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Karen Martini

Karen Martini

Karen Martini is a Melbourne-based chef, restaurateur, author and television presenter. She has a regular column in Good Weekend.

A hit of zesty chermoula elevates this cheeky take on the classic tortilla de patatas.
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Potato chips in a tortilla? Trust us on this one

Ready for picnics, parties, anything, this variation on the Spanish classic swaps potatoes for chips and finishes with zesty chermoula.

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini

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Karen Martini’s roast chicken with tomato and cumin butter baked rice.
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Roast chicken with tomato and cumin butter-baked rice

A supermarket roast chicken is the secret to getting this aromatic dish on the table in less than an hour.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Karen Martini’s apple and cherry brown butter cake.

Karen Martini’s apple and cherry brown butter cake meets clafoutis pudding

This satisfying and comforting cake is reminiscent of the French pudding, and you can vary the recipe to bake it year-round.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Karen Martini
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Karen Martini’s one-tray roasted tomato, red capsicum and chilli sauce for pasta

Roasting enhances and deepens the flavour, which you can’t replicate by cooking the ingredients in a pot.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
The Japanese spice blend includes red chilli, sansho pepper, nori and citrus peel.

Just add cold beer and serviettes: Karen Martini’s chicken wings are the perfect five-setter snack

Spice up a five-set blockbuster with these Japanese-inspired wings.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Karen Martini’s kingfish ceviche with buttermilk dressing, finger lime and a rhubarb, red chilli, fennel pickle.
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Ceviche with buttermilk dressing and rhubarb, chilli and fennel pickle

The refreshing flavours are ideal for the hotter months, and it’s a perfect, and very pretty, starter.

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
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If you can’t source fromage blanc sub it out for goats curd.
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Roasted potatoes with thyme and herbed fromage blanc

These showstopper spuds are the perfect side to so many main-course heroes.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Grilled Romano beans with braised lemon, garlic and dill.
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Grilled Romano beans with braised lemon, garlic and dill

Long, flat beans tossed in a lemony dressing is a vegan-friendly side dish with staying power.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
The versatile sauce also works well in an egg and lettuce sandwich.

Cauliflower fritters with Japanese-style curried egg sauce

This versatile sauce also works well in an egg and lettuce sandwich.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Chicken polpette with ricotta and currants
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Chicken and ricotta polpette (meatballs) with brown butter and crispy sage

This simple midweek meal elevates the humble meatball.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini