Started as an online cookbook where professional Chefs share their favorite recipes, Chef's Pencil has become a valuable resource for professional chef recipes, professional cooking advice, and news from the culinary industry.
Chef's Pencil was started by Sydney-based Chef Paul Hegeman. In addition to recipes, our featured Chefs also share culinary techniques, advice on cooking materials, and lots of tips for home cooks.
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This is a delicious gnocchi recipe with a roasted tomatoes sauce flavored with garlic and fresh basil and topped with mozzarella. Creamy and super tasty! Related: Homemade Gnocchi with Goat...
Hoisin sauce is a thick, savory, and slightly sweet condiment commonly used in Asian cuisine, particularly in Chinese and Vietnamese cooking. This Asian staple sauce is super easy to prepare...
Although we all know spring to be the time of year when some of our favourite fruit and vegetables such as juicy apricots, crisp green beans, first season berries, sweet...
Can you believe that this fluffy, delicious-looking plum pie contains neither eggs nor dairy? That’s why I love using mineral water; it works magic with the most ordinary of batters....
Plums have to be the best autumn fruit. Their intense color, sweet taste, and overall flavor make them the most versatile autumn fruit. I’ve used them in many desserts, from...
With a long, always-open list of recipe ideas that I’m excited to try, I’ll never get to tick them all off because I’m always adding more and more to the...
This is divine, especially if using your flavorful organic veggies: perfectly ripe and strongly flavored. Roasting the tomatoes enhances their incredible flavor and helps the flavors of all the other...
The Summer Olympics are just around the corner, with the much-awaited Opening Ceremony scheduled this Friday along the scenic Seine river—a first in Olympic history...
This creamy mashed peas recipe with mint is a delicious, healthy, and versatile side dish that’s quick to prepare. Related: Mint & Pea Soup with BaconRelated: Split Pea and Ham SoupRelated:...
Cachapas are a classic Venezuelan dish made from tender corn, offering both simplicity in preparation and deliciousness. Although they have a hint of sweetness, cachapas are typically enjoyed as a...
New York is America’s fine dining capital, boasting 68 Michelin-starred restaurants, ranking the city first in the Americas and seventh worldwide, between Hong Kong and...
HencleÈ™ is a traditional Transylvanian dessert with Saxon origins. The Transylvanian Saxons were a large ethnic German group that settled in Transylvania, a region of Romania, during the Middle Ages....