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Julia Busuttil Nishimura

Julia Busuttil Nishimura

Cook, author and presenter

Julia Busuttil Nishimura is a Melbourne-based cookbook author, Good Weekend columnist and host of Good Food Kitchen.

Piedmontese polenta biscuits

These delicate Italian bikkies are perfect with an espresso.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s bean, porcini and pasta soup.
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‘The ultimate comfort food’: Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s bean, porcini and pasta soup

An earthy and warming dish with a spoonful of pasta in every bite.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s one-pan chicken with pumpkin, coriander and chickpeas.
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Minimal effort, max flavour: One-pan chicken is high-reward midweek cooking

This marinade is packed full of flavour, making for a minimal-effort midweek dinner.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Traditionally, this dish is made with a long Japanese onion called negi, but spring onions are a wonderful substitute
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Meet the Japanese chicken noodle soup you’ll want to eat on repeat

Chase the chills away with this light yet satisfying soup, which comes together in less than 30 minutes.

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
You can toss through rocket or basil at the end, or add an egg to enrich the sauce.
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This lemony pasta is a zingy dish you’ll crave (and make) all year round

Be transported to the Amalfi Coast with this creamy lemon and pea pasta.

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
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Serve with a greek salad on the side.
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What do you call this golden, cheesy six-ingredient pie? A Greek legend

Brushing some of the filling onto the top gives this simple tiropita a burnished, salty finish.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s prawn pasta is bursting with flavour thanks to juicy cherry tomatoes.
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Cherry tomatoes make this simple pasta recipe pop. Prawns make it feel fancy

This easy prawn pasta is bursting with flavour thanks to juicy cherry tomatoes, while fresh chilli makes for a fiery sauce.

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s tuna crudo with tomato vinaigrette and bruschetta.
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Tuna crudo with tomato vinaigrette and bruschetta

Any sashimi-grade raw fish will work in this elegant and satisfying snack or starter.

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s baked chicken with capsicum, olives and garlic.
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This one-pan chicken recipe is your weeknight saviour, and full of flavour

Get dinner on the table in under an hour with minimal clean-up and maximum juicy goodness.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s blackberry and espresso hazelnut cake.
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Blackberry and espresso hazelnut cake

Bake this simple cake for someone you love (or as a gift to yourself). All you need is a bowl and whisk, nothing fancy.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura