Entries by Dominique Rizzo

Swordfish Involtini

Chef and author Dominique Rizzo shares her recipe for swordish involtini This Swordfish Involtini recipe is a rendition of the sarde beccafico, stuffed baked sardines, although this is my version using swordfish and the similar delicious stuffing of garlic, pine nuts, raisins, pecorino cheese, and onions. Sarde beccafico is a typical Sicilian dish made of […]

At home with chef Dominique Rizzo

Excellent planning and the right appliances are key in this Tuscan-inspired kitchen, designed by Lee Hardcastle of Enigma Kitchens for chef, author and presenter Dominique Rizzo. At home with chef Dominique Rizzo gives an insight into how sustainable materials and practices are a key part of her home life. Alex: Dominique and Lee, can you give […]

Easy Summer Entertaining with Chef Dominique Rizzo

It’s summer time and Chef Dominique Rizzo is sharing some of her favourite summer recipes with you.  These are fabulous drinks and recipes to prepare for your guests without spending hours in the kitchen.  Easy summer entertaining in a busy schedule makes sense. Easy Summer Entertaining – Lime and Lychee Wine Spritzer This fresh wine spritzer […]

Want to Know More about Chef Dominique Rizzo?

Want to know more about Chef Dominique Rizzo?   This is an excerpt from an interview with Dominique by “Gastronomy Gal” at http://www.gastronomygal.com/ for their blog “Healthy Eating Month”. Q:   Having an Italian background, I guess cooking is in your blood. Did you start cooking when you were really young? My mother tells me that I […]

Dominique Rizzo’s Italian Story

Dominique Rizzo went to Sicilia for the first time at the age of three.  With her Italian father and Australian mother, her older and younger brother, they stayed on the farm of her uncle.  It was here that she first remembers seeing the process of the pigs being butchered and meat prepared.  It was the […]

How to cook Chef Dominique Rizzo’s Ekka recipes

No sooner had I packed up my chef’s gear at the Food and Wine stage at The Ekka than requests  started pouring in from many of the visitors on how to cook the recipes that I demonstrated on stage. There are lots of them too! So happy eating, cooking and entertaining.   How to cook! 1. Anchovy Pesto […]

Buy local this season’s best

Having just got back from overseas and a gluttony of all things food I have come back not only with renewed vigour, ideas and recipes but also an acute consciousness to again get onto the buy local eat seasonal with a focus on healthy winter vegetarian food with flair. 

CEO CookOff 2016 w Dominique Rizzo – That was some meal!

At the CEO CookOff, OZHarvest provided the entrée and dessert of mini meringues with whipped cream, while each of the ten chefs designed their own main dish. Middle Eastern was my cuisine, featuring spicy grilled chicken on a homemade flatbread with pumpkin hummus, fresh vegetable slaw drizzled with a yoghurt and herb dressing. It was a hit.