• Cooking

‘It’s the one ingredient I could never live without’: Yotam Ottolenghi’s essential kitchen wisdom

Keep these tips in your back pocket, and let them help you cook with confidence.

• August 30, 2024
• Yotam Ottolenghi

• Quick & easy

Adam Liaw’s Greek-style lamb cutlets with oregano and lemon

I think the fat makes for a tastier cutlet, and I prefer them un-frenched for this recipe.

• < 30 mins
• Adam Liaw

• Recipe collection
• Baking

Five zingy lemon cakes to bake this weekend

Pro tip: Use your fingertips to rub the zest into the sugar to release the oils and enhance the citrus flavour.

• Baking

Double-lemon loaf cake with sugar crust

Danielle Alvarez’s lemon cake of dreams also happens to be dairy-free.

• 1-2 hrs
• Danielle Alvarez

• Baking

Adam Liaw’s simple citrus syrup yoghurt loaf

This simple stir-and-bake loaf cake makes excellent use of abundant citrus.

• 1-2 hrs
• Adam Liaw

• Baking

Lime and triple coconut sheet cake

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

• 30 mins - 1 hr
• Julia Busuttil Nishimura

• Winter warmer

Helen Goh’s lemon self-saucing pudding with extra zing

This pudding works equally well as a soothing, warm dessert on a cold night or as a satisfying end to a Sunday-lunch roast.

• 30 mins - 1 hr
• Helen Goh

• Midweek dinner

Caramelised fennel, lemon and chilli pasta

This decadent, silky sauce comes together in a blender.

• 30 mins - 1 hr
• Katrina Meynink

• Better baking

Emelia Jackson’s lemon, lime and bitters tartlets with a ‘dream’ curd you’ll want to eat by the spoonful

Take a refreshing mixed drink and turn it into a luxurious dessert that’s tart, sweet and bitter in all the right ways.

• 30 mins - 1 hr
• Emelia Jackson

• Baking

Earl Grey loaf cake with lemon icing

Adding tea leaves adds a depth of flavour to a perfect afternoon cake.

• 1-2 hrs
• Julia Busuttil Nishimura