Pasta dish

• Signature dish

Handle with care: Neil Perry’s secret to delicate ricotta gnocchi

A light touch and sun-ripened tomatoes are all that’s needed to transform these delicate orbs into a seasonal Italian classic.

• 30 mins - 1 hr
• Neil Perry

• One-pot

This simple pasta with greens is your meat-free Monday dinner of dreams

Cooking pasta, beans and potatoes together in one pot is a revelation.

• < 30 mins
• Julia Busuttil Nishimura

• Recipe collection
• Best of

Pasta, pizza and pancakes: The 20 most popular recipes of February

From easy yet impressive date-worthy dishes to flipping great brunches, there were plenty of new recipes worth bookmarking this month.

• Vegetarian

Adam Liaw’s three-treasure pasta

This simple pasta gets the best out of fried potato, eggplant and capsicum – three vegetables that go fantastically well together.

• 30 mins - 1 hr
• Adam Liaw

• Masterclass

Master the marinara: Adam Liaw’s guide to making Australia’s favourite romantic pasta

Elevate date night at home with this restaurant-quality marinara – a decadent seafood classic that is surprisingly simple to perfect.

• < 30 mins
• Adam Liaw

• Quick & easy

20-minute crispy barramundi with chilli and tomato butter pasta

Elevate your midweek rotation with this masterclass in texture and heat. It’s fast, fiery and guaranteed to become your new favourite way to do “fast food” at home.

• < 30 mins
• Jessica Brook

• Cookbook extracts

Sooshi Mango’s super cheap and simple pasta recipe makes total cents

Forget what you think you know about broccoli pasta – this dish sneaks up on you. And it might just be the cheapest meal-for-four you’ll make all year.

• Joe Salanitri, Carlo Salanitri and Andrew Manfre

• Oven-free dinner

An easy, no-cook zucchini pasta for hot summer nights

This zesty, no-cook pasta is the ultimate solution for those humid evenings when the last thing you want to do is stand over a hot stove.

• < 30 mins
• Jessica Brook

• Recipe collection
• Best of

The chart-toppers: Top 40 new vegetarian dishes of 2025

From pasta-with-a-twist to wholesome salads, the meat-free hits kept coming. Here are the vegie recipes you loved the most in 2025.

• Vegetarian

Bucatini with Thai basil and green chilli pesto

This Italian-Thai fusion takes classic pesto in a bold new direction. Fragrant Thai basil, green chilli and macadamias create a zesty, no-cook pasta sauce.

• < 30 mins
• Rosheen Kaul