Donna Hay: Basics to Brilliance

In episode one, Donna shows you how to master the perfect pork belly, which can then be used to create pork pancakes with pickled vegetables and hoisin sauce, as well as a pork belly rice bowl with bok choy and chilli. She'll share her recipe for a light and crispy tempura batter you can use for prawns and vegetables, and finishes up with her ultimate chewy chocolate chip cookie recipe, which forms the base for her decadent marshmallow and chocolate s'mores and sensational cookies and cream popsicles.

Recipe:
Slow Cooked Beef Brisket
Variations:
Simple Beef and Ricotta Lasagne
Brisket Pot Pies

Recipe:
Asian Chilli Jam
Variations:
Wok-Tossed Chilli Crab
Barbecued Chilli Prawn Skewers

Recipe:
No-Fail Meringue
Variations:
Pavlova
Lemon Meringue Pie

RECIPE:
All Purpose Mince Mixture
VARIATIONS:
Spaghetti and Meatballs
Maple-glazed Meatloaf with Crispy Sage and Pancetta

RECIPE:
Cheat's Ricotta Gnocchi Dough
VARIATIONS:
Roasted Garlic and Ricotta Gnocchi with Sage Burnt Butter
Simple Spinach and Ricotta Gnocchi

RECIPE:
Molten Choc-chunk Brownies
VARIATIONS:
Salted Caramel Brownies
Fudgy Chocolate Puddings with Raspberries

RECIPE:
Buttermilk Fried Chicken
VARIATIONS:
Crispy Chicken Burgers
Southern-style Crispy Chicken Salad with Buttermilk Dressing

RECIPE:
Perfect Prawn Dumplings
VARIATIONS:
Steamed Prawn Dumplings
Prawn Pot Stickers

RECIPE:
Caramelised Vanilla Summer Fruits
VARIATIONS:
Caramelised Vanilla Fruit Meringue
Vanilla, Honey and Summer Fruit Frozen Yoghurt

RECIPE:
Tender Rump Steaks
VARIATIONS:
Grilled Beef Skewers with Chimichurri
Spicy Korean Steak Tacos with Kimchi

RECIPE:
Green Thai Curry Paste
VARIATIONS:
Fragrant Green Chicken Curry
Spicy Green Curry Prawns with Noodles

RECIPE:
Light-as-air Sponge Cake
VARIATIONS:
Raspberry and Cream Layered Sponge Cake
Dark Chocolate Lamingtons