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.
EASY

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
Serve with mashed potatoes and fennel to make an elegant but simple meal.
EASY

Grilled lamb cutlets with olive butter and fennel-potato mash

Easy enough as a midweek meal but also special enough to serve if you’re entertaining.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
This creamy fennel sauce comes together in a blender.
EASY

Caramelised fennel,lemon and chilli pasta

This decadent,silky sauce comes together in a blender.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Danielle Alvarez’s carne cruda with fennel,olives,rocket and parmigiano reggiano.
EASY

Carne cruda (Italian beef tartare) with fennel,rocket and parmigiano reggiano

The Italian answer to French beef tartare,dressed in freshly pressed olive oil.

  • <30 mins
  • Danielle Alvarez
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Fish with tomatoes,harissa and fennel.
EASY

Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s go-to midweek fish with tomatoes,harissa and fennel

This is one of my go-to dinners during the week;it’s quick,nourishing and versatile.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Stuffed porchetta with gremolata.

Stuffed porchetta with quick gremolata

You’ll get crunchier crackling if you scatter salt flakes generously over the skin and let the stuffed and rolled pork sit uncovered in the fridge overnight.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
Curtis Stone’s chicken cassoulet with fennel and bacon.
EASY

Not too heavy,not too light,Curtis Stone’s chicken cassoulet is just right

Based on a classic French casserole,this version is slightly lighter but just as cosy.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Curtis Stone
Karen Martini’s braised tofu with fennel,wombok,egg,brown rice and peanuts.
EASY

Braised tofu with fennel,wombok,egg,brown rice and peanuts

This nourishing,gently spiced tofu and vegetable dish certainly banishes the chills.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Karen Martini’s roasted autumn salad with chilli maple dressing and peanut and tofu mayo.

Roasted autumn vegetables with chilli-maple dressing and tofu and peanut vegan ‘mayo’

This recipe makes twice as much “mayo” than is needed for the salad,but it’s a staple in my house,and great in raw vegetable slaws.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini