|
|
|
|
|
| |
Blogs
Nigellau0026#39;s Mac and Cheese (by: Mama Sarah)
Mmm mac and cheese. I dream about homemade mac and cheese. Hubby's paternal grandmother makes THE BEST mac and cheese, and perhaps one day, I'll score that recipe. Mac and Cheese from Nigella Express (ph 179) ...
Nigellau0026#39;s Mustard Pork Chops (by: Mama Sarah)
Now on to the food! Both of my Nigella cookbooks came in and I am super-excited to start trying them. In the future, look for recipes from Nigella and Alice Waters. It'll be a good time. Mustard Pork Chops from Nigella Express (pg 11) ...
???????????-??????? ????????? (by: sarsmis)
????? Nigella Express ( 130 recipes for good food,fast). 500 ?? ?????????, ????? ???????????. 150 ?? ??????. 5 ??.? ?????? ????. ????,????? ?? ?????. 2 ??.? ?????. 2 ?????? ??????? ? 2 ??.? ????.?????. 300 ?? ??????????? ...
#Chapter 75 (by: Joanne Lim)
Owen lousy photographer. Met Billy and my darling Evelyn Goh and few old friends. Was watching Nigella Express this afternoon. She made french toast with strawberry topping. I made exactly the same one according to her recipe. ...
|
| |
Videos
|
|
|
| |
Downloads
|
| |
Definition
No definitions found for nigella express recipes.
|
| |
Questions & Answers
Is anyone able to give a couple of recipes from Nigella Express Cookbook - Nigella Lawson.?
It doesn't have to be the actual recipes but recipe names so I can get an idea what is in the book.
Thankyou
Okay, no one has given you a reply so I will give you a good one! Here are some of my favorites, I love her!!!
THAI YELLOW PUMPKIN AND SEAFOOD CURRY
1 (14-ounce) can coconut milk (about 1 2/3 cups)
1 to 2-tablespoons yellow (or red) Thai curry paste
1 1/2 cups fish stock (I use boiling water and concentrated fish bouillon; cubes will do)
3 tablespoons fish sauce (recommended: Nam Pla)
2 tablespoons sugar
3 lemongrass stalks, each cut into 1/3's and bruised with the flat of a knife
3 lime leaves, stalked and cut into strips, optional
1/2 teaspoon turmeric
2 1/4 pounds pumpkin or butter nut squash, peeled and cut into large, bite-sized chunks
1 pound 2 ounces salmon fillet, preferably organic, skinned and cut into large, bite-sized chunks
1 pound 2 ounces peeled raw shrimp
Bok Choy or any other green vegetables of your choice
1/2 to 1 lime, juiced or more to taste
Cilantro, for garnish
Skim the thick creamy top off the can of coconut milk and put it into a large saucepan or casserole with the curry paste, over medium heat. Let it sizzle and, using a fork, whisk or wooden spoon, beat cream and paste together until combined. Still beating gently, add the rest of the coconut milk, fish stock, fish sauce, sugar, lemongrass, lime leaves (if using) and turmeric. Bring to a boil and then add the pumpkin. Cook on a fast simmer until the pumpkin is tender, about 15 minutes, although different sorts of pumpkins can vary enormously in the time they take to cook; some squash can take a little as 5 minutes.
As I mentioned, you can cook the curry up until this part in advance, maybe leaving the pumpkin with a tiny bit of bite to it (it will soften and cook as the pan cools). Either way, when you're about 5 minutes from wanting to eat, get ready to cook the seafood.
So, to the robustly simmering pan, add the salmon and shrimp (if you're using frozen shrimp they'll need to go in before the salmon). When the salmon and shrimp have cooked through, which shouldn't take more than 3 to 4 minutes, stir in any green vegetable you're using - sliced, chopped or shredded as suits - and tamp down with a wood spoon. When the bok choy is wilted, or other green vegetable is cooked, squeeze in the juice of half a lime, stir and taste and add the juice of the remaining half if you feel it needs it. Take the pan off the heat and pour the curry into a large bowl, and sprinkle over the cilantro; the point is that the cilantro goes in just before serving. Serve with more chopped cilantro for people to add their own bowls as they eat, and some plain Thai or basmati rice.
CORNBREAD TOPPED CHILI CON CARNE
Chili:
4 tablespoons olive oil
4 onions, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 teaspoons dried or crushed chili flakes
2 teaspoons ground coriander
2 teaspoons ground cumin
5 cardamom pods, bruised
2 red peppers, seeded and finely diced
3 pounds 4 ounces ground beef
7 cups canned chopped tomatoes
1/2 cup tomato ketchup
1/2 cup tomato puree
1 cup water
2 tablespoons cocoa
3 1/2 cups canned red kidney beans
Cornbread:
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
4 cups cornmeal
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
6 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
3 cups buttermilk
4 eggs
2 teaspoons honey
1/4 cup vegetable oil
2 cups grated Cheddar
Guacamole, recipe follows
Serving suggestion:
2 cups sour cream
Ground paprika, for dusting
3 3/4 cups grated Cheddar
Special equipment: Very large pan
Heat the oil in a very large pan and fry the onion and garlic until it begins to soften. Add the chili, coriander, cumin, and crushed cardamom pods and stir well.
Add the peppers then break up the ground beef into the pan and, using a fork, keep turning it to separate it as the meat browns. Add the chopped tomatoes, ketchup, tomato puree, and water stirring to make a rich red sauce. When the chili starts to boil sprinkle over the cocoa and stir it in. Add the beans and simmer partially covered for 1 1/2 hours. At this point you can cool and freeze the chili, or just keep it in the refrigerator overnight.
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
Pour the chili into a large, wide dish or keep in the pan you cooked it in if it is ovenproof.
Combine the salt, cornmeal, flour, baking powder, and cinnamon in a bowl. Whisk together the buttermilk, eggs, honey, and oil in a jug, and then stir into the dry ingredients mixing to make a vivid yellow batter.
Pour the cornmeal topping over the chili con carne, or blob it over to cover the top as evenly as possible.
Sprinkle the cheese over the top of the cornbread and then bake in the oven for 30 minutes or until the cornbread topping is risen and golden and the chili underneath is bubbling. How long this takes depends on the how cold or hot the chili was when it went into the oven. Since it's such a huge vat, you may find it easiest to reheat it on the stove in its pan first.
Let the chili stand for about 5 minutes once out of the oven before cutting the cornbread top into squares or slices to serve with a helping of chili underneath.
Guacamole:
4 ripe avocados, peeled, stoned and chopped
4 scallions, finely chopped
2 limes, juiced
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro leaves
Mash the avocados with the scallions and add the juice of up to 2 limes, to taste. Stir in most of the cilantro and turn into 2 bowls, sprinkling each with the remaining cilantro.
Divide the sour cream into another 2 bowls, and dust with a little paprika and, into another pair of bowls add the grated Cheddar so that people can take clumps and add the tangy cheese to their plates of guacamole and sour cream splodged chili.
MUGHLAI CHICKEN serve with basmati rice
1 (1-inch) piece ginger, peeled
4 cloves garlic, peeled
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1/2 teaspoon dried chili flakes
4 tablespoons ground almonds
1/2 cup water
5 cardamom pods, bruised
1 cinnamon stick, broken in half
2 bay leaves
4 cloves
1/4 cup vegetable oil
3 pounds boned chicken thighs, each cut into 2
2 onions, finely chopped
1 cup Greek yogurt
1 cup chicken stock
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup sultanas (golden raisins)
1 teaspoon garam masala
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup flaked almonds, toasted, to garnish
Put the ginger, garlic, cumin, coriander, and chili into a food processor, or into a mortar and pestle, and blend to a paste. Add the ground almonds and water and then blend again, set aside.
Heat the oil in a large pan and add the chicken pieces - in batches so they fry rather than stew - and cook them just long enough to seal on both sides, then remove to a dish.
Add the spices and turn them in the oil. Add the onions and cook them until softened and lightly browned, but keep the heat gentle and stir frequently, to avoid sticking. Pour in the blended paste, and cook everything until it begins to colour. Add the yogurt, half a cup at a time stirring it in to make a sauce, then stir in the stock, cream, and sultanas.
Put the browned chicken back into the pan, along with any juices that have collected under them, and sprinkle over the garam masala, sugar, and salt. Cover and cook on a gentle heat for 20 minutes, testing to make sure the meat is cooked through.
It's at this stage, that I like to take the pan off the heat and leave it to cool before reheating the next day.
So either now, or when you've reheated it, pour into a serving dish and scatter with the toasted flaked almonds.
COMFORTING BEEF CASSEROLE
1/2 cup olive oil (not extra-virgin), or vegetable oil
2 pounds onions, roughly chopped
1 1/2 pounds carrots, cut on the diagonal to give slanted oval slices
1/2 cup flour
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon dried sage leaves
2 teaspoons ground allspice
4 1/2 pounds stewing or chuck steak, diced
1 large orange, zested and juiced
2 cups stout
2 cups water
4 bay leaves
Heat 4 tablespoons of oil in a large saucepan or deep casserole, and fry the onions and carrots until they begin to soften, about 5 minutes.
Remove the softened and oil-glossed vegetables to a bowl, and add the remaining oil to the pan. Put the flour into a large freezer bag along with salt and pepper, sage, and allspice; add the beef pieces to the bag, tossing in the flour, before searing the meat in the pan. Do this in batches, browning the meat a little and removing all of the beef to a large dish as you go.
When all the meat is browned and out of the pan, whisk or stir in the orange juice and stout and let it come to the boil. Add the water and then return the meat and vegetables to the pan. Stir in the orange zest and bay leaves, bring to the boil and then turn the stew down to a soft simmer. Cover and cook for 2 1/2 hours. This is best reheated 1 or 2 days after, but if you are serving the stew on the same day, then add another half hour to the cooking time just to make sure the meat is soft, mellow and tender.
GREEK LAMB STEW
4 tablespoons olive oil, plus more if needed
5 1/2 pounds boned shoulder of lamb, trimmed of excess fat and cut into cubes about 1 1/2 by 2 1/2 inches
5 medium onions, sliced finely
Salt
4 garlic cloves, minced
2 celery stalks, minced
Leaves from 4 thyme sprigs
1 teaspoon dried oregano
3 bay leaves
2 carrots, peeled, halved lengthways, and then halved across
3 (14.5 ounces) cans diced tomatoes
1 1/4 cups lamb, beef stock or water
1 bottle dry white wine
Freshly ground black pepper
1 pound ditalini or other small tubular pasta
2/3 pound feta cheese
2 to 3 tablespoons finely chopped parsley, oregano or basil leaves
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
Into the largest saucepan or casserole you have that will go into the oven, pour 3 tablespoons of the oil. Brown the meat in batches over high heat and remove with a slotted spoon to a plate nearby. You may need more oil as you do this. The onions will certainly need it, so pour the remaining oil or add more, add the onions, sprinkling a little salt over them and cook then until soft and translucent. Add the garlic, celery, thyme, and oregano. After a couple of minutes or so, when the smell of garlic wafts up, remove half the mixture. Add the meat to the mixture in the pan, cover with the remaining half, add the bay leaves, carrots, tomatoes, stock and wine. I use a big but flattish casserole and this amount of liquid covers the meat, but if you find you need more liquid, add water- you want a lot of liquid, because you will, eventually, be cooking some pasta in it. Bring to a boil, remove scum, and let bubble for about 3 minutes. Then cover, transfer to the oven, and bake for about 2 to 2 1/2 hours, or cook on a very low heat. The meat should be tender and yielding. Remove the carrots (and eat, cook's treat) and bay leaves, too, if you want, and season, to taste, with the salt and pepper.
Of course you can proceed to the final stage now, but I am presuming you're not going to. In which case, let the stew cool and keep it in the refrigerator until you want it. Skim the fat off the top, and do remember to take it out of the refrigerator a good 1 to 2 hours before you cook it again. You can reheat this in the oven, but because the pasta will be put in on the stove, I tend to heat it there. Make sure the stew is piping hot. Meanwhile, bring a large pot of water to a boil. When it boils, add the salt and then pasta. Cook this until it's nearly but not quite cooked; it should have a couple of minutes still to go.
