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The Palomar’s cucumber salad, with pickled cucumbers, green tahini and crispy chilli oil.
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Not a cucumber fan? Palomar’s must-try salad will change your mind

The herbaceous cucumber, green tahini and chilli crisp salad has become an international hit – and with some cheeky cheats, you can serve it in less than 30 minutes.

  • < 30 mins
  • The Palomar
A perfect accompaniment to seafood or meats.

Roasted potato salad with pickled fennel, rocket and creamy salsa verde

Can’t decide between potato salad or roast potatoes? This delicious side dish is the best of both.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Danielle Alvarez
Leave out the onions when making low-FODMAP chicken stock.
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Low-FODMAP chicken stock

Spend a few hours simmering a big pot of this onion-free stock, freeze it, then thank yourself later.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Chrissy Glentis
Cider braised sausages with apple, fennel and rosemary.
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Cider-braised sausages with apple, fennel and rosemary

Elevate your weeknight meal with these cider-braised sausages, a delicious one-pot upgrade on a classic.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
The beef, Guinness and marrow pie at the Builders Arms in Fitzroy.

From humble pie to showstopper: How to make this famous Melbourne dish at home

Block out the afternoon to make this indulgent British beef pie, richly flavoured with bone marrow and Guinness.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Leon Smith
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Spicy stir-fried mashed potato and fennel is loosely based on colcannon.
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Spicy stir-fried mashed potato and fennel

Loosely inspired by colcannon, the Irish dish combining spuds and greens, this is like no mash you’ve experienced before.

  • < 30 mins
  • Rosheen Kaul
This rich bolognese sauce is enhanced by caramelised fennel and onion.
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The bolognese glow-up: Three easy ways to elevate your favourite pasta dish

Say goodbye to basic bolognese with some simple additions that will make you fall in love with a classic all over again.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Neil Perry’s farfalle with sausage, fennel and beans.
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From sausage to sauce: This comforting ragu is simple Italian magic

Dive into this delicious pasta dish with a rib-sticking ragu that needs no extra seasoning.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
The Builders Arms fish pie is a year-round favourite.

Try this fish pie recipe and you’ll see why it’s a menu fixture at this famous Melbourne pub

Comforting but not too heavy, this creamy fish pie is a year-round favourite. So don’t be shy – bust through the golden pastry cap and dive right in.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Andrew McConnell
Sicilian citrus salad.
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Sicilian citrus and fennel salad

Sweet, savoury, salty and sour, this salad is so good you won’t want winter to end (maybe!).

  • < 30 mins
  • Danielle Alvarez