bake form to overnight bacon French toast, these time-saving recipes take the stress out of feeding the whole table without compromising on flavour.

  • Amelia Wasiliev

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/goodfood/topic/cookbook-extracts-lea