Then drain the pasta and add it quickly to the bubbling juices in the casserole, making sure first that there are enough bubbling juices. You don't want the meat to be drowned, but you want enough for the pasta to be covered. The pasta will absorb some of the liquid as it finishes cooking, of course.
In a couple of minutes, the pasta should be cooked. Crumble some feta and put in a bowl with the chopped parsley, oregano, or basil. Stir to combine and then leave the spoon with it, so that people can sprinkle the herb-spiked cheese over the stew as they wish. Ladle the stew into shallow soup bowls.
CHOCOLATE CHERRY TRIFLE
2 (approximately 12 ounces each) chocolate pound cakes
1/2 cup black cherry jam
1/2 cup cherry brandy
2 cups drained bottled sour cherries (recommended: Morello)
Custard:
4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, minimum 70 percent cocoa solids, chopped
1 1/3 cups plus 1 tablespoon milk
1 1/3 cups plus 1 tablespoon heavy cream
8 egg yolks
1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar
1/3 cup cocoa
Topping:
3 cups heavy cream
1-ounce bittersweet chocolate
Special Equipment: Large wide trifle bowl
Slice the chocolate pound cake and make jam sandwiches with the cherry jam, and layer the bottom of a large wide trifle bowl. Pour over the cherry brandy so that the cake soaks it up, and then top with the drained cherries. Cover with cling wrap and leave to macerate while you make the custard.
Melt the chocolate on low to medium heat in the microwave, checking after 2 minutes, though it will probably need 4 minutes. Or you can place it in a bowl over a pan of simmering water. Once the chocolate is melted, ser aside while you get on with the custard.
In a saucepan warm the milk and cream. Whisk the egg yolks, sugar, and cocoa in a large bowl. Pour the warm milk and cream into the bowl whisking it into the yolks and sugar mixture. Stir in the melted chocolate, scraping the sides well with a rubber spatula to get all of it in, and pour the custard back into the rinsed saucepan. Cook over a medium heat until the custard thickens, stirring all the time. Make sure it doesn't boil, as it will split and curdle. Keep a sink full of cold water so that if you get scared you can plunge the bottom of the custard pan into the cold water and
whisk like mad, which will avert possible crisis.
The custard will get darker as it cooks and the flecks of chocolate will melt once the custard has thickened. And you do need this thick, so don't panic so much that you stop cooking while it is still runny. Admittedly, it continues to thicken as it cools and also when it's chilling in the refrigerator. Once it is ready, pour into a bowl to cool and cover the top of the custard with cling wrap to prevent a skin from forming.
When the custard is cold, pour and spread it over the chocolate cake layer in the trifle bowl, and leave in the refrigerator to set, covered in cling wrap overnight.
When you are ready to decorate, softly whip the cream for the topping and spread it gently over the layer of custard. Grate the chocolate over the top.
ENJOY!!!
Nigella's Express Recipes???
I understand not everyone can buy fresh organic produce on a daily basis, have their fridge filled with an array of exotic ingredients or even buy seasonally. But is it just me or do you think Nigella's Express recipies are absolutly crap? I beleive she is going over the top with alot of her ingredients and really playing on the fat is good and indulgent side of her reputation with the food siding on the edge of repulsive. Understand her reasoning for using some bought and pre packed materials but once again I beleive she has taken it to far and lost the ethos of a cookery program.
PS Normally I am a big advocate for Nigella and own many of her books.
Yes, I totally agree. I love Nigellas cook books normally (although have never enjoyed watching her TV programmes).
But I have to say I find the new series a bit ridicoulous....I mean, she couldn't even be bothered to take off her coat to make her dinner the other night.
I know the whole point of the series is that it is speedy food, but you really don't need to go to such extremes as using a jar of caramelised onions rather than peeling and chopping an onion! Its pretty lazy cooking and although some of the recipes look quite good, I certainly wouldn't want to be encouraging people to start eating like this on a regular basis!
Nigella Express Bread Doughnuts recipe?
Does anyone have the recipe for the doughnuts she made the other week? (Using sliced white bread).Thanks.
http://www.cookitsimply.com/search/?q=+Bread+Doughnuts+recipe
ENJOY
|
|
