Nigella Lawson provides a step by step guide to creating delicious recipes for every occasion, be it cooking for many or for those times when you are home alone. For Nigella entertaining means sharing time with friends, not spending hours slaving over a hot stove and the taste of the food is far more important than agonising over presentation. Today she tackles creating delicious food in a very short space of time. On the list are lemon linguine and chicken with couscous and a delicious chocolate dessert.
For Nigella, entertaining means spending time with friends, not anguishing alone in the kitchen, and the taste of the food is far more important than its presentations. To take the strain out of home entertaining Nigella goes a Middle Eastern style meze. The food itself is not all from the Middle East, rather it's the pattern of eating that's emulated, with a series of dishes, including hummus with yogurt, olive oil and toasted pinenuts, lime-sharp guacamole studded with green chili, garlic and prosciutto with beans. This is easy cooking and easy eating.
We all have certain foods which comfort us because they remind us of childhood. Dishes that our parents prepared for us always retain a special place in our hearts. For Nigella, her ultimate ‘desert island dish' is her mother's steak bearnaise and, for dessert, her grandmother's poached pears with vanilla ice cream and dark, luscious chocolate sauce. But Nigella's love of food goes way beyond her favourite childhood dishes. There are a number of great cookery writers whom she feels have played an important role in her life. In her extensive library – which she refers to as her ‘acquired family,' she shares one of her favourite Claudia Rodenrecipes – tagliatelli with chicken, toasted pinenuts and sultanas; a succulent meaty dish and ‘family food at its best.' Nigella loves to cook with her children and what better way to teach them the fundaments of cooking than to involve them in the fun of the process. Nigella's special and easy to prepare recipe for her children is greencakes – small pâtés of broccoli, peas and potatoes which are dipped in breadcrumbs and fried. What better way to get children to eat their greens! One of Nigella's favourite family puddings is a passion fruit pavlova and she shares her secret of the ultimate meringue – beautifully crisp on the outside and marshmallow-y on the inside.
Nigella Lawson cooks because she loves to eat. Intimate and conversational, her series, Nigella Bites, is a total immersion in Nigella's food life, focusing on the simple yet delicious food she cooks for herself, her family and friends and the food she fantasises about. Each week she shows how to create straightforward yet appetising dishes, and offers practical tips and a set of hassle-free principles that make cooking an enjoyable part of life rather than performance art. In this episode, Nigella focuses on the foods she loves to eat when she's home alone.
Nigella Lawson shares her favourite ‘weekend' recipes. Intimate and conversational, the programme focuses on the simple yet delicious food she cooks for herself, her family and friends. As ever, Nigella's mantra is “minimum effort for maximum pleasure” and, in this programme, she shows how to create straightforward yet appetising dishes that make cooking an enjoyable part of weekend life rather than performance art.
Recipes in This Episode Hot Spiced Prawns Rudolph Pie (Christmas Shepherd's Pie) Alcoholic Hot Chocolate Insalata di Rinforzo Potatoes with Whole Spices Snow Flecked Brownies Tagliata with Rosemary and Garlic Potatoes Cranberry-Orange and Almond Pudding Pasta with Walnut Sauce
At the end of a long day, cooking can seem like just another exhausting chore. So Nigella shares those simple foods you can face cooking on those days when you just have to hit the kitchen running. Mozzarella en curtoza is the ultimate TV dinner. It's quick to make, and you can eat it with your hands. Nigella also shares her Chicken Chorizo and Cannelloni Beans with Kale recipe. And for dessert Nigella makes vanilla ice cream with toasted pine nuts and warm honey.
Nigella shares recipes of her favorite comfort foods. First up are rich and creamy mashed potatoes, which can also be used as leftovers to make Salmon Cakes. Nigella shares her recipe for Risotto, which she considers not only comfort food but comfort cooking. And you can't talk about comfort foods without making a rich chicken soup. Finally, Nigella shares her recipe for the ultimate comfort food: chocolate cake.
Why be constrained by a time table? Enjoy breakfast food day or night. For Nigella breakfast starts with pancakes and muffins. Then she shares a recipe for Masala Omelettes, a nice rich Indian omelette. And no late breakfast can go without an accompaniment. Nigella shares her recipe for Bloody Marys, and ends her meal with Kugel, a sweet German cake.
Nigella creates kitsch in the kitchen.
Nigella shares recipes for the foods she believes are soothing, restorative and that make you feel better.
Nigella believes cooking is really a personal history of our lives, and today she shares her favorite childhood recipes with her children.
Nigella shares recipes that are best prepared over the weekend when you have more time on your hands. She shares a recipe for a warm Shredded Lamb and Mint Salad, and a pepper and feta salad and turkish delight.
The best food is often the simplest food.
When time is tight, fast assemply food is great. But on housebound and rainy weekends, I want to savor a little domestic warmth, and enjoy some laid back stove side pottering for a change.
Nigella's found a way of providing good food while still enjoying the party.
Bonus recipes not previously broadcast on TV.
Nigella believes cooking is really a personal history of our lives, and today she shares her favorite childhood recipes with her children. Recipes: * Soft-Boiled Eggs with Asparagus Soldiers * Italian Sausages with Lentils * Whitebait * My Grandmother's Ginger-Jam Bread and Butter Pudding * Granny Lawson's Lunch Dish
