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Cuban-style pulled pork sandwiches.

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Danielle Alvarez's recipes

The ex-Fred's chef is all about celebrating restraint and seasonality, simplicity and freshness, drawing on her Cuban heritage and experience at Alice Waters' Chez Panisse.

78 recipes
Tomato risotto finished with stracciatella and parmigiano cheeses.

Tomato and basil risotto

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
Italian-style capsicum halves topped with mozzarella, anchovy and basil.
EASY

Peppers Piedmontese

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
Garlicky grilled chicken with a simple salad.

Grilled chicken with toum, and cucumber and tomato salad

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
Eat the rainbow: Smoked trout dip with colourful crudites.
EASY

Smoked trout dip with crudites

  • < 30 mins
  • Danielle Alvarez
Roasted pumpkin and farro salad with tomato and feta vinaigrette.

Roasted pumpkin and farro salad with tomato and feta vinaigrette

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Danielle Alvarez
Tomato and olive tapenade tart.

Tomato and olive tapenade tart

  • 2 hrs +
  • Danielle Alvarez
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Spring lamb roast with garlic and tarragon butter.
EASY

Rack of lamb with charred snap peas

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Danielle Alvarez
This blueberry bake is somewhere between a pudding and cake.
EASY

Blueberry spoon cake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
Serving suggestion: a beer in the hand and the sun on your face will enhance the experience immeasurably, says Danielle Alvarez.

Danielle Alvarez's Cuban-style pulled-pork sandwiches

  • 2 hrs +
  • Danielle Alvarez
An edible hug: Ricotta gnocchi with creamy tomato sauce.

Ricotta gnocchi with creamy tomato sugo

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
Beef peposo is a red wine and black pepper braised beef dish from Tuscany.

Beef peposo

  • 2 hrs +
  • Danielle Alvarez
Rainbow trout with brown butter and vinegar walnuts.

Rainbow trout with brown butter and vinegar walnuts

  • < 30 mins
  • Danielle Alvarez
Roast carrot and lentil salad with crispy garlic.

Whole roast carrots with lentils, goat's curd and garlic chips

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
Steak au poivre, using rump cap.

Rump cap au poivre

  • < 30 mins
  • Danielle Alvarez
Whole-roasted snapper with a zippy, herby sauce.

Whole baked snapper with ginger, garlic and parsley sauce

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
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This kale and cauliflower salad is salty, sweet, crunchy and bright.
EASY

Danielle Alvarez's kale and cauliflower salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Danielle Alvarez
Danielle Alvarez's recipe is inspired by a dish from Cafe Darya.

Persian-style chickpea and lamb shank stew

  • 2 hrs +
  • Danielle Alvarez
Panzanella salad meets vitello tonnato - but make it pork.

Pork tenderloin with tonnato dressing and panzanella

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
Focaccia has been a welcome upside to lockdown. Here's how to make it at home.

Focaccia with whipped garlic ricotta

  • 2 hrs +
  • Danielle Alvarez
Serve these buttery scrambled eggs on sourdough toast.

Buttery scrambled eggs

  • Danielle Alvarez
Buttermilk fried chicken cutlets with iceberg wedges, jalapeno and coriander dressing.

Buttermilk fried chicken

Broccoli tart with caramelised onion and plenty of cheese.

Broccoli and cheddar tart

  • Danielle Alvarez
Grapefruit upside-down cake

Ruby red grapefruit upside-down cake

  • Danielle Alvarez
Danielle Alvarez's coffee and caramel pots de creme.

Coffee and caramel pots de creme

  • Danielle Alvarez
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Roasted sweet potato with tamarind, peanut and lime make a hearty vegetarian main course.

Roasted sweet potatoes with tamarind, peanut and lime

  • Danielle Alvarez
Charmoula marinated chicken skewers with almond and brown butter cous cous

Chermoula marinated chicken skewers with almond and brown butter cous cous

  • Danielle Alvarez
Danielle Alvarez's Cuban-style fish with coconut.

Pescado encocado (Cuban-style fish with coconut)

  • Danielle Alvarez
Chicken parmigiana with giardiniera pickle ("from the garden").

Chicken parmigiana with giardiniera pickles

  • Danielle Alvarez
This Italian-style dressing is not limited to salads.

Italian salad dressing

  • Danielle Alvarez
Light v dark meat: Chicken drumstick tray bake (left) and chicken breast paillard.

Chicken tray bake and buttery chicken paillard

  • Danielle Alvarez
Create different heights to make a cheese plate look appealing.

Entertainer's cheese plate with spiced nuts

  • Danielle Alvarez
Have you ever sprinkled a pinch of flaky salt on a chocolate chip cookie just before baking? Try it. You won't regret it.
EASY

Danielle Alvarez's salted tahini and chocolate chip cookies

  • < 30 mins
  • Danielle Alvarez
One of the hit dishes of lockdown is also the ultimate comfort treat.

Cinnamon scrolls

  • 2 hrs +
  • Danielle Alvarez
One-pot chicken, spinach and orzo stew.

Lemony chicken and orzo stew

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Danielle Alvarez
Mediterranean-inspired braised lamb shoulder with potatoes.

Braised lamb shoulder with oregano and preserved lemon

  • 2 hrs +
  • Danielle Alvarez
A roasted carrot salad for any season.
EASY

Roasted carrot salad with dates, mint and feta

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez

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